Troubleshooting

Self-diagnose the proper functioning of uBO Lite (uBOL).

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Default filtering mode

The default filtering mode of uBOL is meant to be optimal:

When the filtering mode is optimal, it is possible that some ad placeholders are left behind on a given site. If this happens and you want to get rid of the placeholders, set the filtering mode to complete for that site:

When the default mode is basic, uBOL will still filter network requests, but will not apply cosmetic- or scriptlet-based filters.

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Any browser: The default filtering mode automatically switches back to basic

This happens if you do not give uBOL the permissions to "read and change" data on all websites by default:

Chromium

Firefox

Safari (macOS)

Safari ⇒ "Settings..."

Safari (iOS)

Settings ⇒ Apps ⇒ Safari ⇒ Extensions ⇒ "uBlock Origin Lite"

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Safari: uBOL does not filter anything

This happens if you do not allow content blockers in Safari.

Safari (macOS)

Safari ⇒ "Settings..."

Above is the default setting for all websites. Be sure that content blockers are not disallowed on a given website:

Safari (iOS)

Settings ⇒ Apps ⇒ Safari ⇒ "Settings for Websites" section ⇒ "Content Blockers"

Above is the default setting for all websites. Be sure that content blockers are not disallowed on a given website: