Free Tracker & Ad Blocker for Chrome

You can turn on a “Do Not Track” request on Google Chrome, but for an extra level of security, we would recommend downloading Ghostery as a browser extension to ensure that any websites you visit won’t track you. 

Yes, you can. Download our free Ad Blocker Chrome extension and it will start blocking ads, trackers, cookies, popups, consent boxes, and other trackers.

Using the Ghostery ad & tracker blocker extension, your personal data are detached and replaced by random values, leaving data collectors in the dark about your identity.

Yes! Ghostery is a free ad blocker for Chrome that blocks ads and trackers without requiring a paid subscription for its core privacy protection. Once installed, it works automatically as you browse and gives you control over protection for individual websites. Ghostery is also open source, allowing anyone to inspect how its technology works. There are no hidden charges required to use its core ad and tracker blocking features, making it a practical option for everyday browsing on Chrome.

Ghostery, of course! Our Ad Blocker will also block trackers, cookies, popups and consent banners. It’s free and highly customizable, and can be easily added as a browser extension to Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge and Opera. 

Yes, they are! It’s perfectly legal to block ads. Websites will always want to advertise and increase their bottom line, however, it's up to you whether you choose to consume that content or not. Our ad blocker extension blocks many ads on different platforms and yes, we block Youtube ads too.

The Chrome Ad Blocker Ghostery allows you whitelist or allowlist a site by pausing Ghostery on it for a period of time.

If you need to temporarily trust a site for any reason and pause Ghostery activities, the default selection will appear as 1 hour, with the option to change it to 1 day, or Always, if you want to trust the site indefinitely.

Pause Ghostery as a global is also integrated and accessible from the settings. This allows you to globally pause Ghostery on all sites for 1 day.

Yes, Ghostery complements Chrome’s built-in ad blocker by providing additional ad blocking, tracker blocking and privacy features. This is more of an ad constrainer than it is an ad blocker. Multiple ads will still get through, even with the Google’s tool turned on. We recommend an adblocker browser extension like Ghostery.

To pin the Ghostery extension in Chrome so it’s always visible in your toolbar for quick access and information, follow these steps:

1. Click the 🧩 Extensions icon in the top-right corner of Chrome (it looks like a puzzle piece).
2. In the dropdown list, locate Ghostery.
3. Click the pin icon next to Ghostery. It'll turn blue, and Ghosty, the Ghostery icon will appear in your toolbar.

Now Ghostery will be readily accessible, no more digging through menus.

Yes. Ghostery detects and blocks many tracking technologies that websites and third parties use to monitor browsing activity across the web. By preventing these trackers from loading or communicating with tracking services, Ghostery limits the information companies can collect about the websites you visit. No privacy tool can prevent every form of online tracking, but Ghostery significantly reduces common tracking methods while giving you visibility into the trackers detected on the websites you browse.

Yes, Ghostery is compatible with Chrome Manifest V3, the current extension framework used by Google Chrome. Ghostery has adapted its ad and tracker blocking technology to operate within Manifest V3 requirements while continuing to provide effective privacy protection. The extension is actively maintained as Chrome and its extension APIs evolve, so Chrome users can continue using Ghostery without relying on a legacy Manifest V2 extension. Updates are distributed through the Chrome Web Store as new Ghostery versions become available.

Ghostery can block many types of ads that appear while watching YouTube in Chrome, including pre-roll and mid-roll video ads. YouTube regularly changes how advertising is delivered and how it responds to ad-blocking technologies, so results can vary over time. Ghostery is actively maintained to respond to changes across websites, including YouTube. If you encounter ads or unexpected playback behavior while using Ghostery, you can report the issue to the Ghostery team so it can be investigated.

Ghostery helps reduce exposure to malvertising, where online advertising is used to distribute scams, unwanted software, or other malicious content. By preventing ads, trackers, and connections to known malicious domains from loading, Ghostery can stop potentially harmful resources before they reach your browser. This adds a useful layer of protection during everyday browsing, although an ad blocker is not a replacement for dedicated security software or safe browsing practices when dealing with downloads, suspicious links, or other online threats.

Ghostery is designed to work efficiently in Chrome and can actually reduce the amount of content your browser needs to load. Blocking ads, trackers, and other unnecessary third-party requests means fewer resources may need to be downloaded and processed when opening a webpage. This can contribute to faster page loading and a less cluttered browsing experience. Actual performance varies depending on the website, device, connection, and other extensions installed, but Ghostery is designed to provide protection without unnecessarily slowing down your browser.