UBlock Origin Lite - Nice adblocker for modern challenges

Hi Rasheed,
I am confused. In uBlock Origin, element picker rules can easily be deleted from the My filters tab. Or was that not what you meant?

 

I will explain:

uBlock Lite has a new feature that lets you select a ''remove filter'' option, and then it will show you exactly what has been blocked on a website via visual indicator. While in uBlock Origin you can only remove those filters via the ''My filters'' tab.

Problem is that sometimes stuff gets blocked, and then I can't actually know which filter (made by element picker) needs to be removed, so this new feature saves me a LOT of time. Weird that he never implemented such a feature in uBlock Origin.

 

uBlock Origin Lite (uBOL) v2025.824.1755 has been released. (24-August-2025)

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Release notes

• Improved built-in parser to convert filters to DNR rules.
• Support custom filters using CSS pseudo-elements.
• Updated filter lists.
• Commit history.

Not yet in the relevant stores at the time of this posting.

 

Ah, thanks, Rasheed,
That sure sounds like a handy option indeed.

 

Where is the ''remove filter'' option?

 

Hi,
It appears after you have created a cosmetic rule.
If you try to hide the two iframes under the image I have inserted, you will see what you are looking for.

https://imgbox.com/u8rpJuxo

 

Hi,

Thanks!

 

Doesn't anyone care?

Please take these tests:

https://webbrowsertools.com/test-webrtc-leak/

https://webbrowsertools.com/ip-address/



Perhaps the WebRTC BrowserLeaks test is rather “optimistic.”

 

uBlock Origin Lite (uBOL) v2025.825.1605 has been released. (25-August-2025)

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Release notes

• Fix regression in managing redirect rules
• Updated filter lists
• Commit history

 

uBlock Origin Lite (uBOL) v2025.831.1814 has been released. (31-August-2025)

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Release notes

• Ensure UI is visible even after failure.
• Merge AdGuard mobile filters with uBO's own mobile filters.
• Updated filter lists.
• Commit history.

 

uBlock Origin Lite (uBOL) v2025.906.1308 has been released. (06-September-2025)

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Release notes

• Move redirect/removeParams/modifyHeaders rules to static rulesets
• Updated filter lists
• Commit history

 

Now available in the Microsoft Store.

 

uBlock Origin Lite (uBOL) v2025.911.1335 has been released. (11-September-2025)

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• Updated filter lists
• Commit history

 

With “Always HTTPS” finally improved in Edge, I replaced the rule that prevents access to HTTP websites with this rule:

Code:

{
  "id": 1,
  "priority": 1,
  "action": { "type": "block" },
  "condition": {
    "regexFilter": "^http://",
    "domainType": "thirdParty"
  }
}

which is equivalent to this rule for uBlock Origin:

Code:

!Block third party HTTP
||HTTP://*$third-party,important

which may be important in case of temporary exceptions (continued for the website) for some HTTP websites.
I have also set my browser to block JavaScript for all HTTP websites:



I don't use exceptions for HTTP websites, but these rules are set up and forgotten, so why not take advantage of them....

P.S.

It is interesting to note that Kees1958 also wrote his own DNR rules for uBoL:

https://github.com/Kees1958/W3C_annual_most_used_survey_blocklist/blob/master/my-ubol-dnr-rules.json

 

uBlock Origin Lite (uBOL) v2025.921.2008 has been released. (21-September-2025)

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Release notes

• Updated filter lists
• Commit history

 

I have just checked it again on Vivaldi 7.6, and the ''remove an element'' feature doesn't actually remember anything. As soon as you reload the page, everything is back again. Just try it on this website, remove a picture and then reload.

https://nos.nl

 

BTW, is this uBlock Lite version on Firefox for real? It seems to be quite fishy to me.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublocklite/

 

any uBoL on AMO ist NOT gorhill, and not current.
and in special that is already gone.
go github if not chromium based.

 

So what you're saying, is this version fake or what? I have reported it to Mozilla, and they have removed it after 48+ hours, so yes it was fake, and Mozilla isn't doing a good job of keeping fake/malicious extensions of their extension store!

 

mozilla has its rules. there exist another ubol extension in AMO which is rather old and compiled from the chromium build nevertheless after reporting it due dubios "proxy" mozilla amo reviewers wrote me that this extension is legit with their rules.
you accusation is a bad joke and has no evidence.

 

What do you mean, then why did Mozilla remove it? I said it was a fake extension, but it might have even been malicious. I think 48+ hours to take this extension down is way too long. But I saw that only 3 people had downloaded it, that's the good news.

 

Hi Rasheed,

did the Add-on page have the Add-on "Recommended" Badge? I'm guessing maybe not. The "Recommended" Add-ons are extensions that are trusted, reviewed or developed by Mozilla, as explained here:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/k...medium=referral&utm_source=addons.mozilla.org

 

ubol for firefox from gorhill is not official on amo. so - no recommended badge.

 

Okay that makes sense. Still, too bad Mozilla couldn't have identified and removed the rogue Add-on sooner.