{"id":152353,"date":"2026-05-01T03:21:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T07:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/?p=152353"},"modified":"2026-05-01T03:21:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T07:21:03","slug":"how-to-watch-youtube-ad-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/how-to-watch-youtube-ad-free\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Watch YouTube Ad-Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"daves-2318556950\" class=\"daves-single-post-before-content daves-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/yt-premium.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-152369\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/yt-premium.jpg\" alt=\"youtube-premium\" width=\"478\" height=\"118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/yt-premium.jpg 478w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/yt-premium-350x86.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/yt-premium-150x37.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I signed up for <strong>YouTube Premium<\/strong> a couple of years ago because where I live, it&#8217;s dirt cheap at around $3 per month. But I know that it&#8217;s much more expensive elsewhere, from $9 to $16. For me, the biggest plus is no more ads, which can be infuriating and pop up several times during each video. In fact, today, some fifteen-minute videos can have up to eight ads inside, which is absolutely ridiculous. But if you <em>don&#8217;t<\/em> sign up for YouTube Premium or Premium Lite, there are ways to enjoy it without the ads.<\/p>\n<h2>uBlock Origin<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ublock-origin-logo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-152359\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ublock-origin-logo.jpg\" alt=\"ublock-origin-logo\" width=\"261\" height=\"73\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ublock-origin-logo.jpg 261w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ublock-origin-logo-150x42.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For years, Google and adblockers have been playing cat and mouse, and before I signed up for Premium, I used <a href=\"https:\/\/ublockorigin.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uBlock Origin<\/a>, and it blocked all ads on YouTube as expected. However, it&#8217;s been a couple of years since I&#8217;ve used it, and with Google constantly finding ways to knobble adblockers, the likes of uBlock Origin have had to play catch-up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ublock-origin-text.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-152357\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ublock-origin-text-640x139.jpg\" alt=\"ublock-origin-text\" width=\"640\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ublock-origin-text-640x139.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ublock-origin-text-350x76.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ublock-origin-text-150x33.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ublock-origin-text-768x167.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ublock-origin-text.jpg 851w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to its website, the full version is no longer available for Chrome, and you have to use uBlock Origin Lite. It does, however, work with Firefox, Brave, and Edge. YouTube is actively cracking down on ad blockers, and some users may see warnings that video playback has been blocked, but from what I can gather, the most popular and effective is still uBlock Origin.<\/p>\n<p>Other adblockers, such as the original <a href=\"https:\/\/getadblock.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AdBlock<\/a>, are said to still work on YouTube, although, as far as I have read, you need to keep abreast of the YouTube crackdown because adblock extensions appear to need constant updates.<\/p><div id=\"daves-1859535959\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content daves-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<h2>AdNauseam<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adnauseum-logo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-152361\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adnauseum-logo-640x154.jpg\" alt=\"adnauseum-logo\" width=\"640\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adnauseum-logo-640x154.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adnauseum-logo-350x84.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adnauseum-logo-150x36.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adnauseum-logo.jpg 711w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/adnauseam.io\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AdNauseam<\/a> has been around for over a decade, but in 2017, it was removed from the Google Web Store with the company saying that it violated policies and later flagged it as malware. AdNauseam describes its extension, built atop uBlock Origin and quietly clicks on every blocked ad, registering a visit on ad networks&#8217; databases. The key to it is obfuscation of browsing data and protecting users from tracking by advertising networks, according to its website. In order to use the extension on Chrome, it would need to be sideloaded, but it does work correctly on other browsers.<\/p>\n<h2>Add A Hyphen To A YouTube URL<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/youtube-no-cookie.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-152366\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/youtube-no-cookie-640x436.jpg\" alt=\"youtube-no-cookie\" width=\"640\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/youtube-no-cookie-640x436.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/youtube-no-cookie-350x238.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/youtube-no-cookie-150x102.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/youtube-no-cookie-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/youtube-no-cookie.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a weird one that I came across by accident. If you place a hyphen between the T and U of a YouTube link (not the share link), it will take you to youtube-nocookie.com. For example, with <strong>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZPzUBLRmT0s<\/strong> you should adjust it to &#8211; <strong>https:\/\/www.yout-ube.com\/watch?v=ZPzUBLRmT0s<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>However, you would need to copy each URL for the video you want to watch because the site exists as a way for other websites to embed YouTube videos without having ads on the page or related cookies. I tried it on a clean Firefox install where I&#8217;m not subscribed to anything, and it worked perfectly without ads, but it is limited to only the video from the URL you chose. There&#8217;s no search function, no likes, comments, or similar videos. In fact, it&#8217;s quite pleasant not to be crowded out with all that stuff.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p><div id=\"daves-2953918840\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content-2 daves-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"daves-65232213\" class=\"daves-after-content daves-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3225321574\" \ndata-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I signed up for YouTube Premium a couple of years ago because where I live, it&#8217;s dirt cheap at around $3 per month. But I know that it&#8217;s much more expensive elsewhere, from $9 to $16. For me, the biggest plus is no more ads, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1640,"featured_media":152368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,28,408],"tags":[12473,11974],"class_list":["post-152353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how","category-internet","category-sites-internet","tag-youtube-adblock","tag-youtube-ads"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152353"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152383,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152353\/revisions\/152383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}