Shieldly Ad Blocker

Block ads, trackers, pop-ups, cookie walls, fake buttons and WebRTC leaks with local-first Chrome protection.

Shieldly Ad Blocker is a local-first Chrome ad blocker and privacy extension built to make everyday browsing cleaner, faster, calmer, and less distracting. Shieldly helps reduce unwanted ads, tracking requests, pop-ups, cookie walls, promoted placements, fake buttons, redirect traps, notification traps, and other intrusive page elements while keeping your settings and protection data on your device. 🛡️ Cleaner browsing, built for Chrome Many websites are overloaded with advertising scripts, tracking pixels, pop-up windows, cookie consent overlays, sticky banners, fake download buttons, autoplay placements, sponsored boxes, and other distracting elements. Shieldly is designed to reduce that noise and give you simple controls for each website. It uses Chrome Manifest V3 and declarativeNetRequest rules so network filtering is handled through Chrome's local extension system. That means Shieldly focuses on browser-based protection, local settings, and clear per-site controls instead of uploading your browsing activity to a remote service. Shieldly is useful if you want a lightweight ad blocker, tracker blocker, pop-up blocker, cookie banner cleaner, YouTube cleanup tool, SafeClick protection, WebRTC leak protection, and simple privacy-focused controls in one Chrome extension. ✅ Key features • Ad blocker for common advertising requests and page placements • Tracker blocker for analytics, tracking pixels, and privacy-invasive web resources • Pop-up blocker for newsletter modals, promo overlays, and intrusive windows • Cookie wall and cookie banner cleanup for common consent overlays • YouTube cleanup for promoted placements, player ads, and empty ad spaces • Netflix Assist for reducing supported ad interruptions without breaking playback • SafeClick protection for fake download buttons, deceptive buttons, redirect traps, fake alerts, and notification permission traps • WebRTC leak protection to reduce local IP exposure through browser peer connections • Regional ad filter selection based on your browser language • Compatibility, Balanced, and Strict protection modes • Per-site controls to pause protection, allow ads, or change protection mode for a specific website • Custom blocked domains for advanced local control • Local diagnostics and support report export • Import and export for local settings • Toolbar popup for quick protection controls • Options page for deeper control and diagnostics 🔒 Privacy-first by design Shieldly is designed to work locally in your browser. Your browsing history is not uploaded to Shieldly servers. Website content, allowlists, custom domains, local statistics, diagnostics, site modes, SafeClick decisions, and extension settings stay in Chrome storage on your device. SafeClick analysis runs locally while a page is open. It helps identify deceptive page behavior such as fake buttons, suspicious redirects, fake security alerts, misleading download buttons, and notification permission traps. Shieldly does not sell user data. Shieldly does not use browsing activity for personalized advertising. Shieldly does not require an account for local protection. ⚡ Why install Shieldly? Install Shieldly if you want a Chrome ad blocker that focuses on clean browsing, fewer tracking requests, fewer pop-ups, fewer cookie banners, less page clutter, safer clicks on suspicious pages, and simple per-site control. Shieldly is made for users who want the web to feel less noisy without turning every setting into a complicated technical panel. It helps with: • Blocking ads on websites • Reducing tracking scripts • Cleaning up intrusive ad containers • Removing common pop-ups • Handling cookie walls and cookie banners • Cleaning YouTube promoted placements • Reducing empty ad spaces • Warning about deceptive page behavior • Reducing WebRTC local IP exposure • Managing noisy sites with Compatibility, Balanced, and Strict modes • Allowing specific sites when needed • Exporting settings locally • Checking extension health through diagnostics 🚫 Ad blocking Shieldly blocks common advertising requests and page placements using local Chrome extension rules. These rules help reduce banner ads, sponsored resources, ad scripts, ad iframes, promotional placements, and common ad network requests. The goal is simple: fewer distractions, faster pages, and a cleaner browsing experience. Because advertising systems change frequently, no ad blocker can guarantee perfect blocking on every website. Shieldly includes multiple rulesets, regional filtering, custom blocks, and diagnostics to help improve coverage over time. 🧭 Tracker blocking Shieldly helps reduce tracking requests from analytics scripts, measurement tools, tracking pixels, behavioral advertising networks, and other privacy-invasive web resources. Tracker blocking can help reduce background requests that follow users across websites, measure page interactions, or collect browsing signals for advertising and analytics. Shieldly focuses on common browser-based tracking requests and keeps its settings local. 🍪 Cookie wall and cookie banner cleanup Cookie pop-ups and consent banners can make browsing slower and more annoying. Shieldly includes cookie wall and cookie banner cleanup for common consent overlays. The extension can help reduce intrusive cookie prompts, consent overlays, and repeated privacy pop-ups when supported by the page structure. Some websites implement cookie consent in very different ways, so behavior may vary by website. Shieldly also includes Compatibility mode and per-site controls for pages that need lighter filtering. 🪟 Pop-up blocker and distraction cleanup Shieldly helps reduce intrusive pop-ups, newsletter modals, promotional overlays, sticky app banners, floating widgets, and other page distractions. This is useful for websites that cover content with repeated prompts, sign-up boxes, promo layers, or unnecessary overlays. The goal is not to break useful site features. Shieldly includes protection modes so users can choose a lighter or stronger cleanup level depending on the website. ▶️ YouTube cleanup Shieldly includes YouTube cleanup for promoted placements, player ads, empty ad spaces, and common sponsored UI elements. YouTube changes frequently, so ad cleanup may vary over time. Shieldly uses a combination of local rules and page cleanup to reduce promoted elements and improve the viewing experience where supported. Shieldly does not guarantee perfect blocking on every YouTube session, because YouTube's player and ad delivery systems change often. 🎬 Netflix Assist Shieldly includes Netflix Assist for supported ad interruption cleanup while trying to avoid breaking playback. This feature is careful by design. Streaming platforms can be sensitive, and aggressive blocking can cause blank screens, playback failures, or broken controls. Shieldly's goal is to reduce supported ad interruptions without damaging the watching experience. Important: Shieldly is not designed to bypass paid subscription terms or replace a subscription tier. Results may vary depending on region, account type, browser behavior, and platform changes. 🛡️ SafeClick protection Some websites use deceptive layouts that make users click the wrong thing. A page may show fake download buttons, fake play buttons, fake virus warnings, fake system alerts, misleading notification prompts, or hidden redirect layers. SafeClick is designed to help with deceptive web behavior such as: • Fake download buttons • Fake play buttons • Redirect traps • Pop-under attempts • Suspicious first-click redirects • Fake security alerts • Notification permission traps • Misleading overlays • Deceptive page buttons • Links that attempt to open unrelated advertising pages SafeClick analysis runs locally in the browser while the page is open. It does not upload page content or browsing history. 🌐 WebRTC leak protection WebRTC can expose local network information through browser peer connections. Shieldly includes WebRTC leak protection to reduce local IP exposure through Chrome's WebRTC IP handling settings. This is useful for privacy-conscious users who want to reduce local IP exposure from browser peer connections. Important: Shieldly is not a VPN. It does not hide your public IP address, encrypt all device traffic, change your country, or replace a privacy VPN. WebRTC leak protection is a browser privacy control, not a full network privacy service. 🌍 Regional filters Shieldly can use regional ad filter rules based on your browser language. This helps improve ad blocking coverage for websites in different languages and regions. Regional filtering can help with local ad networks, country-specific advertising domains, regional news sites, local banners, and language-specific ad placements. The extension includes automatic regional selection and local rulesets for multiple regions. ⚙️ Protection modes Shieldly includes three protection modes: Compatibility mode: A lighter mode for websites that break easily. Use this when a site has layout problems, buttons stop working, videos fail to load, or content disappears. Balanced mode: The recommended everyday mode. Balanced mode aims to block ads and trackers while keeping most websites working normally. Strict mode: A stronger mode for heavier cleanup. Strict mode may block or hide more elements, but some websites may need Compatibility mode. These modes give you more control than a simple on/off switch. 📍 Per-site controls Not every website behaves the same way. Shieldly includes per-site controls so you can manage protection for specific websites. You can: • Pause protection temporarily • Allow ads on a specific site • Resume blocking • Switch a specific site to Compatibility mode • Use Balanced mode • Use Strict mode • Fix a broken page • Manage allowed sites from Options • Review site modes and reset them when needed This helps avoid the common problem where an ad blocker is either too aggressive or not aggressive enough. 🧪 Diagnostics and support reports Shieldly includes local diagnostics so users can check whether protection is active and whether the extension's rules are loaded correctly. Diagnostics can show: • Extension version • Protection state • Active rulesets • Dynamic rules • Remote update rule count • Regional filter state • WebRTC policy state • Advanced feature state • Current site mode • Local filter status Shieldly can also export a support report for debugging. The support report is local and does not include your license key. 📦 Import and export Shieldly supports importing and exporting local settings. This can help move configuration between browsers or keep a backup of allowlists, custom blocked domains, and local preferences. Exported settings are local. They are not uploaded automatically. 🔧 Custom blocked domains Advanced users can add custom blocked domains. This gives more control over specific ad servers, tracking domains, redirect domains, or unwanted resources. Custom rules are stored locally and managed through Chrome's extension storage and local dynamic rules. 🧩 Built for Manifest V3 Shieldly is built for Chrome Manifest V3. It uses declarativeNetRequest for network filtering, which means Chrome handles request blocking through local rule resources. Manifest V3 ad blockers work differently from older browser extensions. Shieldly is designed around local rules, careful content cleanup, and user-controlled settings. 🔐 Permissions explained Shieldly requests browser permissions needed for its protection features. declarativeNetRequest: Used to block known ad, tracker, and nuisance requests through Chrome's local rules engine. declarativeNetRequestFeedback: Used to read matched local rules for local blocking statistics and diagnostics. storage: Used to store settings, allowlists, custom blocks, local statistics, site modes, license state, and diagnostics locally. alarms: Used to schedule filter update checks when configured. privacy: Used for WebRTC leak protection through Chrome's WebRTC IP handling policy. contextMenus: Used to add right-click toolbar actions such as pause, allow, site mode, fix page, and settings. tabs: Used to identify the active tab hostname for per-site controls and to reload tabs after user actions. host permissions: Used so Shieldly can apply ad blocking, tracker blocking, cosmetic cleanup, and page protection on websites you visit. 🧠 Local-first philosophy Shieldly is built around a simple idea: a browser privacy tool should not become another tracking system. That is why Shieldly keeps settings and local statistics in Chrome storage. It does not upload browsing history, page content, allowlists, custom domains, local statistics, diagnostics, or SafeClick page analysis to Shieldly servers. The extension is designed to help users control the browsing experience without requiring cloud sync, account login, or remote browsing analysis. 📌 Good for Shieldly can help users who want: • A lightweight Chrome ad blocker • A tracker blocker • A pop-up blocker • Cookie banner cleanup • YouTube cleanup • Safer clicks on suspicious pages • Fake download button protection • Redirect trap protection • WebRTC leak protection • Per-site ad blocker controls • Local diagnostics • Local-first privacy • Less clutter on websites • Faster and calmer browsing ⚠️ Important limitations Shieldly is not a VPN. It does not hide your public IP address, encrypt all device traffic, change your location, or provide device-wide network protection. Shieldly is not antivirus software and does not remove malware from your device. Shieldly does not guarantee perfect ad blocking on every website. Websites, ad networks, streaming platforms, anti-adblock systems, and tracking scripts change frequently. Shieldly focuses on browser-based ad blocking, tracker blocking, privacy controls, page cleanup, SafeClick behavior detection, and local user control. ⭐ Summary Shieldly Ad Blocker is a local-first Chrome ad blocker and privacy extension for users who want cleaner browsing, fewer ads, fewer trackers, fewer pop-ups, cookie banner cleanup, YouTube cleanup, SafeClick protection, WebRTC leak protection, regional filters, and simple per-site controls. It is designed to be practical, lightweight, privacy-conscious, and easy to manage from the toolbar popup and Options page.