What is ‘Adblock not working’ issue on Twitch?
If you are facing ‘Adblock not working on Twitch’ issue while trying to use Adblock program/adblock browser extension on Twitch platform in your Windows 10/8/7 computer, then you are in right place for the solution. Here, you will be guided with easy steps/methods to resolve the issue. Let’s starts the discussion.
‘Twitch’: Twitch is American Video live streaming service that focuses on video game live streaming, including broadcass of esports competitons. Twitch service offers music broadcasts, creative content, and more recently, in real-life streams. Its official site is twitch.tv. Some of the most popular games streamed on Twitch are Fortnite, League of Legends, Dota 2, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, Hearthstone, Overwatch and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive with a combined total of over 356 million hours watched.
However, several users or Twitch users experienced ‘Adblock not working on Twitch’ issue while they tried to use adblock browser extension on Twitch service on their Windows 10/8/7 computer. This issue indicates Adblock is not working on your Windows computer while you are on Twitch service and more likely to happen if you are using outdated Adblock browser extension. If you are not aware, Adblock is browser extension designed to block advertisements triggered by websites/browser extensions and/or other applications installed in your browser/computer.
Adblock browser extension is designed to help you to block advertisements from Twitch service and makes the streaming ads-free. If you are facingig Adblock is not working in your browser like Google Chrome while streaming on Twitch, then outdated Adblock browser extension could be one possible reason behind this issue.
In such case, you can update Adblock browser extension in your browser in order to fix the issue. Another possible reason behind this issue can be web browser player or the network service on your browser like Chrome. This issue can be occurred due to some issue with your browser or causes conflict with other browser extensions.
Adblock not working on Twitch issue can also be occurred due to Adblock’s own filter not being set optimally. It might possible that some other conflicting browser extension causes this issue. In such case, you can disable or remove such problematic browser extension in order to fix the issue. It is possible to resolve the issue with our instructions. Let’s go for the solution.
How to fix Adblock not working on Twitch in Windows 10/8/7?
Method 1: Fix ‘Adblock not working on Twitch’ with ‘PC Repair Tool’
If this issue is occurred due to some issues in your Windows computer, then you can try to fix the issue with ‘PC Repair Tool’. This software offers you to find and fix BSOD errors, DLL errors, EXE errors, problems with programs/applications, malware or viruses issues, system files or registry issues and other system issues with just few clicks. You can get this tool through button/link below.
Method 2: Update Adblock extension [On Chrome]
One possible way to fix the issue is to update Adblock browser extension to latest available update version.
Step 1: Open ‘Google Chrome’ browser and click on ‘Three-Dots’ icon at top-right corner and select ‘More Tools > Extensions’
Step 2: On the opened page, find and turn ON the ‘Developer Mode’ appears on top and click ‘Update’ to update all your chrome extensions. This will update Adblock extension
Step 3: Once updated, restart your browser and retry accessing Twitch service and check if the issue is resolved.
Method 3: Modify Adblock Settings
You can also try to fix the issue by making some changes in Adblock settings.
Step 1: Open ‘Google Chrome’ browser, find and click on ‘Adblock’ extension icon next to address bar
Step 2: Now, click on gear icon to open your Adblock Settings. On Settings page, under ‘General’ option, deselect ‘Allow Acceptable Ads’ to uncheck. Restart your Chrome browser and check if the issue is resolved.
Method 4: Change Google Chrome Settings
This issue can be occurred due to your browser like Chrome’s network service. You can check and re-configure the settings in order to fix the issue.
Step 1: Open ‘Google Chrome’ browser and type ‘chrome://flags’ in URL bar of browser, and hit ‘Enter’ key
Step 2: On the open page, search for ‘Network Service’ and set ‘Data Reduction proxy with network service’ and ‘Runs network service in-process’ to disabled, save the changes and restart your browser, and check if it works for you.
Method 5: Install HLS Adblock
Installing HLS Adblock can resolve this problem because if patches Twitch’s technique and edits the playlists requested every few seconds.
Step 1: Open your browser and download ‘HLS Adblock app’ from ‘https://github.com/instance01/Twitch-HLS-AdBlock’ page, and unzip it into the a folder
Step 2: Type in ‘chrome://extensions/’ into active developer mode and click ‘Load Unpacked’ and go to the folder where the extension is. Now, restart your browser and check if it works for you.
Method 6: Try an Alternative Twitch.tv player
‘Alternative for Twitch.tv’ is extension which was known before as Twitch 5. It can remove advertisements from live streams, and settings can be adjust to suit your web connection. You can simply download/instal this extension in your browser and add the extension to browser, and then restart your computer, check if it works for you.
Method 7: Try AdGuard Extension
You can also try to AdGuard browser extension offers to block ads including rich media advertising, video ads, banners, popup, and more. It can handle a lot of Adblock circumvention scripts which is technique Twitch favours.
Method 8: Try using Filters
Adblock browser extension includes white list, blacklist, and custom filter list features, when can add to manually. Try adding Twitch’s ads stream to extension’s blocklist in order to fix the issue.
Step 1: Click on ‘Adblock’ extension icon in your browser and click ‘Gear’ icon of Adblock to open ‘Settings’
Step 2: On Settings page, click ‘Customize > Edit’ and add the following one on each line
www.twitch.tv##.player-ad-overlay.player-overlay
www.twitch.tv##.js-player-ad-overlay.player-ad-overlay
r/https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/sdkloader/ima3.js
https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/sdkloader/ima3.js
Step 3: Save the changes and restart your computer, and check if the issue is resolved.
Method 9: Try Android App or Emulator
Twitch has an Android app, so you can try this in your computer using Android emulator like BlueStacks or similar. To do so, open Twitch App on Android or Android Emulator on PC, click on ‘Learn More’ and click ‘Back’ button right away to skip the ad.
Method 10: Download Streamlink Twitch GUI
You can try Streamlink Twitch GUI web application offers to bypass any Twitch.tv ads and it allows you to use any video player. You can get this tool through ‘https://streamlink.github.io/streamlink-twitch-gui/’ page.
Method 11: Try Unblock Origin Instead
Unblock Origin is adblocker can run thousands of filters and doesn’t have much of impact on CPO or memory. You can try this extension instead.
Method 12: Try UMatrix
UMatrix browser extension can block scripts, ads, iframes and more. You can try this extension to restrict specific browser requests. You can simply add this extension to your browser and restart your browser, and check if the issue is resolved.
Method 13: Try Brave Browser
You can try another browser if the issue is still persist. Brave browser is open-free browser blocks ads as well as websites trackers. You can download/install this browser in your computer and try accessing Twitch service and check if it works for you.
Method 14: Try User-Agent Switcher
User-Agent Switcher is Chrome browser extension offers to convert the user agent in Brave browser to be iOS/Android. To do so, you need to install Brave browser and Unblock Origin Extensions and UMatrix extension to it and then install User-Agent Switcher and run it as Android.
Method 15: Invest in Twitch Turbo
If the issue is still persist, then you can try to fix the issue by investing in Twitch Turbo – comes with various feature including ad-free viewing. To do so, open your Twitch Turbo subscription page and subscribe for it.
Conclusion
I hope this post helped you on How to fix Adblock not working on Twitch with several easy steps/methods. You can read & follow our instructions to do so. That’s all. For any suggestions or queries, please write on comment box below.
