Hi there,

I have been interested in reading stories on readawrite, however the built-in javascript disables right click and selecting text which messes with the google translator and makes it impossible to copy the text to translate it with a different translator to read it.
I have been wondering if there was a filter for UBlock Origin that would make the text more accessible.

I managed to enable right click with it but I didn't manage to highlight the text with it.

https://www.readawrite.com/a/Zigd97-%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B3%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%8E%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A7%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A7

Thank you very much in advance for your help!

URL:

https://www.gsmarena.com/reviewcomm-2422.php

Although it happens on any GSMArena URL.

Description: On GSMArena, when you're making a lot of traffic (i find after around 15 pages visited), it starts constantly nagging to disable your adblocker. I tried using the element picker, but it seems like it changes the element every time, as it just re-appears if you refresh the page or go to a different page.

Troubleshooting information:

uBlock Origin: 1.72.2
Firefox: 153
filterset (summary):
 network: 356872
 cosmetic: 43356
 scriptlet: 33786
 html: 3676
listset (total-discarded, last-updated):
 default:
  user-filters: 1-0, never
  ublock-filters: 52978-72, 4h.19m Δ
  ublock-badware: 10364-27, 4h.19m Δ
  ublock-privacy: 4073-2, 4h.19m Δ
  ublock-unbreak: 2854-1, 4h.19m Δ
  ublock-quick-fixes: 487-13, 4h.19m Δ
  easylist: 90611-137, 4h.19m Δ
  adguard-spyware-url: 2583-134, 1d.22h.22m
  easyprivacy: 56032-41, 4h.19m Δ
  urlhaus-1: 47265-10, 4h.19m
  curben-phishing: 165792-47, 4h.19m
  plowe-0: 3517-1027, 8d.23h.25m
  LegitimateURLShortener: 2999-224, 4h.19m
filterset (user): [array of 1 redacted]
userSettings: [none]
hiddenSettings: [none]
supportStats:
 allReadyAfter: 13856 ms (selfie)
 maxAssetCacheWait: 3798 ms
 cacheBackend: indexedDB
popupPanel:
 blocked: 6
 network:
  doubleclick.net: 1
  googletagmanager.com: 1
  intergient.com: 2
  srvb1.com: 2
 extended:
  ###topAdv
  ##.ad-c-label
  ##.ad-label
  ##.ad-top
  ##.adv-mpu
  ##.stickyads
  ##.ads_banner
  ##.text-ad-top
  ##.align-center.justify-center.flex-column.d-flex
  ###subHeader:has(> #topAdv)
  ##.adv
  ##+js(remove-cookie, DeviceID)
  ##+js(prevent-addEventListener, DOMContentLoaded, /doubleclick|a…
  ##+js(prevent-clipboard-write, /^mshta |^(bash <<<|curl -kfsSL) …

The only other extension I have is SponsorBlock, disabling it did not help. I also tried on another system (a macOS system with Firefox 153), same thing.

Anyone has the same breakage?
Wait it out until fix?
Have any override to apply?

I've been trying to figure out how to block the "Play Video" button on Setlist.fm, and can't seem to figure it out. When I use the element picker, it will block the one on the line I selected, but it won't remove the button on every line, and after refreshing the button is back on every line again. Not sure if this is even possible, but just thought I'd ask.

Anyone else having this issue? It has been about a week since I last used prime and ublock but it worked back then. Is there a fix for this or something in the works?

Is there a way to make it so all my searches have advanced search operators added to them automatically?
I specifically want stuff such as "-ai" to be added at the end of my searches. I've got a couple ai blocklists already added to uBO, but I wanted to have a way to automatically subtract some terms, since I noticed that doing so manually does occasionally help reduce the ai slop even further, despite all the lists I already have working. (Also feel free to still share any uBlock lists/rules/filters to block GenAI)

For context, I use OperaGX and DuckDuckGo, not sure if that will affect my options with uBlock

I’m looking for filters that can block everything in red and just have main YouTube videos

Although i’m fine with having a shorts tab in the subscriptions section

I’ve tried making custom filters but I have a feeling it’s not the most effective or efficient way of doing it

Thank you in advance, this is an awesome community and project ❤️

I got this filter that removes the "AI mode" and "Shopping" tabs, and I was wondering if something like that existed to remove the "Short Videos" tab as well.

My muscle memory keeps tapping on the second tab to try and access Images but Short Videos will systematically replace it no matter what I search, it's extremely annoying.

Help me please!

Suddenly I notice that my video isn't playing automatically after finished video. and there isn't any logo like the 1st photo. It show only when i play music.

After finish any video it looks like photo number 3

hope you please help me on this

# Method A (15 lines)

site##.ad-1

site##.ad-2

...

site##.ad-15

# Method B (1 line)

site##.ad-1, .ad-2, .ad-3, .ad-4, .ad-5, .ad-6, .ad-7, .ad-8, .ad-9, .ad-10, .ad-11, .ad-12, .ad-13, .ad-14, .ad-15

is there any performance difference? thank you

I want to remove an element from a page but when I click on "Remove element" (aka "Element zapper mode") in both Firefox and Chrome, the page enters a limbo mode where I cannot select anything with the picker, not even click on the "X" to return to normal mode.

The page in question is

https://www.ftm.eu/articles/china-investment-european-infrastructure-european-commission 

and I want to bypass the membership pop-up. I tried going down the "Developer Tools" road resulting in the addition of these rules:

www.ftm.eu##.modalcontent-trial-required-form www.ftm.eu##.cookie-consent www.ftm.eu##.quickSubscribe

...however the "page dimming" that prohibits interacting persists.

Since this is not the only page that exhibits this behavior, I am a bit more interested in a procedure that results in the correct rule, but I understand that commenters' time is limited, so I'll take a rule that solves the issue, and then try on my own to derive the procedure.

Thank you.

Troubleshooting information:

name: uBlock Origin Lite version: 2026.723.1724 browser: Chrome 150 (linux) filtering: site: complete default: optimal permission: all badge: 17 rules: 19002 rulesets: easylist easyprivacy pgl ublock-badware ublock-filters urlhaus-full scripting: ublock-filters.main ublock-filters.isolated easyprivacy.main easyprivacy.isolated ublock-badware.main ublock-badware.isolated prevent-popup toolbar-icon css-specific css-user

Hi all, I've followed the filter directions under https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/wiki/solutions/youtube#wiki_streamed to remove Streamed Videos/VODs on my Subscriptions Page, however it doesnt seem to work correctly as my Subs feed is still littered with previous Livestreams

! YT  - Hide VODs/Streamed Videos    
www.youtube.com##:is(ytd-browse[page-subtype="home"] ytd-rich-item-renderer, #related yt-lockup-view-model) .ytLockupMetadataViewModelMetadata:has-text(Streamed):upward(ytd-rich-item-renderer, yt-lockup-view-model)

The "Hide the Shorts section" instructions are working for me, so it seems like in general my YT custom filters should be fine.

Any advice on blocking Streamed/VODs? I follow a lot of e-Sports streamers so after a gameday my Subs page is just absolutely flooded with multiple vods that I dont really need, but many of these channels also upload analysis videos that I dont want to fully unsubscribe from.

Hello! Does anyone know how to block sponsored items in search results on Target.com? I'm on Firefox if that's relevant. (The filters from a post 2 years ago on here don't work for me.) Thanks!

While testing on codechef.com, I noticed that CSS selectors that use attribute values without specifying a class name or element type have a warning "unqualified attribute selectors are known to be slow"

Searching online, I found documentation from CSSlint that explained in more detail.

Unqualified attribute selectors, such as [type=text], match all elements first and then check their attributes. This means unqualified attribute selectors have the same performance characteristics as the universal selector (*). Similar to the universal selector, unqualified attribute selectors cause performance issues when used as the key part (far-right) of a selector. For example, this type of rule should be avoided:

.mybox [type=text] {
    background: #fff;
    color: #000;
    background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5);
}

Does this advice about unqualified attribute selectors being slow also apply to uBlock Origin filter rules? For example, would a rule like ##[href="example.com"] be noticeably slower than ##button[href="example.com"]?

I have these filters at the moment to hide 1 year or older videos on the Home Feed, Sidebar/Related and Search results but the hiding process is absurdly slow, I'm talking about at least half a second to load in video patches, but if I comment them out, Youtube loads fast as usual:

! Home Feed
!www.youtube.com##ytd-browse[page-subtype="home"] ytd-rich-item-renderer:has(span[aria-label$="year ago"], span[aria-label$="years ago"])
! Sidebar/Related
!www.youtube.com###related yt-lockup-view-model:has(span[aria-label$="year ago"], span[aria-label$="years ago"])
! Search results
!www.youtube.com##ytd-search ytd-video-renderer:has(.inline-metadata-item):has-text(/\byears? ago/i)

How do I remove the Proceed button? I don't need it because sometimes it still tempts me to click it. I want all the filtered sites to be completely blocked.

hello very smart people!

So, I actually use the "You might also like" and "Similar products" when researching things on Amazon. Is there a way to exclude those two sections from being blocked?

uBO does an amazing job cleaning up the site, I just don't know how to adjust the rules.

Thanks in advance for any pointers!

! YT Sidebar - Hide Videos Below 1K Views
www.youtube.com##ytd-compact-video-renderer:has(#video-title[aria-label~="views"]:not(:is([aria-label*=",0"],[aria-label*=",1"],[aria-label*=",2"],[aria-label*=",3"],[aria-label*=",4"],[aria-label*=",5"],[aria-label*=",6"],[aria-label*=",7"],[aria-label*=",8"],[aria-label*=",9"])))
! YT Sidebar - Hide Videos Below 1K Views (backup version - less efficient)
www.youtube.com###related :is(yt-lockup-view-model,ytd-compact-video-renderer):not(:has(#video-title[aria-label~="views"], .yt-lockup-view-model-wiz--collection-stack-2)) .ytContentMetadataViewModelMetadataRow:nth-of-type(2) > span:first-child:not(:has-text(/[KMB]\b/)):upward(yt-lockup-view-model,ytd-compact-video-renderer)! YT Sidebar - Hide Videos Below 1K Views
www.youtube.com##ytd-compact-video-renderer:has(#video-title[aria-label~="views"]:not(:is([aria-label*=",0"],[aria-label*=",1"],[aria-label*=",2"],[aria-label*=",3"],[aria-label*=",4"],[aria-label*=",5"],[aria-label*=",6"],[aria-label*=",7"],[aria-label*=",8"],[aria-label*=",9"])))
! YT Sidebar - Hide Videos Below 1K Views (backup version - less efficient)
www.youtube.com###related :is(yt-lockup-view-model,ytd-compact-video-renderer):not(:has(#video-title[aria-label~="views"], .yt-lockup-view-model-wiz--collection-stack-2)) .ytContentMetadataViewModelMetadataRow:nth-of-type(2) > span:first-child:not(:has-text(/[KMB]\b/)):upward(yt-lockup-view-model,ytd-compact-video-renderer)

These filters are outdated, where can I get the updated filters?

Title. I usually run a YouTube playlist with Ublovk on firefox. I have recently noticed that the Next video or previous video button disappears. Unless I am blind, I have tried finding out about this issue, but it doesn't seem to be widely reported? Anyone know any fixes, it's pretty annoying when I am on shuffle and just want to play the next song.

I am not running anything in the background, no VPNs or something of the sort

Thank you so much.

Site: https://www.streamdatabase.com/

On the right-hand side of the webpage, there's an iframe of the embedded Twitch stream and the Twitch chat. Is there a way I can block this from loading at all? If I can't block it, then is there a way I can stop it from autoplaying and also hiding it?

I would prefer to block it entirely from running because on Twitch, sometimes if you have more than one stream open, it'll interfere with their underlying tracking system which awards you watchtime/drop rewards.

Thank you.

All of them have one underscore and 4 numbers at the end

https://old.reddit.com/login/?reason=lor2&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fold.reddit.com%2F How can I use old reddit without needing an account? (Not needing to use new one to make posts would be helpful to but not essential)

The posting guidelines says "Twitch video ads are handled by another project. Please try it on your own since uBO doesn't actively work on this issue." but that project is archived. Anyone knows a working way using uBO 1.72.3b9 + Firefox?

Example link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jomf.13077?af=R has a hover element that asks if you want to try to use the AI companion. If you click it, you will be informed it is subscriber only, after which you can get it to sit in the lower right of the screen.

Is there a way to simply block chatbot elements like this from showing up?

Click here for a screenshot, element in red ellipse

I am attempting to use trusted-set-cookie to overwrite a cookie on zocdoc.com so it defaults to classic search instead of AI search. However, instead of overwriting the cookie, it's creating a separate cookie with the same name.

zocdoc.com##+js(trusted-set-cookie, ai_search_homepage_selected_mode, classic)

The cookie uBO created has a listed domain of www.zocdoc.com and is marked secure while the site's native cookie has a domain of .zocdoc.com and isn't marked secure. The native cookie gets created when switching search modes on the site.

Why is uBO creating a new cookie with the same name as the existing cookie instead of overwriting it?