# AdBlocker for Gmail™

> Removes all annoying Ads and Banners from Gmail

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/adblock-for-gmail](https://chrome-stats.com/d/adblock-for-gmail)

## Overview

- **ID:** `adblock-for-gmail`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** AdblockLite
- **Category:** privacy-security,social-communication,other
- **Daily users:** 1,544
- **Weekly downloads:** 14
- **Rating:** 4.32 / 5 (25 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.1.9resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2015-02-07
- **Size:** 37 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/adblock-for-gmail/)
- **Website:** [http://mybrowseraddon.com/clean-email.html](http://mybrowseraddon.com/clean-email.html)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/adblock-for-gmail/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/adblock-for-gmail/privacy/)

## Description

AdBlocker for Gmail™ is a lightweight Chrome extension designed to enhance your email experience by removing all intrusive ads, banners, and web-clip suggestions from your Gmail inbox. It efficiently cleans up the top-header, bottom-footer, and right side-bar sections in individual email pages, providing a neat and focused interface. Additionally, this addon supports Firefox for Android, expanding its usability across devices.

With minimal memory and CPU usage, AdBlocker for Gmail™ ensures your system's performance remains unaffected. The extension's support page includes Google Analytics for functionality insights, and a dedicated homepage allows users to report bugs via a simple form. Transform your Gmail interface into a cleaner, ad-free environment effortlessly with this handy extension.

## Rankings

- #2,557 — Overall
- #301 — Social & Communication
- #11 — gmail
- #22 — adblocker
- #39 — adblock
- #46 — hotmail

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `storage`
- `webRequest`
- `http://*/*`
- `https://*/*`
- `webRequestBlocking`

### Content script matches

- `mail.google.com`
- `*.mail.google.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users appreciate that the add-on effectively blocks ads in Gmail and provides a cleaner inbox experience. However, multiple reviews report recent problems where the extension blocks uploading attachments, prevents attaching files or pasting images, and causes email attachments not to load, significantly impacting Gmail functionality. Users who relied on the extension for years find these issues render it currently unusable.

### Pros

- Effectively blocks ads in Gmail inbox
- Has been reliable for years before recent issues
- Provides a cleaner, ad-free Gmail experience

### Cons

- Blocks attachment uploading in Gmail
- Prevents attaching files and pasting images into Gmail or chat
- Causes Gmail not to load email attachments when enabled

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/adblock-for-gmail)