Privacy & site controls • Added opt-in Global Privacy Control, synced through iCloud and included in backup exports. • Added an optional blocked-request count on Safari's toolbar icon. It is off by default and does not count every request blocked by Safari's content blockers. • Site fields accept patterns such as amazon.*. Cosmetic filtering can use selected sites or excluded sites without losing either list. Sync & storage • Stale devices no longer overwrite newer iCloud changes. • Element Zapper rules added on two devices for the same site are preserved together. • Regenerable filter caches and compiled rules are excluded from device backups while custom sources and settings are retained. • Dark Reader's system-appearance setting is included in backup exports. • Regional filter order syncs across devices. Blocking & updates • Fixed AdGuard Popup Blocker so it can intercept popups again. • Moved the built-in ad and tracking hosts into a separately updateable filter list. • Update checks detect fresh userscript pushes without offering older mirror copies or unchanged lists as updates. • Improved Apply progress and No Updates Found results, including pull-to-refresh. • Filter edits wait for Apply instead of rebuilding on their own. Upgrade rebuilds and site changes made from Safari still apply automatically. • Filter versions refresh after automatic updates without relaunching. Imports & editor • Find is now Browse, with fewer duplicate catalog results and restored URL text when going back. • Adding an existing userscript URL shows a duplicate warning. The Userscripts tab has its Update/Apply button again. • Source wraps by default, with filter-specific syntax highlighting and better light-mode contrast. • Rule Capacity uses colors by rule type. Rule counts are in the source viewer's View menu. • Less errors point to the right line. Sass, SCSS and PostCSS styles must be compiled to CSS before importing. Plain CSS and USO remain supported, along with Less and Stylus. Interface & reliability • Refined platform-native Settings layouts and toolbars, with menu-bar commands on Mac and iPad. • Added Mac keyboard scrolling and Command-[ navigation. • Reduced Mac list layout work and fixed a tab-switch crash and drag-related list jumps. • Improved iOS dark-mode contrast and sheet layouts. Popup load errors show their reason. • Updated Turkish translations.

• Find and add filter lists from wBlock’s catalog and AdGuard’s registry. • Rule Capacity breaks applied rules into network rules and element-hiding rules. • Click line numbers in the source editor to select lines. • Filter updates use less peak memory and read each list once. • More ad and tracking hosts are blocked by default. • Added support for denyallow rules and CSS injection written as ##selector { style }. • Resolved network-rule parsing for uBO inline comments and rules containing the object type. • Dark Reader starts with a dark page to reduce white flashes. • No Autoplay allows camera and call previews to play. • Resolved filter updates started from iOS Shortcuts and Update Filters in the iPad popup. • Resolved a toolbar crash on iOS 15 and search opening and closing on iPhone. • Resolved flashing text and unwanted green tint in iPad settings and info sheets. • The iOS update progress sheet shows when no updates were found and closes automatically. • Rule Capacity keeps its breakdown when switching apps. • Added Persian and updated German, Japanese and Turkish translations.

New • Filter and userscript order syncs over iCloud, and Reset Ordering applies on every device. • Pick which sites get cosmetic filtering while network blocking stays on everywhere. • Each URL-based list has its own Automatic Updates switch, synced and saved in backups. • Site Settings shows which lists leave a site out, with full undo. • Rebuilt Add sheets with separate tabs for URLs and text, a File tab, an editable import preview, and bulk URL imports. • A source editor with undo and search, and you can turn on line wrap. • An option to drop generic hiding rules and keep the site-specific ones. • Adding a script asks whether it's a userscript or a userstyle. • Settings shows how full your rule capacity is and when the next update lands. iCloud sync status shows there too. Improved • Browsing is faster, since site-specific hiding rules now load once per page and No Autoplay only loads while it's on. • Apply is faster, especially with lots of lists turned on. • The filter catalog matches AdGuard's names and download mirrors, all in the same order. • Regional lists show up in one list during setup, with native language names, and custom regional lists can be given a language. • Pause Blocking sits in the Settings toolbar. • Updated German, Japanese, Greek and Turkish translations. Fixed • Safari rejecting a blocker because of uppercase domains or unsupported cosmetic rules. • Excluding sites from very large lists failing to compile. • Anti-adblock popups on How-To Geek and related sites. • The Safari 17 extension popup not loading. • Rules and userscripts missing when a page starts loading early. • Deleted userscripts coming back. • Settings getting lost when two parts of wBlock saved at the same moment. • Restoring a backup keeping custom lists the backup didn't have. • Setup marking the content blockers as done before Safari had all five turned on. • Pressing Get on a userscript not turning it on. • Deferred iOS updates not finishing when you open the app.

New • Support for hosts-file filter lists, including # metadata headers. • Dandelion Sprout's Anti-Malware List in the Security catalog. • Hide Shorts in Tube Cleaner's feature settings. Fixed • A freeze when applying filter changes on iPad. • Scheduled filter updates not applying to Safari while the Mac app was open. • Custom filter URLs being lost after restarting the app. • Wildcard domains not being accepted in site settings. • Autoplay exceptions not carrying over to subdomains. • Sandboxed userscripts being unable to reach KISS Translator settings. • Regional lists missing from onboarding for your chosen languages. • Built-in filter descriptions changing after updates. • Missing error details in Safari extension summaries. Improved • Empty filter categories appear as drop targets while dragging. • Confirmation before downloading or enabling AdGuard Experimental Filter. • Retired the overlapping Fanboy Annoyance and Social lists. Enabled copies are preserved as custom lists. • Updated the Scripts popup shield, brightened the dark app icon, and corrected the AdGuard mail tracking list name.

New - AdGuard Mobile Filter is part of the Minimal preset on iPhone and iPad - A labeled Pause Blocking menu in the macOS toolbar Fixed - Safari on iOS could crash on heavy pages because removed frames were kept in memory - A crash in the Scripts extension on macOS - Filter updates that showed up on every check but never applied - Site Settings accepts IP addresses and local hostnames - Custom names and descriptions for URL userscripts now sync - The Safari toolbar icon is sharp on Retina displays Improved - Leaner Recommended preset: EasyPrivacy, Adblock Warning Removal List, and Online Malicious URL Blocklist are no longer on by default - The Online Malicious URL Blocklist is retired, since Safari's Safe Browsing already covers it - Smoother scrolling in macOS filter and userscript lists - Snappier toolbar search on macOS - Tidier macOS setup screens

New - Per-site switches in Safari: turn off content filtering, userscripts, or autoplay for just one site - Limit a filter list or userscript to only the sites you choose - Drag to reorder lists, and move lists between categories - Edit saved Element Zapper rules in Settings - TwitchAdSolutions vaft script for blocking Twitch ads - Each device can keep its own userscript on/off choices instead of syncing them - Filter and userscript preferences have their own Settings screen Fixed - Bing results no longer fail with "blocked by a content blocker" - Overlapping updates could leave Safari with almost no rules - Legacy backups restore, and duplicate filter lists are repaired - A crash caused by duplicate filter IDs - Safari rules come back reliably after unpausing - Urban Dictionary no longer reloads in a loop - Duplicate userscripts are removed safely - Onboarding stays opaque after Restart Onboarding on iOS - The rules viewer keeps its scroll position and search Improved - Disabled protection shows a slashed shield in Safari - Lists that aren't downloaded yet show a Get button on iOS - Refreshed macOS settings, toolbar search, and info popovers - Frosted info headers that stay visible while scrolling - Smoother tab switching on macOS - Japanese, Turkish, and Greek translations

New - Per-feature switches for Tube Cleaner and Player Cleaner - DeArrow is its own script with per-channel thumbnail exceptions - SponsorBlock settings import and export - Exclude individual sites from a filter list, and per-site userscript exceptions - Filters and userscripts check for updates separately, and scripts refresh from Safari while browsing - Cosmetic filtering toggle and an in-app appearance setting - Rules viewer highlights unsupported, duplicate, and Scripts-only rules, with line numbers - Keyboard shortcuts: ⌘N, ⌘⇧N, ⌘L, refresh, and tab switching - macOS finishes pending filter updates on launch without the background agent, with detailed diagnostics in Settings - removeparam rule budget raised to Safari's 30,000 Fixed - Custom filter categories no longer revert, and deleted custom filters can be added again - Userscript toggles keep their state, including Player Cleaner - False protection-page warnings when importing userscripts - Bulk URL entry no longer merges lines while typing - The no-updates notice can be swiped away on iOS and clicked away on macOS - Blank text and snapback in the iOS rules viewer - Onboarding crash from concurrent Safari setup queries - Element Zapper no longer reloads the page when it closes, and rules apply across subdomains - No Autoplay works on strict-CSP sites - The update-check sheet fits in landscape on iPhone Improved - Faster filter applies: newest lists compile first, only failed extensions retry, and unchanged rules are not reloaded - Lighter storage: the data store is no longer re-decoded on every read - More reliable iCloud sync, backups, and restores, with app preferences included - Native update progress and apply sheets sized to their content - macOS 26 toolbar grouped into glass islands - Unified add and edit screens for filters and userscripts - Japanese and Turkish translations

- Fixed wBlock Scripts popup in iPadOS - Fixed updates on older iOS versions - Userstyle upgrades - Fixed tap behavior - Duplicate built-in userscripts no longer appear - Enabled-only filters no longer blank out - Window reset, popup updates, and restore are fixed - iPad popup no longer disappears - iOS Safari reload timeouts are fixed - Auto-apply waits 60s instead of 3s - Shared-library userstyles compile (remote Less imports inlined) - Info panel tap-to-open is consistent - Onboarding reset no longer leaves leftover filter lists - Portrait lock lives under Display (hidden on iPad) - Search languages in onboarding instead of an Add menu - One centered apply progress sheet - Enable regional lists from the category language picker - Integrated and Downloaded info badges - Unified add screens for filters and scripts

• Native Safari video via Tube Cleaner and Player Cleaner, with Picture-in-Picture and background playback • Built-in No Autoplay from the Scripts popup, with per-site exceptions in Site Settings • Optional Dark Reader with an in-app appearance setting • Userstyles compile Less, Sass, and Stylus • Native SwiftUI sheets, search, and a compact Scripts popup • Faster Safari browsing, with the content script reduced from 536 KB to 54 KB • Incremental filter-list updates instead of full re-downloads • Visual 5-slot rule capacity bar and live Content Blocker status • Allowlists category and LAN intrusion filter list • Various stability, iCloud, and localization fixes

• Temporarily pause all blocking without toggling the Safari extension off • Manage zapper rules and userscript exceptions per domain, with iCloud sync and backup support • Userstyle (.user.css) support alongside userscripts • Stronger default URL tracking protection, with parameter cleanup, referral allowlist, and URL shortener rules • Userscript configs now persist across Safari restarts • New Shortcuts action to run filter updates • Redesigned popup with page userscripts and a collapsed, compact list • Built-in tinyShield enabled by default, plus a clearer regional onboarding flow • Editable custom filter categories • Various stability and localization fixes

• Added support for older Apple releases: macOS 12.3+ and iOS/iPadOS 15.4+. • Improved background filter updates, including reliability after rebooting or restarting Safari. • Added built-in tinyShield userscripts, including regional variants for stronger anti-adblock coverage. • Improved userscript compatibility with better GM API support, binary XHR responses, progress events, MIME overrides, stream/runtime ports, and safer downloads. • Backups now include userscripts. • Improved onboarding with clearer regional filter and userscript recommendations, baseline userscripts enabled by default, and no reminder-notification prompt. • Added a Safari popup control to pause saved Element Zapper rules for the current site without deleting them. • Fixed Element Zapper cancel/status behavior. • Hardened iOS and shared app/extension storage to reduce background save and suspension-related crashes. • Fixed stale userscript indexing during metadata prefetching, remote downloads, and scheduled userscript updates. • Improved custom filter validation so userscript URLs, userscript metadata, and HTML challenge pages are rejected as filter lists. • Expanded built-in content blocker compatibility rules for diagnostic sites and YouTube-related scriptlet coverage. • Added localization updates, including clearer German strings.

- Improved Safari userscript reliability, especially during startup and after onboarding. - Fixed issues where AdGuard Extra could be enabled or selected by default. - Fixed onboarding reset behavior so built-in userscripts are recreated before setup continues. - Improved handling of large userscripts and native Safari message responses. - Added per-script controls for automatic userscript updates. - Improved iOS background update scheduling and removed outdated silent push update handling. - Fixed Cloud Sync startup ordering and a custom filter sync race. - Improved Safari extension support detection on unsupported pages. - Reduced noisy extension diagnostics in logs. - Updated bundled scriptlets and dependencies. - Refined German localization.

• Faster, smoother userscript viewing and editing with the new code editor, especially for large scripts • Better userscript compatibility, including more `GM_*` support, popup menu commands, and improved handling on restricted pages • More reliable background filter updates, with clearer status text so it's easier to tell when updates are due or running • Improved iCloud sync for custom filters, disabled sites, and userscripts, plus clearer sync error reporting • Added built-in popup blocking improvements with AdGuard Popup Blocker enabled by default • Easier filter and onboarding setup, with cleaner controls, better Safari guidance, and more localization coverage

- Smarter userscript updates, including lightweight version checks before downloading - Bypass Paywalls Clean now loads reliably through a fast proxy instead of the gitflic mirror - Filter preprocessing improvements, including support for !#if conditionals, !#include directives, and unknown directive stripping - Fixes to element zapper, including parent/child navigation, scroll tracking on iOS, and protobuf-backed rule storage - AdGuard syntax highlighting in the custom filter rule editor

- New unified 5-step onboarding with built-in Safari setup - iCloud sync for filters, userscripts, and whitelist across all your devices - Element zapper: visually select and hide page elements in Safari - Paste or import custom filter rules directly - Smarter content blocker slot distribution for more active rules - Searchable filter and userscript lists - Preliminary localization support - Dozens of bug fixes and performance improvements

• Fixed filter validation incorrectly rejecting valid filters upon update • Fixed broken "restart onboarding" modal • Other minor bug fixes & improvements

• Reorganized content blockers with clearer names (Ads, Privacy, Security, Foreign) • New split AdGuard Annoyance filters for granular control • Import userscripts from local files with drag-and-drop on Mac • Added @inject-into support for better userscript compatibility • New Fanboy's Anti-AI Suggestions filter • Fixed app freeze when scrolling • Fixed badge count not hiding when disabled • Fixed userscripts disappearing after adding • Added About menu and restart confirmation dialog • Updated SafariConverterLib to 4.1.0 • Various stability and performance improvements

- Fixed critical auto-update race conditions that caused updates to get stuck - Complete Protocol Buffers migration for rock-solid data persistence - Fixed userscript injection issues preventing scripts from loading on iOS - Auto-update now works reliably with proper background task scheduling - Pseudo-full Greasemonkey API support: GM_addStyle, GM_getResourceText, GM_addElement - @require directive now downloads external script dependencies automatically - Proper unsafeWindow implementation for page context access - Fixed compatibility with AdGuard Extra and advanced Twitch ad blocking scripts - Auto-disabled filter tracking shows which filters exceed Safari's rule limits - Enhanced custom filter validation with better error messages - Added collapsible foreign filters section - Fixed white bars in settings view on iOS - Fixed text disappearance on long press - Fixed badge counter initialization issues - Fixed navigation bar visibility on macOS - Fixed push notifications to properly trigger apply changes

- Fixed background filter update flow on iOS - Updated BPC filter URL - Improved custom filter validation

* Consolidated update checker into the "apply changes" logic