Greetings, dear readers! Today I will tell you how to remove Vkontakte ads.
Moreover, Vkontakte has several types of advertising: official advertising from Vkontakte and advertising that is added by third-party plugins and extensions. Today I will explain which advertising is official and which was added by itself. And of course, we will consider all the simplest ways to remove ads on Vkontakte.
Of course, Vkontakte does not provide a function to remove ads, but nevertheless, it is still possible to do this.
To do this, you need to install a special plug-in or extension to the browser you are using. Then it will block annoying ads. This extension is called Adblock Plus, and you can download it using the links below:
- For browser Mozilla Firefox - download.
- For browser Google chrome - download.
- For browser Opera - download.
After the plugins are installed, reopen the Vkontakte page, the ads should disappear:
I want to please you right away that it is easy to get rid of such ads, because this time this ad is not called by Vkontakte, but by applications and extensions installed on your computer.
To do this, just go into your browser settings, look at all plugins and extensions installed on your computer. There should definitely be such extensions that you see for the first time. In general, delete everything you don't need and restart your browser. Ads should disappear!
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A lot of advice on this topic is spinning on the Internet: from funny jokes in the style of “violence against Durov” to completely useless (and sometimes dangerous) suggestions for installing third-party programs. I decided to combine all this information into one article, finally answering my readers: how to remove ads from Contact. Let's get started?
We remove ads from VK - 5 ways:
Most of the options are very simple to execute, others require a little effort.
1. Change of language to ... Soviet.
This is done directly in VK
We go into the settings, as shown in the figure below
and scroll to the very bottom of the document, where we will see the following:
At the very bottom of the list will be the desired language. Click the "Change" button
What is the reason for the lack of advertising? In the internet, there are profound assumptions that there was no advertising at the time of the scoop, and this is a tribute to that regime or a ridiculous version that they say that the developers of the social network did not notice such an error. I think that this is just an "Easter egg", a funny, deliberately abandoned joke - nothing more.
2. Removing suspicious extensions from the browser
When surfing the internet, jumping various programs, etc. there is a chance that some harmful "bonus" will be installed on your computer. This is not a virus. Not.
In total, when entering a certain site (for example, Vkontakte), the user will see ads, which can be removed will not work without removing the malicious plugin from the browser.
One such plugin is a viral app SmileEx
3. Installing Ad Muncher programs, etc.
Option for majors. Are you a major? Not? Then let's move on. Most of this software is paid. This Ad Muncher costs 800r. Why pay?
Spit in the eye of a person who is seriously listing the advantages of such programs: they say, advertising is good at removing and so on. Remember, these are all free and much nicer alternatives.
4. Adblock for your browser
This plugin is built into the browser, it is completely safe (provided it is installed from the official site) and automatically blocks all ads and other obscene images.
Elementary installation in 2 clicks.
(this is for opera, but on the page you can select a version for Chrome, IE, Mozilla, etc.)
5. Hardcore option
The point is to completely ignore advertising. The practitioners of the method assert that over time you will achieve enlightenment, stop paying attention to it, the spirit will become hardened, and the eyes will “blur”. For me, it's a dubious pleasure. It's up to you to decide
Afterword.
It is bad form to count other people's money, but such figures, you must admit, hardly fit in the head: after all, according to 2009-2010 data, VK earned about a billion rubles on advertising! With this in mind, ask yourself: is it worth removing ads !? After all, by this selfish act you will reduce the income of the people who gave you the joy of electronic communication (the audience of the Contact is about 60 million people), comrades ashamed, but that's it.
Interesting on the blog:
Advertising on the social network Vkontakte can be divided into standard banner (block on the left of the page), and pop-up and various kinds of news, audio or video recordings for the site interface. And if with the first case, many prefer to accept and not pay attention, then in the second - it greatly annoys and interferes.
For example, if the browser is Google Chrome, click on the button with horizontal bars in the upper right corner. We choose Additional tools / Extensions.
Scroll down to the link “ More extensions". Along the way, look through the list of installed extensions, whether there are any suspicious ones among them, installed without your desire. Perhaps some of the banners are displayed because of them. Delete them if necessary. 
By clicking on "More extensions" you will be taken to shop chrome... IN Search enter Adblock and install the first issued extension. 
If you still display banners on the left of the VK page, click on the extension icon on the top panel - Settings.
Uncheck the box " Allow some unobtrusive ads". There should be no more intrusive messages. 
A similar extension can be installed for other popular browsers.
For Yandex-browser 
For Opera 
For Mozilla Firefox 
For Internet Explorer 
If after that something remains or the banners reappeared after a while, then it is probably in the system virus, check your OS with antivirus software.
How to disable VKontakte ads on android
Ads may also be present in VK mobile applications for Android on smartphones and tablets.
Using the app Secret codes (you will find it on Google Play) you can find a special service code with which it will be possible to go to debug mode and disable annoying messages. 
If you have advertisements or pop-up windows or banners on your Vkontakte or in your mailbox, then this, we can say with confidence, is a virus that should be eliminated as quickly as possible.
So, for this, if you are using a browser Opera (Opera)then go to "Tools - Extensions"and already there, see if there are any non-standard "extensions" with a name associated with VKontakte ( most likely, this is a virus).
Similarly, in the Google Chrome browser "Settings - Extension" (or just go by typing in the address bar, at the following link: chrome: // extensions /).
Further, if this method did not work, everything is a little more complicated. But don't despair! Specifically, in the Opera browser, do the following:
Tools - General settings - Advanced - Network - Proxy servers.
If you have a proxy server enabled here and your provider do not support proxy servers as the basis for providing services ( contact your internet service provider) is also a virus, so shut down the server (uncheck the activity boxes for these servers).
If this did not help, then take one more action:
Tools - General Settings-Advanced - Content - Configure javascript
If any path is specified here in the field "Custom javascript files folder" - remove it, most likely it is also a virus.
Most likely, after doing this, your computer will be free of malware and vkontakte advertising virus will disappear. It won't hurt either full computer scan (of course, the latest, current version of the antivirus) - for example, Dr. Web. How to do this is described.
p / s Thanks to our visitors, a large list of all virus extensions that are well disguised was found.
List of malicious extensions Success!
Today with you, dear blog readers, we will learn how to remove side advertising on the Vkontakte social network. Of course, I am not a supporter of such drastic measures, because you use the social network for free, like many other sites, and all these resources are earned through advertising. Therefore, blocking ads on sites means depriving them of their earnings. If all users are blocked, then webmasters will be much less willing to develop quality resources for free. Well, there is your business, if it interferes greatly, then block it, what can you do.
Before proceeding to setting up ad blocking for each browser separately, I will say that the Adguard extension is suitable for all browsers, it perfectly blocks ads not only on Vkontakte, but also wherever possible. Therefore, if you know how to install plugins for your browser, then feel free to install Adguard and do not worry. Well, if you don't know how, and want to know about a few more programs for blocking Vkontakte ads, then read the article further.
Disable via Google Chrome
Launch Chrome and click on the top menu in the form of three horizontal stripes. From the drop-down list, select "Additional tools - Extensions":
We load the list of extensions installed in the browser, but we go down to the very bottom of the list and click on the "More extensions" link:
In the store, in the search box on the left side, we can drive in the query "VKontakte advertising":
In addition to the Adguard advertised by me, our search results in a few more. For example, I installed "Remove ads vk.com". If you want to try to do this too, then click on it and install. After restarting the browser, the ads from your page will disappear:
Removing ads from Opera
Launch Opera and immediately click on the top menu in the left corner. From the drop-down list, select the item "Extensions - Load extensions":
In the window that opens, in the search, we hammer the Adguard request and install it, this is how it looks in the results:
We use the Mozilla Firefox browser
Launch the browser and in the upper right corner click on the menu in the form of three vertical bars. From the drop-down list, click on the "Add-ons" icon:
A page with a search bar opens, in which we drive in the already familiar Adguard and click on the result of the Adguard Anti-Banner to install.
