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 AdAway 5.12.0 homescreen on Android 11 | |
| Original author(s) | Dominik Schürmann [1] |
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| Developer(s) | mrRobinson (former); PerfectSlayer (current) |
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| Operating system | Android 8 or later |
| Size | 13.5 MB |
| License | GPLv3 [3] |
| Website | adaway |
AdAway is a free and open-source ad-blocking application for the Android mobile operating system. [4] [5]
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]
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 a local VPN on non-rooted devices, which is provided by AdAway itself. It is mainly used to remove ads on apps completely for free.