AdAway

AdAway 4.3.5 homescreen on Android 10

Original author(s)| Dominik Schürmann[1]
Developer(s)| mrRobinson (former); PerfectSlayer (current)
Stable release|

5.5.0 / March 17, 2021; 5 years ago (2021-03-17)[2]

Operating system| Android 8 or later
Size| 11.8 MB
License| GPLv3[3]
Website| adaway.org

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

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Features
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## 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.[7] It is currently available on F-Droid.[8]

## Features

AdAway blocks ads using hosts files from various locations and combines them automatically. The user is able to whitelist or blacklist additional domains, or add a new hosts file altogether. There is an option to log DNS requests to help whitelisting or blacklisting.[5] AdAway requires root access because the hosts file is in the system partition.[9]

## References

1. ↑ "About - Dominik Schürmann". https://www.schuermann.eu/about/.
2. ↑ "Releases · AdAway/AdAway". https://github.com/AdAway/AdAway/releases.
3. ↑ "AdAway is an open source ad blocker for Android using the hosts file. : AdAway/AdAway". January 27, 2020. https://github.com/AdAway/AdAway/blob/master/LICENSE.
4. ↑ "Stick it to Google with AdAway". September 23, 2013. https://www.howardforums.com/content.php/1337-Stick-it-to-Google-with-AdAway.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Official AdAway Website". https://adaway.org. 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". https://techcrunch.com/2013/03/13/google-pulls-ad-blocking-apps-from-play-store-for-violating-developer-distribution-agreement/.
8. ↑ "AdAway on F-Droid". https://f-droid.org/packages/org.adaway. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
9. ↑ Boricha, Mehul (February 26, 2018). "16 Best Android Apps Not on Google Play Store of 2018". https://www.techrrival.com/best-android-apps-not-google-play-store/.

## External links

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