Is uBlock Origin Removed on Chrome? 3 Fixes That Work (2026)

You search the Chrome Web Store for uBlock Origin and the page is blank. Your filter rules are silent. Your per-site tuning is gone. The original MV2 build stopped running on stable Chrome back in July 2025 (Chrome 138). The store listing was deleted August 31, 2026 (four days before this September 2026 update). Three MV3 replacements work.

Option 1: uBlock Origin Lite

The least-surprising swap. uBlock Origin Lite (v2026.901.1442, released September 1, 2026) is a separate MV3 extension by the same author, gorhill. It is not a port of the full version. It is a leaner build that ships YouTube scriptlets and a generic cosmetic filtering engine. That engine stays off until you raise a site’s mode to Complete.

Install it from the Chrome Web Store. Your full-version filter lists, per-site settings, and custom rules do not carry over. You configure uBOL from scratch.

Same author, leaner build, shorter setup. If you want a gorhill-maintained ad blocker without the full version’s depth, this is the pick.

Option 2: AdGuard

AdGuard has shipped a purpose-built MV3 Chrome extension since September 2024. It is not a port of any MV2 tool. As of July 2026, it reports roughly 16M users and 4.7 stars on the Chrome Web Store.

Install it once and it covers the broad ad and tracker surface without per-site tuning. For a set-and-forget blocker on MV3, AdGuard is the lower-maintenance path.

Option 3: SuperchargePerformance

This one solves a different problem than pure ad blocking. SuperchargePerformance (CWS v1.4.7) ships 195K+ rules (34 web-app domains never auto-suspend), dedicated YouTube and Twitch video-ad handlers, and a cookie-banner auto-dismiss. On the RAM side, tab suspension runs on a 15-minute (low) or 5-minute (med) timer, with a PRO tier for user-set seconds. The popup shows an estimated RAM-saved figure. That number is a model, not a per-tab measurement. Free core, no account, zero telemetry, local-only.

This is the pick when memory pressure is the real problem. The video-ad and cookie-banner handling ride along on top of the suspension engine.

What Happened to Your uBO Filters

Your full-version uBO profile (filter lists, per-site modes, custom rules, element hide lists) does not transfer to any of the three replacements. uBOL is a separate codebase. AdGuard and SuperchargePerformance run their own rule sets. You re-tune.

The one thing that survives: awareness of which sites needed a higher mode. If you had set a site to Complete in full uBO for cosmetic cleanup, the equivalent in uBOL is raising that site’s mode to Complete. The mapping is one-to-one for that setting.

The MV2 Removal Timeline

The deprecation of Manifest V2 in Chrome rolled out in stages over 13 months:

Chrome 152 is the current stable (shipped August 25, 2026). Chrome 153 is scheduled for September 8, 2026, the first release on the new two-week cadence. It had not shipped as of this September 2026 update.

138 and 2026-08-31: Google’s MV2 timeline. 150/151: release notes.

If Your Blocker Is Still Greyed Out

If your extension manager shows uBlock Origin in a disabled or “will stop working” state: the MV2 build is dead on Chrome. It will not re-enable on any future Chrome update. Remove the dead entry and install one of the three MV3 replacements above.

If the Chrome Web Store search returns a blank or redirect page for “uBlock Origin”: that is the post-purge state. The listing is gone. The MV2 build will not run on Chrome regardless of whether a listing reappears. Install uBOL, AdGuard, or SuperchargePerformance and configure the first two filter lists you need. The listing is not returning.