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• Change log / Pre-fork: 0.8.2.1 - 0.2.0.0 / Pre-fork: 0.1.4.8 and less
• Permissions
  • Can you trust uBlock Origin?
• Privacy policy
• Install from:
  • Mozilla Add-ons for Firefox ↪,
  • Chrome web store ↪,
  • Opera addons ↪,
  • Edge Add-ons ↪,
  • Downloaded package,
  • Source (for developers)
• The popup user interface
  • The per-site switches
• The context menu
• Dashboard
  • Settings pane
    • Cloud storage
    • Advanced user features
      • Advanced settings
  • Filter lists pane
    • External Websites List
  • My filters pane
    • Static filter syntax
      • Procedural cosmetic filters
      • Resources Library
  • My rules pane
    • Dynamic filtering
      • Quick guide
      • Rule syntax
      • Rule precedence
      • Blocking mode
    • Dynamic URL filtering
  • Trusted sites pane
    • How to mark a web site as trusted
  • Keyboard shortcuts
• The logger
  • DOM inspector
• Element picker
• Element zapper
• Blocking mode
  • Very easy mode
  • Easy mode (default)
    • Easy mode + more privacy
    • Easy mode + enhanced security/privacy
  • Medium mode (optimal for advanced users)
  • Hard mode
  • Nightmare mode
• Strict blocking
  • Badware risks
• Overview of uBlock's network filtering engine
  • Overview of uBlock's network filtering engine: details
  • Does uBlock Origin block ads or just hide them?
  • Doesn't uBlock Origin add overhead to page load?
• Tools, tests
• Deploying uBlock Origin
• Troubleshooting:
  • Privileged Pages
  • Software known to have uninstalled uBlock Origin
  • The removed element reappears when you reload the page
  • Read carefully if using uBO/webext on legacy Firefox
• Good external guides:
  • How to use uBlock Origin advanced user mode tutorial ↪
  • Firefox: uBlock Origin – Firefox-Kompendium Teil2 ↪
  • Beginners Cheat Sheet - "Syntax Meanings That Are Actually Human Readable" ↪
• Unsorted topics:
  • Privacy stuff
  • Tricks and tips waterfall
  • How to ...
  • Memory footprint: what happens inside uBlock after installation
  • uBlock vs. ABP: efficiency compared
  • Own memory usage: benchmarks over time
  • Contributed memory usage: benchmarks over time
  • Counterpoint: Who cares about efficiency, I have 8 GB RAM and|or a quad core CPU
  • Myth: uBlock consumes over 80MB
  • Myth: uBlock is just slightly less resource intensive than Adblock Plus
  • Counterpoints: unsorted
  • uBlock and others: Blocking ads, trackers, malwares
  • About "This other extension reports more stuff blocked!"
  • About "uBlock is inferior in capabilities as a result of being lighter on the browser"
  • About "Why uBlock Origin works so much better than Pi‑hole does?"
  • Various videos showing side by side comparison of the load speed of complex sites
  • Scientific papers
  • Why don't you accept donations?
  • Reference description of uBO in various extensions stores
  • Draft version of this wiki