Element Blocker

Name: Element Blocker
Rating: 4.4831 (89 reviews)
Author: Luke Peters

By: Luke Peters

Block popups, banners, chat widgets, notification bars, and more from appearing on any website.

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Features & Capabilities

Element Blocker is a powerful Chrome extension designed to improve your browsing experience by blocking unwanted web page elements such as popups, banners, chat widgets, and notification bars. With a simple click, you can add any annoying element to your block list, keeping websites clean and distraction-free. The extension provides insightful features like viewing how many elements you have blocked on a specific website and the ability to temporarily pause element blocking when needed.

Manage your blocked elements effortlessly by removing all blocked items from a given website or selectively deleting specific blocked elements. Whether you're tired of intrusive popup ads or persistent chat widgets, Element Blocker gives you the control to customize your browsing environment with ease and precision.

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Version:

2.2 Last updated: 2025-11-06

Version code:

6069795

Creation date:

2019-03-29

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Content scripts matches:

<all_urls>

Size:

22.48KB

Email:

su*****@lukepeters.me

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Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-15

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Ranking

# 2,030 ▲ 1

Other rankings

#320 in Appearance

#363 in Privacy & Security ▲ 3

#5 in element keyword 26

#41 in ad blocker keyword 94 ▲ 1

#44 in writer's block keyword 16

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Developed by:

Luke Peters

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/element-blocker/

Email:

su*****@lukepeters.me

Website:

https://lukepeters.me

User Reviews

Element Blocker is valued for effectively blocking distracting elements and its ease of use, especially with other blockers like Unhook. Common drawbacks are precision/UX issues (hard to identify blocked elements), occasional bugs where blocks reappear, lack of a global ON/OFF toggle, missing advanced targeting (manual rules, per-URL scope, regex), and limited onboarding. Overall, it’s useful but could be improved with improved UX and advanced targeting features.

Pros

Effectively blocks page elements to improve focus and reduce distractions.
Simple and easy to use, with positive overall usefulness.
Works well in combination with other blockers (e.g., Unhook) to block more content.
Capable of hiding intrusive UI elements like ads and sidebars across sites.
Strong user appreciation and positive feedback.

Cons

Imprecise hover-based element selection and very verbose CSS selectors, making it hard to tell what is blocked.
Blocking persistence issues where blocked elements reappear after updates or on certain sites (e.g., YouTube).
No global ON/OFF toggle and workflow friction requiring multiple clicks to manage blocks.
Missing advanced targeting options: manual rule writing, per-URL or per-domain scope, and regex support.
Insufficient onboarding/instructions, making the usage process unclear for new users.

Recent reviews

by lu*****, 2026-02-15

Works well enough. The hover mechanic for selecting elements to block is imprecise, and the resulting CSS selectors are very verbose, making it difficult to tell which element is being blocked. If I could suggest improvements, blocking elements from the inspector, and simplified expressions would be top of the list.

by Fi*****, 2026-02-11

A very useful add-on. Thank you very much.

by Av*****, 2026-02-06

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Is Element Blocker Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Element Blocker requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

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Element Blocker is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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