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====Private DNS====
[[File:Secure-dns-android.png|thumb|Android's Private DNS entry window. Yours may look slightly different depending on the Android interface you're using.]]
If you have an Android 9 or later device, you can change your DNS provider to a provider which will refuse to resolve ads, thus giving you DNS based tracking and content blocking. Android supports [[w:DNS over TLS|DNS over TLS]] (DoT) and you can therefore use any DoT supporting provider. We're partial to [https://blahdns.com/ BlahDNS], a non-profit open source provider, but an [https://kb.adguard-dns.comio/enkb/general/dns-providers/ exhaustive list of virtually every adblocking or filtering DNS] exists.
 
Once you've picked your DNS provider, head over to your settings and under network settings (usually) you can enter the DNS provider details.
 
====Browsers====
On Android, there are a number of browser-based adblocking options.
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====YouTube====
=====[https://vancedappgithub.com/revanced YouTube VancedReVanced]=====
YouTube VancedReVanced is a modified version of the official YouTube app which does not display ads. It also integrates [https://sponsor.ajay.app/ SponsorBlock], a database of YouTube sponsor segments (when the adds are baked into the videos) so you can optionally skip those as well.
 
===iOS===