# Ad Blocker Turned Off- How? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 25, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-blocker-turned-off-how/820251 "2018-08-25T13:41:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-blocker-turned-off-how/820251/1 "2018-08-25T13:41:05Z")
I had pop ups suddenly appearing and noticed the Ad Blocker icon was gone. I went into settings and reloaded it but how did it get turned off on the first place? I know I didn’t do it. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-blocker-turned-off-how/820251/2 "2018-08-25T13:44:15Z")
Which ad-blocker are you using? ---
**Author:** ![Panther\_Modern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac8455/32.png) [@Panther\_Modern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panther_Modern)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-blocker-turned-off-how/820251/3 "2018-08-25T14:08:16Z")
> [@MikeF](#): > > I had pop ups suddenly appearing and noticed the Ad Blocker icon was gone. I went into settings and reloaded it but how did it get turned off on the first place? I know I didn’t do it. Which ad-blocker are you using? You should check the ad blocker’s whitelist. ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-blocker-turned-off-how/820251/4 "2018-08-26T13:35:41Z")
I’m using Ad Block , FWIW. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-blocker-turned-off-how/820251/5 "2018-08-26T14:51:31Z")
My first guess is that your browser updated to a version that was incompatible with the ad blocker. I’ve had that happen recently when Firefox changed its plugin API. I had to update to a newer version of NoScript as a result. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-blocker-turned-off-how/820251/6 "2018-08-26T16:50:58Z")
I’m running Chrome version 68.0.3440.106 (Official Build), and AdBlock Plus version 3.2. AdBlock has been crashing about every other day for the past 2 months. Sometimes I see the message that it’s crashed and I’m told to ‘click here to reload’. Other times I don’t see that message but notice that it’s gone, whereupon I’ve reloaded it manually. I perused some user forums on the AdBlock site; seems as though this is a rather common problem. Some have suggested to create a new profile within Chrome; I did that when I first noticed the problem and it didn’t seem to help at all. So I guess I’ll just live with it until either AdBlock or Chrome offers an update until the problem is fixed. ---
**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-blocker-turned-off-how/820251/7 "2018-08-27T14:37:28Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > I’m running Chrome version 68.0.3440.106 (Official Build), and AdBlock Plus version 3.2. AdBlock has been crashing about every other day for the past 2 months. Sometimes I see the message that it’s crashed and I’m told to ‘click here to reload’. Other times I don’t see that message but notice that it’s gone, whereupon I’ve reloaded it manually. > > I perused some user forums on the AdBlock site; seems as though this is a rather common problem. Some have suggested to create a new profile within Chrome; I did that when I first noticed the problem and it didn’t seem to help at all. So I guess I’ll just live with it until either AdBlock or Chrome offers an update until the problem is fixed. Or you just choose a different ad blocking extension. My kids were hot on me getting ublock origin. ---
**Author:** ![Panther\_Modern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac8455/32.png) [@Panther\_Modern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panther_Modern)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-blocker-turned-off-how/820251/8 "2018-08-27T20:20:47Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > I’m running Chrome version 68.0.3440.106 (Official Build), and AdBlock Plus version 3.2. AdBlock has been crashing about every other day for the past 2 months. Sometimes I see the message that it’s crashed and I’m told to ‘click here to reload’. Other times I don’t see that message but notice that it’s gone, whereupon I’ve reloaded it manually. > > I perused some user forums on the AdBlock site; seems as though this is a rather common problem. Some have suggested to create a new profile within Chrome; I did that when I first noticed the problem and it didn’t seem to help at all. So I guess I’ll just live with it until either AdBlock or Chrome offers an update until the problem is fixed. Have you tried removing the plug-in and reinstalling it? Do you have other plug-ins installed? Maybe those are causing conflicts with Ad-Blocker Plus.