Opera Mini Delivers Ad Blocking for Windows 10 Mobile Web Browsing

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

June 16, 2016

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Opera Mini Delivers Ad Blocking for Windows 10 Mobile Web Browsing

 

Speculation is that Microsoft Edge will eventually include ad blocking capabilities either via extension or built into the software but in the interim Opera Mini delivers that functionality in a new update to their mobile browser on Windows 10 Mobile (and Windows Phone 8.1 as well).

The updated version of Opera Mini is now available in the Windows Store and can be downloaded immediately, They also make it very easy to implement the new ad blocking feature.

On Windows 10 Mobile I am not aware of anyway to make a browser other than Microsoft Edge the default like we can on the desktop so you will have to initiate any ad blocked browsing by starting up Opera Mini manually.

Any links you tap on in other apps will bring up Microsoft Edge as the default.

This gallery will take you on a tour of the setup and other key areas of the Opera Mini browser on Windows 10 Mobile.

 

 

About the Author

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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