<![CDATA[Google Search ads are not blocked]]>Hello. I've noticed that ads in Google Search results are not blocked in my Opera for Android, even though the adblocker is on and appears to function well elsewhere. Is this a bug or a deliberate internal whitelisting? No websites are whitelisted in the adblocker settings.

Details:

  • Android version: 11
  • Phone: Google Pixel 3a
  • Opera version: 61.2.3076.56749
  • URL: https://www.google.co.uk/m?q=buy+tyres&client=ms-opera-mobile&channel=new&espv=1
  • Adblocker enabled
  • Data savings disabled
  • Steps to reproduce: Set Google as your search engine and search for 'buy tyres' (or any other obvious search terms looking to purchase something).
  • Expected behaviour: No Goole Search ads should be shown.
  • Actual behaviour: All Google Search ads are shown, both at the top and at the bottom of the page. Interestingly, no Bing ads are shown when searching for the same terms.
]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/46857/google-search-ads-are-not-blockedRSS for NodeTue, 09 Jun 2026 22:14:01 GMTSat, 30 Jan 2021 19:36:43 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Google Search ads are not blocked on Sat, 03 Jul 2021 23:07:59 GMT]]>@shintoplasm01 said in Google Search ads are not blocked:

built-in limitation that Opera has decided to retain in the mobile app.

What limitation is that? Brave has a Mobile app with a built-in adblocker that works perfectly fine. It even blocks YouTube ads.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/256559https://forums.opera.com/post/256559Sat, 03 Jul 2021 23:07:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google Search ads are not blocked on Sat, 03 Jul 2021 22:59:34 GMT]]>Why the hell is google whitelisted internally? This should not be the case. The point of an adblocker is to block ads. If google ads aren't being blocked then the "adblocker" isn't doing it's damn job.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/256558https://forums.opera.com/post/256558Sat, 03 Jul 2021 22:59:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google Search ads are not blocked on Sat, 03 Jul 2021 12:27:57 GMT]]>This was the last straw for me in my short lived Opera trials.
Even with Adguard running I get the Google ads when using Opera, this is not the case with any other browser.
Goodbye Opera

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/256461https://forums.opera.com/post/256461Sat, 03 Jul 2021 12:27:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google Search ads are not blocked on Thu, 01 Jul 2021 14:25:02 GMT]]>@ney31337 This is about Opera's Android app, not the desktop. In Android none of these pages are visibly on the whitelist, yet Google search ads are still there. It's an internal thing, some kind of built-in limitation that Opera has decided to retain in the mobile app.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/256295https://forums.opera.com/post/256295Thu, 01 Jul 2021 14:25:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google Search ads are not blocked on Tue, 29 Jun 2021 00:50:20 GMT]]>Yes, I don't understand why users are not allowed to add their own rule sources to solve this problem

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/256053https://forums.opera.com/post/256053Tue, 29 Jun 2021 00:50:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google Search ads are not blocked on Fri, 14 May 2021 11:28:27 GMT]]>@shintoplasm01
you're right, opera deliberately contributes to the invasion of your privacy favoring the biggest privacy invader on the planet, google, if you remove google, facebook, yandex and others from your whitelist opera will add them again after some time, in my view this is a crime, if I had the time I would fight with the opera in court but I already have too many problems to solve, I preferred to code my own extension to block these and other privacy invasions of the opera and its crime partners

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/251836https://forums.opera.com/post/251836Fri, 14 May 2021 11:28:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google Search ads are not blocked on Wed, 12 May 2021 09:39:56 GMT]]>Oh yeah, there is a youtube ad even though there is adblocker on, and i dunno why. They are annoying is it?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/251580https://forums.opera.com/post/251580Wed, 12 May 2021 09:39:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google Search ads are not blocked on Sun, 31 Jan 2021 18:40:29 GMT]]>@shintoplasm01 In Opera for Desktops, Google is on the exception list by default.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/241224https://forums.opera.com/post/241224Sun, 31 Jan 2021 18:40:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google Search ads are not blocked on Sun, 31 Jan 2021 17:56:12 GMT]]>@leocg Acceptable Ads are disabled.

Maybe someone from the Opera devs could confirm whether Google is whitelisted internally?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/241223https://forums.opera.com/post/241223Sun, 31 Jan 2021 17:56:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google Search ads are not blocked on Sat, 30 Jan 2021 21:24:27 GMT]]>@shintoplasm01 Have you disabled Acceptable Ads?

Anyway, I guess that maybe the default exceptions list may not be visible in Opera for Android.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/241122https://forums.opera.com/post/241122Sat, 30 Jan 2021 21:24:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google Search ads are not blocked on Sat, 30 Jan 2021 20:47:48 GMT]]>@leocg I've double-checked and nothing is whitelisted in my adblocker settings on Android. Also, Bing ads don't show up for the same search query so this seems like a Google-specific thing. Or are you suggesting a hardcoded whitelist that isn't user-configurable?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/241120https://forums.opera.com/post/241120Sat, 30 Jan 2021 20:47:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google Search ads are not blocked on Sat, 30 Jan 2021 20:06:48 GMT]]>@shintoplasm01 In Opera for desktops, the adblocker has a default list of exceptions. I believe the same happens on Opera for Android.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/241119https://forums.opera.com/post/241119Sat, 30 Jan 2021 20:06:48 GMT