AdGuard for Mac
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AdGuard for Mac
AdGuard for Mac is a unique ad blocker designed with macOS in mind. In addition to protecting you from annoying ads in browsers and apps, it shields you from tracking, phishing, and fraud.
AdGuard for Mac v2.16, 14-day trial period
- Effective ad blockingHow to remove ads on Mac? Use AdGuard to forget about popups, video ads, banners, and the like. Thanks to stealthy background filtering and cosmetic processing, you see clean pages with the content you want
- Safe web surfingMac computers are less susceptible to malware, but it would be wrong to ignore potential threats. There are still many phishing and fraudulent websites on the Internet, and AdGuard will protect you from them
- Privacy protectionAdGuard fights all trackers and analytics systems that spy on you. Our special Tracking Protection filter accumulates rules against all known online analytics that try to steal your private data
- In-app filteringIs there an app that you like, but its ads annoy you? AdGuard lets you have your cake and eat it too by allowing you to filter traffic from any app installed on your Mac
- System-wide protectionHave multiple browsers? No problem, AdGuard blocks ads in all of them, from Safari and Chrome to the most exotic ones
- Multipurpose toolWith AdGuard Ad Blocker for Mac, you don’t need any additional apps or browser extensions to block ads and trackers and protect your privacy
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FAQ
- Visit our Knowledge base to learn how to install AdGuard Ad Blocker on your Mac.
- Most ad blockers are browser extensions and don’t have the technical ability to remove all types of ads. AdGuard blocks ads in all browsers and even in apps. Plus, AdGuard gives you lots of extra tools.
- To learn more about the key features of AdGuard for Mac and how to get rid of ads on Mac, read our Knowledge base article.
- If you have any questions, you can contact us 24/7 at support@adguard.com. It’s a good idea to check our FAQ first: it contains answers to 90% of user questions.
AdGuard for Mac
Other products
AdGuard for Mac
AdGuard for Mac is a unique ad blocker designed with macOS in mind. In addition to protecting you from annoying ads in browsers and apps, it shields you from tracking, phishing, and fraud.
AdGuard for Mac v2.16, 14-day trial period
How AdGuard works
Desktop apps
Android
iOS
Desktop apps
Your device:
Browsers
Apps
System
DNS filtering
Network filtering
HTTPS filtering
Content filtering
WWW
World Wide Web
Browsers
AdGuard "intercepts" the traffic of your browsers and leads it via its own filtering engine. Chrome, Firefox or any browser you like — you don't need to install any specific extensions to block ads there. AdGuard program works EVERYWHERE. (Although, you might want to additionally install AdGuard Browser Assistant — a small extension to the program to help you manage the filtering right in the browser).
Apps
Being a full-fledged software AdGuard is not limited in technical capabilities (while most ad blocking extensions are) and can filter outside browsers as well. AdGuard "intercepts" the traffic of all apps and leads it via its own filtering engine, so that you get them free of ads and trackers.
System
Operating system might sometimes track you and collect all kinds of telemetry (a bunch of diagnostic data). AdGuard can also prevent this.
DNS filtering
AdGuard intercepts DNS requests and can block them if it is an address of a known advertising or tracking server that is being requested. AdGuard can also automatically encrypt your DNS traffic.
Network filtering
AdGuard needs to work on a network level to control all apps on your device. To do so, we use a special network driver, which activates the actual transmission and receipt of data over the network.
HTTPS filtering
The encrypted connections are filtered right on your device. To do that, AdGuard generates a unique root certificate and installs it in the system. Then, each connection is decrypted and trackers and ads are removed locally. The connection is encrypted again for the "communication" with the server. No unencrypted data ever leaves your device. Learn more here.
Content filtering
AdGuard filters the content of web pages and removes all tracking and advertising requests from there. In browsers, it also applies additional cosmetic rules when blocking or hiding advertising elements (so that you see a nicely processed page rather than just blank spaces where ads just were).
World Wide Web
Next, websites or apps are connecting to the servers on the Internet. As all tracking and advertising requests were blocked, you don't connect to them. Thus, you get ad-free, safe, fast (as there are no extra elements to load) Web, and also save traffic.
System changes
To do the filtering, AdGuard installs a network driver. If you decide to use HTTPS filtering, AdGuard will generate and install a unique root certificate in the system. All changes in the system made by AdGuard will be reset after uninstalling the program.
Your device:
Browsers
Apps
System
DNS filtering
Local VPN
HTTPS filtering
Content filtering
WWW
World Wide Web
Browsers
AdGuard "intercepts" the traffic of your browsers and leads it via its own filtering engine. Chrome, Firefox or any browser you like — you don't need to install any specific extensions to block ads there. AdGuard program works EVERYWHERE. (Although, you might want to additionally install AdGuard Browser Assistant — a small extension to the program to help you manage the filtering right in the browser).
Apps
Being a full-fledged software AdGuard is not limited in technical capabilities (while most ad blocking extensions are) and can filter outside browsers as well. AdGuard "intercepts" the traffic of all apps and leads it via its own filtering engine, so that you get them free of ads and trackers.
System
Operating system might sometimes track you and collect all kinds of telemetry (a bunch of diagnostic data). AdGuard can also prevent this.
DNS filtering
AdGuard intercepts DNS requests and can block them if it is an address of a known advertising or tracking server that is being requested. AdGuard can also automatically encrypt your DNS traffic.
Local VPN
Network connections’ filtering is achieved by using a so called Local VPN. This approach means that a small VPN server is launched right on your device, and then it blocks tracking and advertising requests.
HTTPS filtering
The encrypted connections are filtered right on your device. To do that, AdGuard generates a unique root certificate and installs it in the system. Then, each connection is decrypted and trackers and ads are removed locally. The connection is encrypted again for the "communication" with the server. No unencrypted data ever leaves your device. Learn more here.
Content filtering
AdGuard filters the content of web pages and removes all tracking and advertising requests from there. In browsers, it also applies additional cosmetic rules when blocking or hiding advertising elements (so that you see a nicely processed page rather than just blank spaces where ads just were).
World Wide Web
Next, websites or apps are connecting to the servers on the Internet. As all tracking and advertising requests were blocked, you don't connect to them. Thus, you get ad-free, safe, fast (as there are no extra elements to load) Web, and also save traffic.
System changes
To do the filtering, AdGuard installs a network driver. If you decide to use HTTPS filtering, AdGuard will generate and install a unique root certificate in the system. All changes in the system made by AdGuard will be reset after uninstalling the program.
Your device:
Safari
Apps
System
Content Blocking
Local VPN
DNS filtering
WWW
World Wide Web
Browsers
AdGuard "intercepts" the traffic of your browsers and leads it via its own filtering engine. Chrome, Firefox or any browser you like — you don't need to install any specific extensions to block ads there. AdGuard program works EVERYWHERE. (Although, you might want to additionally install AdGuard Browser Assistant — a small extension to the program to help you manage the filtering right in the browser).
Apps
Being a full-fledged software AdGuard is not limited in technical capabilities (while most ad blocking extensions are) and can filter outside browsers as well. AdGuard "intercepts" the traffic of all apps and leads it via its own filtering engine, so that you get them free of ads and trackers.
System
Operating system might sometimes track you and collect all kinds of telemetry (a bunch of diagnostic data). AdGuard can also prevent this.
Content Blocking
AdGuard filters the content of web pages and removes all tracking and advertising requests from there. Thanks to its advanced technology, AdGuard is able to use 300k filtering rules (which is a lot, compared to only 50k rules that other ad blockers exploit).
Local VPN
Network connections’ filtering is achieved by using a so called Local VPN. This approach means that a small VPN server is launched right on your device, and then it blocks tracking and advertising requests.
DNS filtering
AdGuard intercepts DNS requests and can block them if it is an address of a known advertising or tracking server that is being requested. AdGuard can also automatically encrypt your DNS traffic.
World Wide Web
Next, websites or apps are connecting to the servers on the Internet. As all tracking and advertising requests were blocked, you don't connect to them. Thus, you get ad-free, safe, fast (as there are no extra elements to load) Web, and also save traffic.
System changes
To do the filtering, AdGuard installs a network driver. If you decide to use HTTPS filtering, AdGuard will generate and install a unique root certificate in the system. All changes in the system made by AdGuard will be reset after uninstalling the program.