---
title: "Host AdBlocker – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "807 users, rated 4.05 by 19 people. Version 0.2.1, updated 2022-03-08. Requests 3 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/lkdeaaanpdkakjbfbjmnofohljimjmlh"
---

# Host AdBlocker

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 807
- Rating: 4.05 from 19 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-10-17 02:39 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: +38 (+4.9%)
- Rank by users: #27,375 of 292,131 live extensions
- Rank in Workflow & Planning: #7,190 of 49,294

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> An open-source DNS-based ad-blocker that operates based on host filtering to block ads, malware, phishing hostnames

- Extension ID: `lkdeaaanpdkakjbfbjmnofohljimjmlh`
- Developer: [rynu.smith](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u4c1e1d879d1a075a48494e3e694b2a99)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Productivity › Workflow & Planning](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/workflow)
- First published: 2017-08-14
- Last updated: 2022-03-08
- Version: `0.2.1`
- Size: 3.7 MiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (12): Deutsch, English, Nederlands, dansk, eesti, français, magyar, suomi, čeština, Ελληνικά, български, 中文（中国）
- Support page: `https://add0n.com/adhost.html`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/host-adblocker/lkdeaaanpdkakjbfbjmnofohljimjmlh>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/lkdeaaanpdkakjbfbjmnofohljimjmlh>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22lkdeaaanpdkakjbfbjmnofohljimjmlh%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-10-17 | 807 | 4.05 | 19 |
| 2026-09-27 | 769 | 4.05 | 19 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

## Developer history

Moves to another publisher account and new contact emails, newest first.

No move to another account and no new contact email since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

We know contact emails only by a keyed hash, so they're never shown. Recent changes: [Account and contact changes](https://extensiontracker.com/owners/).

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

**Every website:** it can read and change your data on all the sites you visit.

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `*://*/*`: Every website

### Browser features

- `contextMenus`: Add items to the right-click menu
- `declarativeNetRequest`: Block or change network requests, using rules
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [User-Agent Switcher and Manager](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bhchdcejhohfmigjafbampogmaanbfkg) | 300,000 | 4.00 | 277 | Developer Tools |
| [Open in PDF Reader](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/cehiomcamjpnfmemkmpjadaclohoibgo) | 90,000 | 3.51 | 49 | Workflow & Planning |
| [Block Site](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/lebiggkccaodkkmjeimmbogdedcpnmfb) | 90,000 | 4.35 | 341 | Privacy & Security |
| [Open in IE](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/looohpideggedchhpphemdmppnmdkgfd) | 20,000 | 3.45 | 51 | Workflow & Planning |
| [Open in MS Edge™](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/mjoebkkejejidnkfdekpbooceogbapnf) | 20,000 | 3.93 | 43 | Tools |
| [Edit with Sublime Text™](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/eiejadjdcchfommckmikpcdnihljbpai) | 10,000 | 3.74 | 39 | Developer Tools |
| [Convert Gmail™ to PDF (locally)](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/kkdondhaomeongofcikoplakobapphcj) | 10,000 | 3.41 | 39 | Education |
| [Last.fm Scrobbler for YouTube™](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/kjhnjfldmodoikafpfhfehngokaiegok) | 8,000 | 3.18 | 39 | Social Networking |
| [GIF Blocker](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ahkidgegbmbnggcnmejhobepkaphkfhl) | 4,000 | 3.59 | 44 | Art & Design |
| [Page Grid Ruler](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/mpnmjbcgbfnbfjmljblfngeofmnehdig) | 3,000 | – | – | Developer Tools |

All 15 extensions by [rynu.smith](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u4c1e1d879d1a075a48494e3e694b2a99).

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every month, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-10-17 02:39 UTC; next check around 2026-11-17.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Host AdBlocker” (lkdeaaanpdkakjbfbjmnofohljimjmlh). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-10-17. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/lkdeaaanpdkakjbfbjmnofohljimjmlh. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_lkdeaaanpdkakjbfbjmnofohljimjmlh,
  title   = {Host AdBlocker (lkdeaaanpdkakjbfbjmnofohljimjmlh)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-10-17},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/lkdeaaanpdkakjbfbjmnofohljimjmlh},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

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