Ad block not working for YouTube in Opera 52.0

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Hi, updated to v52.0.2871.40 on Linux. Finding that adverts are not being blocked on YouTube and many other sites despite ad block feature being turned on. I have been careful to remove all whitelisted domains as well. Begs me to ask, is the ad block feature broken in Opera 52? ETA for fix?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@shamik101 Are the main lists selected?

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by A Former User

@leocg Actually no! All it shows are headers Default lists, Other lists, Languages and Custom Lists but nothing under these headers. How to download and load the main lists?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@shamik101 Try this:

Close Opera, go to the profile folder, delete everything related to the ad-blocker, open Opera and wait for it to fetch the lists.

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg The opera profile folder should be located at ~/.opera ? I can't find this directory. Under linux where is the default profile stored?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@shamik101 Check in Menu > About Opera

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg That did not seem to help. Deleted both adblocker_data and adblocker_rules.json. Restarted Opera and waited for it to fetch the lists. No change. Ad block still broken!

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@shamik101 So the lists were fetched?

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg Apparently not. The adblocker_data folder is recreated but is empty. The .json file is not there. Planning to ditch Opera for good!

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@shamik101 Did you block auto-update by chance?