Block Element feature function - vanished from Brave Browser Private Windows

[289wk]

Description:

@MasterLink

Tried to figure out how to block it to make a custom filter, but wow no one has tested the block element function on the current build of Brave

• source: ‘Unable to access calottery.com - #6 by MasterLink’

@Mattches , and @shivan

I routinely use Brave Browser Private Windows. There is no Block Element function, selection in a pop-up / pop-down window . . . nothing. At GitHub, I found discussions about the presence of Block Element in Brave Browser Private Windows:

• ‘https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/43495’
• ‘https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/48990’
• ‘https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/49428’
• ‘https://github.com/brave/brave-core/pull/32339’

The following selection - Allow element blocking in private windows - does not exist at brave://settings/shields

The following selection is Enabled at brave://flags

The Block Element function/selection was previously available in Brave Browser Private Windows . . . but it disappeared, some time during the fall of 2025.

I had no idea that the Block Element feature/function/selection still existed for “Normal” / “Regular” / “Standard” Brave Browser Windows, until this early Saturday (20260103) morning - “Normal” window:

Brave Browser Private Window:

Expected result: “Block elements” selection for Brave Browser Private Windows, plus the Brave Shields setting Allow element blocking in private windows should be available. ← is a good idea.

Brave Version( check About Brave): 1.85.118 Chromium: 143.0.7499.169 (Official Build) (x86_64)

Additional Information:

[Mattches]

@289wk the feature was put back in already – can currently be seen in Nightly build:

Disabled by Default Support for Blocking Elements in Private Browsing