# Blocking ads makes some sites unreachable

**URL:** <https://community.brave.app/t/blocking-ads-makes-some-sites-unreachable/52005>\
**Category:** Browser Feedback\
**Created:** [April 4, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/blocking-ads-makes-some-sites-unreachable/52005 "2019-04-04T17:11:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![reedcom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@reedcom](https://community.brave.app/u/reedcom)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/blocking-ads-makes-some-sites-unreachable/52005/1 "2019-04-04T17:11:08Z")

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I love the idea of blocking ads, but some sites won’t let you get to their site with their ads blocked. This of course could be a major problem with Brave adoption. I suggest a quick button we could click to temporarily un-block ads from a site, or a way to white-list.

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**Author:** ![iznai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/iznai/32/17901_2.png) [@iznai](https://community.brave.app/u/iznai)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/blocking-ads-makes-some-sites-unreachable/52005/2 "2019-04-04T17:20:32Z")

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Hello @reedcom, you can decide to un-block ads from the site you wish to visit by clicking on the Brave icon at the top right of the browser and disable the shield placed on the site that prevents ads from displaying…

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**Author:** ![hnktong](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/hnktong/32/15117_2.png) [@hnktong](https://community.brave.app/u/hnktong)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/blocking-ads-makes-some-sites-unreachable/52005/3 "2019-04-04T17:24:53Z")

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Howdy, @reedcom. To expand on what @iznai said, here’s an image of the menu that appears if you click the shield (click image to enlarge):

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/6/7/6773cce568377daa01ec983d7e3f617bead76c27.png)

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**Author:** ![Mattches](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/mattches/32/25189_2.png) [@Mattches](https://community.brave.app/u/Mattches)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/blocking-ads-makes-some-sites-unreachable/52005/4 "2019-04-04T17:26:07Z")

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@iznai, @hnktong – Excellent support!  
Just going to add that I highly recommend at least skimming some of the [Shields articles we have on our Help Center](https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/categories/360001053072-Shields).

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**Author:** ![iznai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/iznai/32/17901_2.png) [@iznai](https://community.brave.app/u/iznai)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/blocking-ads-makes-some-sites-unreachable/52005/5 "2019-04-04T17:29:14Z")

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Okay @Mattches noted.

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**Author:** ![redbike9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6de8d8/32.png) [@redbike9](https://community.brave.app/u/redbike9)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 1:43am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/blocking-ads-makes-some-sites-unreachable/52005/6 "2019-04-05T01:43:32Z")

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deleting this comment – mistakenly replied to wrong thread; sorry

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**Author:** ![reedcom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@reedcom](https://community.brave.app/u/reedcom)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/blocking-ads-makes-some-sites-unreachable/52005/7 "2019-04-05T21:30:13Z")

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Ah yes, I forgot about that page, thanks!