User guidePlanned

Ad and tracker blocking

Planned. This page is not written yet.

Island blocks advertising and tracking requests natively, before subresources load.

What this page will cover

  • How blocking works: Brave's adblock engine with EasyList and EasyPrivacy
  • Turning ads and trackers on and off separately
  • Reading the shield in the address field and the blocked count per tab in All tabs
  • Allowing a site and its subdomains
  • How and when filter lists update, and what happens offline
  • Why a page can break and how to fix it