Description of the issue: Somehow Youtube is stilll able to show me ads even after having shields on. and Yes the issue did arise even when shields was in its default options… Any help would be lovely… Thanks… URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ423zNvraA Screenshot of the ad as it appears in …

My Brave Version is Version 1.67.108 Chromium: 126.0.6478.40 (Official Build)

same thing with me today. youtube is ignoring brave’s adblock, entirely.

Same thing happening here, mental.

For what it’s worth, this doesn’t seem to be affecting Adguard. When I started experiencing this, I tested all kinds of other options and Adguard on my Mac is having no issues in Safari. I also noticed that I can right-click a video and open in a private tab and the video will play with no ads and n…

This may/may not work; add the following into brave://adblock custom rules youtube.com##+js(set-cookie, VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE, 1, , , domain, .youtube.com) youtube.com##+js(cookie-remover, VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE)

Are you sure those commands work in custom rules?

The latest version of Brave on fully updated Windows 10 is failing to block YouTube ads - however, it is blocking correctly on my fully updated Windows 11 machine.

I’m having the same problem since 2 days ago, tried a lot of different suggestions but ads are still coming through. I did notice that I only get ads when I’m logged into my account on youtube. When not logged in, I don’t get ads.

Ads on Youtube even when shields is turned on

Browser Support Ad-Blocking

fanboynz June 7, 2024, 6:13pm 5

Aware of the issue with Youtube ads, occuring in other Adblockers also. We’re investigating.

Brave is not preventing YouTube ads, but only when logged in

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Ads on Youtube even when shields is turned on

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