AdAway

AdAway is a free and open-source ad-blocking application for the Android mobile operating system.[4][5]

For the American basketballer, see Jalen Adaway.

AdAway
Original author(s)Dominik Schürmann[1]
Developer(s)mrRobinson (former); PerfectSlayer (current)
Stable release
6.1.1 / June 20, 2023 (2023-06-20)[2]
Repository
Operating systemAndroid 8 or later
Size13.5 MB
LicenseGPLv3[3]
Websiteadaway.org Edit this on Wikidata

History

It was started in June 2011 by Dominik Schürmann but is now maintained by other developers.[6] In 2013, it was removed from the Google Play store along with other ad blocking apps. After its removal, AdAway used the app store F-Droid to serve downloads.[7]

Features

AdAway blocks ads using hosts files from various locations and combines them automatically. The user is able to block or trust additional domains, or add a new hosts file altogether. There is an option to log DNS requests to help in this task.[5] AdAway requires in the actual version 5.10.0 either root access (because the hosts file is in the system partition)[8] or the use of DNS, which is provided by AdAway itself.

References
  1. "About - Dominik Schürmann".
  2. "Releases · AdAway/AdAway". github.com. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  3. "AdAway is an open source ad blocker for Android using the hosts file. : AdAway/AdAway". January 27, 2020.
  4. "Stick it to Google with AdAway". HowardForums. September 23, 2013. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  5. "Official AdAway Website". AdAway. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  6. "About - Dominik Schürmann"
  7. Velazco, Chris (March 13, 2013). "Google Pulls Ad-Blocking Apps From Play Store For Violating Developer Distribution Agreement". TechCrunch. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  8. Boricha, Mehul (February 26, 2018). "16 Best Android Apps Not on Google Play Store of 2018". Tech Arrival. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
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