- 📖 Intro
- 🎬 Demonstration
- 🔧 Requirements
- ⚡ One Click Installation
- 🔧 Usage Instructions
- 💬 EasyList Forum
- 🌐 Mirror Hosts of Web Annoyances Ultralist
- 📄 License
Are you tired of not being able to use all of your screen real estate for the text that matters on a website because floating headers and other distracting elements are blocking your view? Reclaim your screen real estate with Web Annoyances Ultralist!
Block annoying web elements such as sticky headers, dickbars, floating headers, scrolling headers, fixed headers, scrolling videos, stickynavs, social icons, social share bars, smartphone app banners, app download prompts, cookie notices, GDPR warnings, scroll to top buttons, modal overlays, interstitial site overlays, removed or hidden overflow scroll bars, subscription nags, and generally distracting elements that have increasingly been turning the web into a user-hostile environment.
When possible, sticky headers, stickynavs, floating elements, scrolling videos and more will be pinned in place to prevent site breakage.
Typical Website in 2025 Before Installing Web Annoyances Ultralist
Above screenshot taken using uBlock Origin Default Filter Lists
Typical Website in 2025 After Installing Web Annoyances Ultralist
Above screenshot taken using uBlock Origin Default Filter Lists + Web Annoyances Ultralist
Head over to the demonstration page for additional visual examples of Web Annoyances Ultralist in action.
This filter list aims to remove annoying web elements that block your view of the screen and is created and optimized using the uBlock Origin Extended Syntax.
For the best user experience, please use this filter list with
uBlock Origin,
AdGuard for
,
or
AdGuard for
.
Browser specific download locations are located below:
uBlock Origin for
Google Chrome
Mozilla FireFox
Apple Safari
Opera
AdGuard for
Click the following: Add Web Annoyances Ultralist to Custom uBlock Origin Filters.
After clicking the Link above, a warning box will appear asking you to confirm the installation - Click 'OK' to add the list to your Custom Filter Lists.
The warning box will look like the following:
After clicking 'OK' the filter list should be installed.
You can validate the list installed properly by navigating to your uBlock Origin Dashboard and clicking on the Filter lists tab. Scroll to the bottom of the screen and verify Web Annoyances Ultralist is showing up in your custom section.
Step-by-Step install instructions are available in the wiki.
This repository includes several scripts for managing and processing filter lists. Below are the usage instructions for the main tools.
The checksum-sort.sh script processes filter lists using FOP CLI to update
date and checksum.
Basic Usage:
./scripts/checksum-sort.sh filters/ultralist.txtFeatures:
- FOP Integration: Uses FOP CLI for sorting and checksum generation
- Cross-Platform Compatibility: Works on both Linux and macOS
- Simple and Fast: Minimal processing with reliable results
The repository includes several specialized scripts for processing different types of filter lists:
admiral-domains.sh: Process Admiral anti-adblock domainscombined-filters.sh: Generate combined filter listsfanboy-social.sh: Process Fanboy social media filtersmalware-domains.sh: Process malware domain listsremove-lines.sh: Remove specific lines from filter lists
FOP.py: Filter Optimizer Python script
Basic Filter Processing Workflow:
# Process and sort a filter list
./scripts/checksum-sort.sh filters/ultralist.txt- All scripts use FOP CLI for processing
- UTF-8 encoding is supported for international filter lists
- Cross-platform compatibility ensures consistent behavior on Linux and macOS
Join the EasyList Forum @ https://forums.lanik.us for faster reporting of issues and chat.
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This project is licensed under the MIT License.