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Quick access to content blockers in Safari
Quick access to content blockers in Safari

Quickly configure content blocking without leaving the browser

Updated over a week ago

You might already know that a major part of 1Blocker relies on native Safari tools to deal with intrusive content: How 1Blocker protects you

Since these tools are tightly integrated into Safari, the browser provides a quick and convenient way to configure them.

  1. A button to reload any page without content blockers right from the browser's address bar. This setting applies only to the current tab, so switching to another tab automatically re-enables content blockers.

  2. You can also make it work permanently by adding an exception for a particular domain within your browser's settings.


How to quickly see a page without content blockers?

The following steps will only work if you have at least one content blocker installed and enabled on your device.

iOS:

  1. Open the website you want to see with no content blockers applied;

  2. Tap aA button on the left side of the address bar;

  3. Tap "Turn off Content Blockers".

The page will reload with all content blockers disabled.

Safari will re-enable them if you close the tab, open another tab, or tap "Turn on Content Blockers" in the address bar.*

macOS:

  1. Open the website you want to see with no content blockers applied;

  2. Tap and hold the refresh button in the address bar;

  3. Press "Reload Without Content Blockers".

The website will reload as a temporarily allowed site.

To enable content blockers again just close the tab, open a new tab, or press "Reload With Content Blockers" in the address bar.*

*The behavior was different prior to Safari 16.4, where content blocking would apply again the next time the page was reloaded.


How to permanently disable content blockers on a site?

iOS:

  1. Open the website you want to see with no content blockers applied;

  2. Tap the button on the left side of the address bar;

  3. Tap "Website Settings";

  4. Turn off/on the switch "Use Content Blockers".

This will make the website invisible to all content blockers installed on your device.

You can find and manage the list of such sites in your iPhone's Settings > Safari > Content Blockers (under Settings for websites).

macOS:

  1. Open the website you want to see with no content blockers applied;

  2. Right-click on the address bar;

  3. Press "Settings for [site's name]";

  4. Turn off/on the "Enable Content Blockers" checkbox.

This will make the website invisible to all Safari content blockers installed on your device.

You can find and manage the list of allowed websites in Safari > Settings > Websites > Content Blockers.

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