Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did

<figure> <img alt="The Microsoft Edge web browser logo against a swirling blue background." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24385268/STK148_Microsoft_Edge_1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Microsoft Edge is <a href="https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2026/08/07/moving-the-microsoft-edge-extensions-ecosystem-forward-with-manifest-version-3/" data-type="link" data-id="https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2026/08/07/moving-the-microsoft-edge-extensions-ecosystem-forward-with-manifest-version-3/">ending support</a> for the Manifest V2 extensions platform, which will cut off the uBlock Origin adblocker and others like it, just <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/950005/google-chrome-removing-ad-blocker-loopholes">like Google Chrome did</a> earlier this year. According to Microsoft, there are only 58 extensions on the Edge Add-On Store "with any meaningful usage" that still use MV2, and only three of those aren't available on the newer MV3 platform. </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Anyone still using these extensions can switch to a different adblocker, like <a href="https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/ublock-origin-lite/cimighlppcgcoapaliogpjjdehbnofhn">uBlock Origin Lite</a>. Or they could use a different browser, like Opera, which still supports existing MV2 extensions and <a href="https://blogs.opera.com/news/2025/09/mv2-extensions-opera/" data-type="link" data-id="https://blogs.opera.com/news/2025/09/mv2-extensions-opera/">says it will continue to do so</a> "for as long as it's technically rea …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/976880/microsoft-edge-extensions-ad-blockers-mv2-mv3">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>