But for the most part, it felt refreshing to finally find ads gone from whats now my favorite browser on iOS.

Googles browser is pretty good performance-wise, syncs my personal information seamlessly, and features an interface thats both fun and easy to use.

But Chromes complete inability to block ads does get on my nerves all the time.

Too often, Ive had to fall back to Safari for those ad-ridden sites that wont allow a normal experience without an ad blocker.

Crawled through various forums looking for workarounds, and to my surprise I found a way What you are going to learn isnt the most convenient of ways to block ads, but let me share it with you so that you can decide for yourself.

AdGuard DNS to the Rescue My workaround involves using the domain name system (DNS) servers of a popular ad blocking service called AdGuard.

It requires nothing overly technical set up the AdGuard DNS with your internet connection, and you end up filtering IP addresses and trackers related to major ad serving platforms.

Pretty cool, huh And if you were wondering, AdGuard is very open to you using their DNS servers, so its not as if you are doing anything wrong.

Just apply the AdGuard DNS to your internet connection, and you end up filtering IP addresses and trackers related to major ad serving platforms.

So, dont be surprised to find out certain apps such as free-to-play games failing to work properly due to their inability to serve ads, in which case you have to consider resetting the DNS servers.

So then, what about blocking ads while surfing on cellular data iOS only lets you configure DNS servers for Wi-Fi connections To circumvent the limitation, I tried using a paid app that claimed to override default DNS settings for cellular data.

Looked around even more for an alternative, and stumbled upon an app called DNSCloak that supposedly secures you from DNS spoofing.

And to my pleasant surprise, it features a built-in AdGuard DNS server profile that you can use to get rid of ads on both Wi-Fi and cellular completely.

Regardless, Im not going to forego changing Wi-Fi DNS servers manually.

Its risk-free compared to DNSCloak, which may have unknown security concerns that Ill mention while we move along.

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But as I mentioned earlier, you need to apply it whenever you connect to a new Wi-Fi hotspot once youve configured the DNS servers, the device uses those settings whenever you rejoin the same hotspot.

In my case, Ive set up the AdGuard DNS servers for my home Wi-Fi connection, as well as on public networks that I frequent to.

And for those other random networks, I either deal with the ads or use DNSCloak if I find them too annoying.

The following steps should walk you through the process required to block ads on a Wi-Fi connection.

Next, tap the i-shaped symbol next to the connected Wi-Fi network.

However, you can also choose to forget the connection and reconnect to it to revert to the default DNS servers automatically.

I faced no issues while using the AdGuard DNS servers they blocked nearly every ad that I came across, except for a few sites where I did encounter a few pop-up tabs.

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