# Hiding Twitter ads (January 2023)

Ads on post-Elon Twitter are becoming more and more obnoxious. You can hide them if you use a content blocking extension,
such as the awesome [uBlock Origin](https://ublockorigin.com/).

By targeting the little icon that appears near the _"Sponsored"_ label, the filter works on Twitter in every language.

Simply add the following rule to your ad-blocker:

    ! 2023-01-02 https://twitter.com
    twitter.com##section>div>div>*:has(path[d='M19.498 3h-15c-1.381 0-2.5 1.12-2.5 2.5v13c0 1.38 1.119 2.5 2.5 2.5h15c1.381 0 2.5-1.12 2.5-2.5v-13c0-1.38-1.119-2.5-2.5-2.5zm-3.502 12h-2v-3.59l-5.293 5.3-1.414-1.42L12.581 10H8.996V8h7v7z'])

The idea was inspired by a discussion here on GitHub:

https://github.com/ryanckulp/twitter_ad_blocker/issues/17#issuecomment-1113454929