YouTube is worlds top video streaming platform. It was initially launched 14 Feb 2015 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim.
YouTube is the second largest surfing website platform after Google itself across the world. Now YouTube is the property of Google, as Google purchased it in Oct 2006 for 1.65 billion dollar.
There are unlimited creators on the YouTube platform who create quality videos and upload on their YouTube channel.
YouTube shows ads on all videos when they are played and some amount of the revenue earned are kept by Google itself and approx. 68% is shared with publishers.
Initially YouTube was showing only one advertisement at the starting of every video which was skippable at the starting.
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Later YouTube changed its policy and then you can skip ads manually after 5seconds of watching it. But now YouTube has also launched un-skippable ads on YouTube which is very much annoying.
Many times we need to watch 03 minutes ads to watch a 5-10minutes videos. This is very much irritating and people are finding ways to remove ads from YouTube.
So in this post, we have explained 03 easy ways to block ads on YouTube in Android for free.
How to adblock on YouTube
There are multiple ways to block ads in YouTube in Android mobile without installing any app.
And there are also many apps available on internet as well as on Google Play Store which can block ads from YouTube app itself.
But according to Google blocking ads from YouTube is not a good thing as ads are the only source of income for your favorite YouTubers.
Anyway if you have decided to block ads from YouTube app in Android mobile then we are going to explain all the easy and possible ways to remove ads from YouTube.
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How to turn off ads on YouTube
You can turn off personalized ads from Google ads settings in your Android mobile. It will turn off personalized ads from all places in your Android mobile.
And after turning off personalized ads in Google ads settings, Google will not show you personalized ads in YouTube, Chrome and other apps also.
Personalization ads are based on your location, search history, gender, age and interest. Google force you to buy and click on ads to show related ads to your interest.
You can follow the simple steps given below to turn of personalization ads in your Android mobile:
- Open YouTube app in Android mobile.
- Click on account profile picture on top right corner.
- Tap on Settings.
- Tap on History & Privacy option.
- Click on Manage all Activity.
- Swipe left to go to CONTROLS option.
- Scroll down and find Ad personalization.
- Disable Ad personalization option.
You have now blocked personalized ads in your YouTube app. I must tell you that this setting is applicable for all Google apps in your Android mobile including YouTube, Google App, Chrome browser and more.
You will not see personalized ads in your Android mobile but you will still be able to see all the ads. Now you need to block the advertisers from your Google account to decrease the ads frequency.
How to block ads on YouTube
You have turned off personalized ads based on your location and search history but now you want to block advertisers to decrease ads frequency in your YouTube app.
Here we are explaining ethical ways to block ads in YouTube app in Android phone so you will still be able to see ads in your Android but ads frequency will be decreased.
- Go to ad personalization as mentioned in above steps.
- Scroll down and find Your Online Choices.
- If some browser test failed then click on try again.
- If again failed then tap on Check from Websites I have Visited.
- Now click on Continue Anyway.
- Allow Browser status check to complete.
- Scroll down and tap on Continue.
- Click on Select All to select all ads companies.
- Click on Opt Out of all.
- Allow the process to complete.
- You have blocked most of the ads.
How to play YouTube videos without Ads
There are many browsers who provide you facility to play YouTube videos without ads. But this option will only work when you play YouTube videos inside the browser.
Some of the popular web browser to play YouTube videos without ads are as follows:
Opera Browser
Opera Browser provide you facility to surf internet without ads. It has free ads block feature in it. It also offer free VPN services for its users. So these things make safe browser in terms of privacy as compare to other browsers.
But opera is now asking for monthly/yearly subscription for customized VPN and it is very much costly. Its free VPN is good for beginners only.
You can block ads in opera for all sites including YouTube by following the simple steps given below:
- Install Opera Browser from Google Play Store in your Android mobile.
- Click on Settings icon in bottom right corner in Opera.
- Click on Disable ads.
- Also disable the acceptable ads.
- Open YouTube app in the opera browser.
- Play any video.
- You can now play YouTube without any ads.
Brave Browser
Brave browser is an only Indian browser which provide such privacy features and overall a good browser. It also provide features very similar to opera browser.
Braver web browser all offer you totally free VPN and free ads block and pop-up ads block feature. It also offer some rewards when you use it.
- Install Brave Browser from Google Play Store in your Android mobile.
- Open Brave browser settings.
- Click on Disable ads..
- Open YouTube app in the Brave browser.
- Play any video.
- You can now play YouTube without any ads.
How to block ads on YouTube app Android
If you want to play YouTube videos inside YouTube App in your mobile then you can try any one of these methods.
YouTube premium subscription
Buying a YouTube premium subscription the best and official way to remove ads from YouTube completely. But in this way you have to pay high amount.
You should only pay for YouTube subscription you watch a lot of videos on YouTube. If you only watch few videos per day then you can manually skip ads and watch your videos easily.
Follow the simple steps to buy a YouTube subscription:
- Click on YouTube account profile photo.
- Tap on Purchases and memberships.
- Click on Buy a family or individual plan.
- You can also select Student option to get extra discount.
- You can buy a family plan @189 per month for 5 members.
- Complete the payment using credit/debit card.
- You have all done.
YouTube Ads Blocker Apk
We have found an Android app which claim to block ads on YouTube. We have download this apk from apkpure website.
We have not tested this app in any of our Android device. You can download and test in your Android mobile at your own risk.
Its totally your choice to use this app because this types of apps can have virus and malware with them. But still you can try this app in a mobile which is only used for YouTube and normal purposes.
You are not recommended to install YouTube ads blocker apk in your main mobile.
| App Name | Skip ad YouTube |
| Version | 1.0.0 |
| Size | 6.9MB |
| Developer | Khá Bảnh |
| Supported | Android 4.4+ |
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How to remove ads from phone
If you don’t have much time to read this post completely then here you can find a brief summary of the complete article.
Navigate to Settings >> Google >> Ads and disable Opt Out of Ads personalization.
Settings >> Google >> Manage Your Google Account >> Data & Privacy >> Ad Personalization >> Advanced and uncheck the checkbox.
Scroll down and Tap on You Online Choices >> Try Again >> Check from Websites I have visited >> Continue Anyway >> Continue >> Select All >> Opt Out of All and let the process to complete.
You also have to do some settings in Chrome browser also.
Navigate in Chrome to >> Settings >> Site Settings >> Pop-ups and redirects and disable the option.
Navigate in Chrome to >> Settings >> Site Settings >> Ads and disable the option.