# Using uBock and Brave adblock together

**URL:** <https://community.brave.app/t/using-ubock-and-brave-adblock-together/280453>\
**Category:** Ad-Blocking\
**Created:** [September 7, 2021, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/using-ubock-and-brave-adblock-together/280453 "2021-09-07T20:58:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Joeis98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Joeis98](https://community.brave.app/u/Joeis98)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/using-ubock-and-brave-adblock-together/280453/1 "2021-09-07T20:58:40Z")

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Is there any reason/advantage to use uBlock with Brave? Does uBlock add anything, or does it the Shield already do the exact same thing?

Or is it better to disable Brave’s adblock and use uBlock instead?

For example I noticed with Brave’s it doesn’t block the sponsored reddit posts.

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**Author:** ![fanboynz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3be4f8/32.png) [@fanboynz](https://community.brave.app/u/fanboynz)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/using-ubock-and-brave-adblock-together/280453/2 "2021-09-07T21:14:12Z")

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Switching to Shields/Aggressive mode globally in `brave://settings/shields` will help with reddit. We use the same adblock lists as uBO. @Joeis98

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**Author:** ![jaybird](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/jaybird/32/40358_2.png) [@jaybird](https://community.brave.app/u/jaybird)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/using-ubock-and-brave-adblock-together/280453/3 "2021-09-12T01:27:19Z")

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> [@Joeis98](#):
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> Is there any reason/advantage to use uBlock with Brave? Does uBlock add anything, or does it the Shield already do the exact same thing?

Yes, but only if you use µBO in advanced user mode - medium or especially hard mode. Otherwise it’s redundant with Brave Shields.

Interested users may easily learn to use advanced modes by relying on uBlock’s Wiki and the pre-eminent µBO tutorial by [The Hated One](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lisQQmWQkY)

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/1/8/182067f3480d1a5e7aea5ae3131b116ca1ef7918.png) [@system](https://community.brave.app/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 1:28am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/using-ubock-and-brave-adblock-together/280453/4 "2021-10-12T01:28:00Z")

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Closed on October 12, 2021, 1:28am UTC

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