This is how to disable JavaScript with uBlock Origin browser extension indepth tutorial.
Turning off JavaScript can enhance privacy, security, and browsing speed.
But it may also cause many modern websites to stop functioning correctly.
Your browser can lose access to media such as images, videos, and graphics on websites that use JavaScript.
Disabling JavaScript does not block images or videos.
Static images embedded with basic HTML tags can still load.
So are directly embedded videos, they can still play as well.
For example, when viewing certain online articles, you might still see static images or headlines even if JavaScript is disabled.
To understand more about how paywalled content works and how to access it ethically, read our guide on legitimate ways to access premium articles.
REMINDER: Remember to enable JavaScript back, or you cannot access certain websites.
Disable JavaScript with uBlock Origin
This time around I am using the popular extension uBlock Origin to turn off browser JavaScript.
For those of you who still do not have this browser extension, this is where you find it.
For the Firefox browser, go to this site and click the "Add to Firefox" button.
For the Chrome browser, go to this site and click the "Add to Chrome" button.
Follow the instructions and install uBlock Origin on your browser.
Pin it on the toolbar, where you can see this icon.
Two ways how to disable JavaScript settings
There are two ways to turn off JavaScript in uBlock Origin.
i. Disable the uBlock Origin JavaScript at settings
Click the three small cogwheels.
At the dashboard, click the "Settings" tab.
Scroll down until you see Default Behavior. and click the small box in front of "Disable JavaScript".
Now you have turned off uBlock Origin's JavaScript function.
ii. Disable JavaScript at specific websites
This is what you do:
Click uBlock Origin icon on the toolbar, and a context box pops up.
Click this disable JavaScript icon </>.
NOTE: If you do not see this JavaScript icon </>, click the word "More".
Now there is a red-colored X over the </> icon and a reload icon.
Click the reload uBlock Origin icon to disable JavaScript on that particular webpage.
These are ways on how to disable or turn off JavaScript with uBlock origin browser extension