Do you want to block YouTube ads in Safari on your iPhone, iPad and Mac? Then Magic Lasso Adblock is the best YouTube ad blocker for you.
As an efficient, high performance and native Safari ad blocker, Magic Lasso blocks all ads, trackers and annoyances – delivering a faster, cleaner and more secure web browsing experience.
And for more than 5 years, Magic Lasso Adblock has also been the best way to block YouTube ads – letting you watch all of your favourite YouTube videos without constant interruptions or annoyances.
In this guide, we’ll delve into the top 5 reasons why Magic Lasso Adblock stands out as the best YouTube ad blocker. We’ll also explore its key features and provide step-by-step instructions on how to effortlessly block YouTube ads using Magic Lasso Adblock.
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The best YouTube ad blocker - Top 5 reasons
When developing Magic Lasso Adblock, we wanted to deliver best in class YouTube ad blocking. So what does best in class actually mean?
Here’s our top five reasons why Magic Lasso Adblock is the best way to block YouTube ads.
1. Blocks all YouTube video ads
Magic Lasso Adblock effectively blocks all YouTube video ads in Safari, including both pre-roll and mid-roll ads.
As outlined in the comprehensive “How to Block YouTube Ads” guide, most other ad-blocking methods do not consistently block the most irritating and annoying YouTube ads, which are the pre-roll and mid-roll video ads.
2. Blocks over 10 other types of YouTube ads
When using Magic Lasso Adblock, you’ll enjoy a clutter-free and ad-free YouTube experience, with even less annoyances than when using YouTube Premium.
Along with blocking all YouTube video ads, Magic Lasso also effectively blocks over 10 other types of YouTube ads. This includes banner ads, search ads, suggested product ads, home page banner ads, paid merchandising ads, shopping ads, and paid promoted videos.
3. Made for iPhone, iPad and Mac
Magic Lasso integrates with Safari on all your devices – iPhone, iPad and Mac. The same great features work consistently no matter which device you use.
As the app has been designed from the ground up to be a native app, it supports Safari’s native content blocker and extension APIs to provide the best performance possible. It also has full support for other Apple platform native features such as Dark mode, Family Sharing and iCloud syncing.
4. Designed to protect your privacy
Magic Lasso Adblock is the first ad blocker that delivers full YouTube ad blocking while respecting your privacy.
Magic Lasso seamlessly blocks all YouTube ads with a combination of custom, efficient content blocking rules using Safari’s native content blocker API along with a permission-restricted ‘Magic Lasso Pro’ web extension.
Unlike other ad blockers whose web extensions have unrestricted permissions to read and view any pages you visit, Magic Lasso Pro only has access to pages within the youtube.com domain. Therefore your browsing history beyond YouTube is not accessible to the web extension. Or to the Magic Lasso app. Meaning an optimal balance between functionality and privacy.
This continues our commitment to put user’s privacy first while continuing to make a better ad blocker for all Apple platforms.
5. Continually updated and supported
We understand the difficulty, time and effort that goes into providing a best in class YouTube ad blocking approach. Developing and maintaining an effective YouTube ad blocker is not for the faint of heart!
YouTube is constantly evolving and attempting to circumvent known ad blocking methods. It’s for this reason that finding a good ad blocker, that also blocks YouTube ads effectively, can be challenging.
Magic Lasso Adblock, along with its YouTube ad blocking, is continually updated. We release new ad blocking rules almost daily, release new app versions almost every month and have, for more than 5 years, ensured that our app always overcomes YouTube’s anti-ad block attempts.
Additionally, If any problems or issues arise, feel free to email us your questions for prompt and seamless support.
How to block YouTube ads with Magic Lasso Adblock
To block YouTube ads in Safari, first download Magic Lasso Adblock on your iPhone, iPad or Mac.
Then, to ensure that YouTube ad blocking works correctly in Safari, please do the following:
- Make sure you have updated to the latest version of Magic Lasso on all your devices and you are subscribed to Magic Lasso Pro
- Ensure “Block YouTube ads” is enabled in the Rules tab in the Magic Lasso app on all your devices
- Check if you have any other Safari extensions installed. Sometimes these may interfere with YouTube ad blocking. Try disabling the other extensions to see if this resolves the issue.
On iPhones and iPads
- Ensure you are using iOS 15.4+ or iPadOS 15.4+ or above – full YouTube ad blocking will not work on earlier versions of the operating system
- Set the “Magic Lasso” and “Magic Lasso Pro” extensions to “On” in Settings > Apps > Safari > Extensions > Magic Lasso / Pro
- If you want to view YouTube videos while in Private browsing mode, also enable “Allow in Private Browsing” for both extensions
- Set the permission for “Magic Lasso Pro” extension on the youtube.com domain to “Allow” on your iPhone and iPad in Settings > Apps > Safari > Extensions > Magic Lasso Pro > youtube.com
- When browsing youtube.com in Safari on your iPad and iPhone, make sure that the Magic Lasso Pro extension is active, by tapping the URL icon in the address bar in “Safari”, selecting “Magic Lasso Pro” and tapping “Allow on youtube.com” if prompted.
On Macs
- Ensure you are using macOS 12.3+ with Safari v15.4 or above – YouTube ad blocking will not work on earlier versions of the operating system or Safari
- Enable the “Magic Lasso” and “Magic Lasso Pro” extensions in Safari > Settings > Extensions
- If you want to view YouTube videos while in Private browsing mode, also enable “Allow in Private Browsing” for both extensions
- Ensure that the Magic Lasso Pro extension has “Allow” permissions on the youtube.com domain. You can check this by tapping the Magic Lasso toolbar button in Safari and tapping “Allow on youtube.com” if prompted.
- Ensure you are not using a Safari technology preview release
- Ensure that the Safari app is located in your Applications folder and not a sub folder of Applications or another location
Also note that Magic Lasso does not block YouTube ads in the YouTube app, only via the Safari web browser.
Start to block YouTube ads today
Magic Lasso Adblock with best in class YouTube ad blocking is now available on iPhone, iPad and Mac. It can be downloaded for free from the App Store and via the Magic Lasso website.
Magic Lasso Adblock includes a free 30 day in-app trial, so you can see for yourself why it’s the best way to block YouTube ads.
