How to block ads and trackers on Xbox

If you lot go online y'all're going to come across ads and trackers. It'due south but the way of the globe, merely information technology doesn't necessarily mean you have to like it. Especially on your games console.

Browsing the spider web on the TV isn't for anybody, merely while it can be washed you should at least enjoy it and for many, that will mean blocking unsightly advertisements. And we could all do ameliorate about keeping tabs on how nosotros're being tracked.

On the Xbox Series Ten, Xbox Serial Due south, and Xbox 1, y'all tin easily block ads and trackers and make your online time a little less irritating. Here's what yous need to do.

How to cake ads and trackers on Xbox with AdGuard DNS

AdGuard is i of the earth's biggest adblocking services with apps and extensions that cover all platforms. What is peradventure less well known is the provision of a public DNS, much like those provided past Google and Cloudflare, with the big difference beingness that the AdGuard DNS servers filter out ads and trackers.

In that location volition e'er exist a question of "can I trust this service?" And that's adept, you should be asking those questions. AdGuard has done nothing to advise information technology isn't trustworthy, but for added peace of listen, you lot're free to look over the project on Github. Fifty-fifty if yous don't personally sympathise the code, someone does, and being on GitHub is usually a skilful sign nothing is being subconscious.

There are likely other similar services that could be used, and the steps in this guide would apply to whatsoever other such adblocking DNS server.

To implement the DNS server on your Xbox panel follow these steps.

Open the Settings app on your Xbox.
Select General.

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Select Network settings.
Select Avant-garde settings.

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Select DNS settings.
Choose Manual.

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Enter 94.140.14.14 for the primary DNS address.

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Select the right arrow button to keep.
Enter 94.140.15.15 for the secondary DNS address.

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From this, it'south a proficient idea to then reboot your Xbox console to refresh the connectedness and ensure that the new settings are working properly. Now you shouldn't see ads when browsing the web within Microsoft Edge and other applications, and it even seems to take care of the sponsored tiles on the Xbox dashboard and in the Store.

Sure, you lot see a grey tile now instead of the advert, but there are plenty people out there who object to existence shown ads past Microsoft on their console that this could be just the ticket.

Using a Pi-Hole or AdGuard Home

Y'all can of course go more radical and cake ads and trackers across your unabridged home network with something like a Pi-Hole or AdGuard Home on a Raspberry Pi. These have a similar effect, replacing your existing DNS and filtering out the nasties. Or you could apply AdGuard DNS to your home network if you're looking for something a bit less techy.

Whichever you choose, the process involves going into your router settings, and naturally, all of these are different. But y'all'll exist looking for the aforementioned settings as on your Xbox console, manually setting the DNS to something that's going to block ads and trackers for you.

If the Pi-Hole or AdGuard Home sounds interesting to you lot, we've got guides on paw to aid you get those gear up.

How to set up AdGuard Home on a Raspberry Pi
How to set a Pi-Hole

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