Introducing hBlock blocklist

Starting with Blokada v5.11, and v4.12, a new blocklist is available in Blokada: hBlock.

Credits: hBlock.

What is it?

hBlock is a POSIX-compliant shell script that gets a list of domains that serve ads, tracking scripts and malware from multiple sources and creates a hosts file, among other formats, that prevents your system from connecting to them.

Learn more about the available blocklists here.

How to use it?

In order to activate it on Android (Blokada 5):

  • Open “Advanced” tab
  • Tap “Blocklists”, then “All”
  • Find “hBlock” , and activate it

In order to activate it on Android (Blokada 4):

  • Open the bottom menu
  • Navigate to Adblocking → Host Lists
  • Find “hBlock”, and activate it

In order to activate it on iOS:

  • Open “Advanced” tab, then “All”
  • Find “hBlock”, and activate it
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