Here’s What to Do Now That Microsoft Edge Is Phasing Out Ad Blockers

If you're a Microsoft Edge user, you will soon find that some older extensions—like uBlock Origin—no longer work. That's because Microsoft is following Google Chrome's lead in transitioning to the Manifest V3 extensions platform and disabling MV2 add-ons in the process. Edge is built on Google's Chromium engine, so the change isn't unexpected, but it does impact users who rely on older ad blockers. Microsoft is ending support for older Edge extensions Microsoft recently announced that it will begin turning MV2 extensions off by default over the next few months, and support for these add-ons will end completely for most users by the close of 2026. (The transition for enterprise is expected to be finalized in early 2027.) Microsoft notes that 95% of MV2 extensions on Edge have already moved to MV3, leaving fewer than 60 in the Edge Add-on store still on MV2. That includes uBlock Origin, which does have an MV3 version in uBlock Origin Lite, but the latter isn't as powerful as its predecessor and hides content rather than keeping it from loading in the first place. AdBlock, AdBlock Plus, and AdGuard are other MV3 alternatives with Edge versions, though they are not perfect replacements for uBlock Origin either thanks to restrictions on how MV3 ad blockers are able to filter content. You can switch to other browsers with ad-blocking capabilities If you want to retain the ad-blocking features you're used to, you can move away from Edge (and Chrome) to a browser that's n…