Adblock Star - Browse ad-free and safe is no longer in the Chrome Web Store

What to use instead

Listings still in the store that are closest to it in what they say they do. Comparable, not endorsed.

1. AdBlock Pro Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 360 users ★ 5.0
2. Personalized Ad Blocker Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 3 users
3. AdShield Pro - Ad Blocker & Popup Blocker Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 341 users ★ 5.0
4. AdGuardX AdBlocker Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 3k users ★ 3.8
5. Free Adblocker for Chrome by Open Adblocker Describes nearly the same job, with a large installed audience 100k users ★ 4.7

All alternatives, with why each one is close →

What it was when it left

Left the store

2026-09-09

Users when it left

40k users

Rating when it left

4.9 (161 ratings)

Last version

2.0.0

Time in the store

12 months

Browser access

10 permissions, 1 site pattern

If you still have it installed

A listing leaving the store does not by itself remove the extension from browsers that already have it. If you still have it, you can see what it can reach and remove it in a minute:

1. Type chrome://extensions in the address bar and find the extension in the list.
2. Open its details. The site access setting shows where it can run; set it to run only on click and it reaches a page only after you press its icon.
3. To uninstall it, choose Remove on the same page.

What it can access, permission by permission →

What it can reach

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern.

We have not read this listing's manifest since we started keeping permission names. The counts above come from the last time we did.

The full permission history for this extension →

The publisher

Eco Labs.