Hi there, Yesterday Brave removed my uBlock Extension on my windows desktop; I had to manually install it. Today Brave removed my uBlock Extension on my Linux Mint laptop; I had to manually install it again. What’s going on? Why brave is removing this extension? [ublock] Is this really because…

ok thanks for the quick answer. I guess it is time to ditch Brave I reckon

@Morticia My guess: Brave does not presently have funding and resources, with which to create a ManifestV2 development subdivision that could manage, maintain, and produce for multitudes of ManifestV2 extensions and their users.

Possible or they don’t want to maintain ManifestV2. Ether way, I’m not waiting for them to move. Deleting extension without warning was the final straw for me. I’m done with Brave.

[image] Request MV2 Manifest Hosting (Skip Redirect) Brave Feature Requests I’ve found a solution to bypass redirects and the mv2 manifest extension—which isn’t one of the four popular extensions hosted by Brave, as mentioned in the link . Thank you to the entir…

ublock origin lite works just aswell as the outgoing ublock once its set to full complete filter. no big deal.

I had the same problem, turns out they are disabling manifest v2 extensions and moving to their own hosted version by Brave. So just migrated to Firefox.

TLDR deprecated because it’s much much better for Big Tech and corporate America if all these extension are broken, which re-enables expansive tracking. Here is an article explaining why all the Chrome based browsers including Brave have gone to MV3: [image] Is Brave giving up on Manifest …

Let me help. Based on my research and testing, I’ve found a way to install the MV2 extension on Brave (Chromium 150). It may not be the official method, but this approach can help restore MV2 functionality in Brave. Please read the guide I’ve posted below. I hope this helps. [image] …

I guess I could have share how to manually reinstall the extension. I originally wanted to know why they removed it in the first place. Brave’s decision to weaken their browser security without notice exposed their real priorities imo.

Why is brave removing uBlock?

Brave Browser Desktop Support

289wk July 5, 2026, 10:13am 2

@Morticia

‘Some extensions suddenly turned off because they are "no longer supported" - #21 by 289wk’

‘Some extensions suddenly turned off because they are "no longer supported" - #23 by 289wk’

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