Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker

The best privacy tool and ad blocker extension for Firefox. Stop trackers, speed up websites and block ads everywhere including YouTube and Facebook.

Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker | Firefox Add-On

Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker is a powerful Firefox add-on that stops trackers, blocks ads on all websites, and enhances your online privacy. It provides ad-blocking, anti-tracking, and never-consent features, along with trackers information and WhoTracks.Me integration. Free, open source, and supported by contributors worldwide.

Add-on stats

By: Ghostery
Version: 10.4.16 (Last updated: 2024-12-02)
Creation date: 2008-11-15
Weekly download count: 21,301
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: Very high risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • alarms
  • cookies
  • storage
  • scripting
  • tabs
  • webNavigation
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
  • unlimitedStorage
  • http://*/*
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Size: 10.91M

Other platforms

Ghostery Tracker & Ad Blocker - Privacy AdBlock (v10.4.19)
4.60 (13,246) 2,000,000
Not available on Android
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Add-on summary

Ghostery counts more than 100+ million downloads worldwide.

Ghostery for Firefox provides safe, fast, and clutter-free browsing for free. The browser extension upgrades your Firefox browser and supplies full adblock functionality, stops trackers from accessing your personal data, and annoying cookie consent pop-ups.

Ghostery has three main components:

  • Ad-Blocking - blocks all ads on websites you visit with your Firefox browser, including Youtube and Facebook, helping you to focus only on the information important to you.
  • Anti-Tracking - stops trackers’ ability to collect your personal data, replacing it with random values and anonymizing your identity for data brokers. If you see a need to unblock individual trackers, we developed this option. The reasons are up to you!
  • Never-Consent - automatically removes intrusive cookie popups and expresses dissent to online tracking. This unequaled feature adds convenience to each website visit and acts like your privacy advocate towards content providers while using Firefox.

Ghostery delivers the online privacy protection our users have come to know and love while minimising the need for customisation and maintenance.

As Ghostery is more than an ad-blocker, it comes with exceptional additional features, not found in any other ad-blocking extension:

  • Trackers information on any website your visit, informing you about the number of trackers, their type, and the company operating them.
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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Effective ad-blocking capabilities, especially on YouTube
  • User-friendly interface and amazing UX
  • Reliable performance with no significant slowdown on websites
  • Good support from the Tech Support team
  • Customizable options, such as blocking certain pages
Cons
  • Inefficiency in pop-up blocking as reported by some users
  • Concerns over the effectiveness for specific ads
Most mentioned
  • Blocks ads effectively
  • Easy to use and has a nice interface
  • Good customer support
  • Compatible with other privacy add-ons
User reviews
by igorlogius, 2024-12-24

Very nice ui and easy to use, successfully blocks all cookie popups and ads, including youtube
by Tr1sk, 2024-12-24

An amazing replacement for UBlock Origin, will be using this ad blocker for the remainder of time itself or until Youtube says no.
by Sikaz, 2024-12-24
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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