uBlock Origin is a free, open-source browser extension.
Besides protecting your browser from malicious content, it can block ads, pop‑ups, video ads, and tracking scripts across the web.
People also this popular uBlock origin to bypass paywalls to access paid online content.
This is how to enable uBlock Origin in Chrome Web Store with Chrome DevTools.
Currently uBlock Origin extension for Chrome has been deactivated, and you cannot install it.
But with just a few clicks, you can get it up working again.
In short, you can install a new uBlock Origin back to your Chrome browser.
- NOTE: If you do not want to enable it from the Chrome Web Store, you can still install uBlock Origin extension, by following this tutorial, "How to install uBlock Origin extension for Chrome 2025".
Enable back uBlock Origin at Chrome Web Store
This is what you do:
Go to the Chrome Web Store with uBlock Origin extension.
First right-click on the gray color "Add to Chrome" button.
A menu pops up, scroll all the way down to click "Inspect".
Now a line of code is highlighted in light blue color.
You need to click on the arrow symbols to expand this code section, until you see this:
<div class="VfPpkd-dgl2Hf-ppHlrf-sM5MNb" data-is-touch-wrapper="true">...</div>
HINT: Look for the words: data-is-touch-wrapper.
Then click the three dots and a new line of code appears below it.
You have to drag the bottom scrollbar, until you see the word: disabled
To do it, double click on the word disabled, a blue background color appears, type in the word enabled.
Hit the "Enter" key and instantly the gray color "Add to Chrome" button change to blue color.
Close the Inspect Element page.
Now you can click on the "Add to Chrome" button to install the extension.
That's is how to use Chrome DevTools to enable back the uBlock Origin extension for Chrome.
NOTE: Chrome might automatically turn off uBlock Origin extension, so you need to toggle it back to get it working again.
It is because Chrome does not support this extension any longer. Chrome recommends that you remove it.