# uBlacklist

10 Hacker News commenters recommended uBlacklist and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for permanently blocking unwanted sites like AI content farms from search results across Google and other engines.

## Why people recommend it

- Blocks AI-generated and content farm sites (3 comments): "I just block all those results on Google for free with uBlock Origin and uBlacklist." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47416597)) "Blocked EVERY single LLM generated blog and content farm with uBlacklist." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49583475)) "is a great extension to avoid slopfarms like this" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47645392))
- Permanently blocks chosen sites (3 comments): "I use https://github.com/iorate/ublacklist for that. ~10k blocked domains and rules." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48248436)) "If you like, you can block it from coming up with an extension" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49904879)) "to permablock certain sites from search results" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46303108))
- Makes search results noticeably better (3 comments): "combined with ublacklist and sponsorblock it's fairly good coverage for safari" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50076977)) "my results have gotten so much better for common types of queries" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47260217)) "the only thing that makes searching bearable for me now" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49256507))
- Applies blocklist across search engines (2 comments): "It'll also apply the same blacklist to every search engine you use." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47114504)) "For what it worth, there's uBlacklist for Google." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47715270))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [DeArrow](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dearrow.md): 40 recommend
- [Bypass Paywalls Clean](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bypass-paywalls-clean.md): 32 recommend
- [Old Reddit Redirect](https://hackerapproved.com/p/old-reddit-redirect.md): 20 recommend
- [Orange Juice browser extension](https://hackerapproved.com/p/orange-juice.md): 18 recommend
- [Stylus](https://hackerapproved.com/p/stylus.md): 14 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "uBlacklist", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ublacklist/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).