{"slug": "block-ad-accounts-on-x-twitter-userscript-tampermonkey", "title": "Block Ad accounts on X (Twitter) | UserScript | Tampermonkey", "summary": "This is a Tampermonkey userscript designed to automatically block advertising accounts on X (formerly Twitter). The script identifies promoted tweets labeled \"Ad\" on the platform, then programmatically clicks through the interface to block each advertiser account, storing the blocked accounts in the browser's local storage. It runs immediately upon page load and continues to check for new ads every five seconds.", "body_md": "block-ad-accounts-on-x.userscript.js\n\n      This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.\n      \nLearn more about bidirectional Unicode characters\n\n \n    Show hidden characters\n\n// ==UserScript==\n\n// @name         Block Ad accounts on X (Twitter)\n\n// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/\n\n// @version      2024-11-30\n\n// @description  try to take over the world!\n\n// @author       You\n\n// @match        https://x.com/*\n\n// @icon         https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=x.com\n\n// @grant        none\n\n// ==/UserScript==\n\nasync function blockAdvertisers() {\n\n  const ads = Array.from(\n\n    document.querySelectorAll('[data-testid=\"tweet\"] [style*=\"rgb\"]')\n\n  ).filter((ad) => /^Ad$/.test(ad.innerText));\n\n  for (const ad of ads) {\n\n    const tweet = ad.closest('[data-testid=\"tweet\"]');\n\n    localStorage.__blockAdvertisers = localStorage.__blockAdvertisers || \"{}\";\n\n    const btn =\n\n      ad.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.querySelector(\"button\");\n\n    btn.click();\n\n    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 100));\n\n    const menu = document.querySelector('[role=\"menu\"]');\n\n    const blockBtn = Array.from(\n\n      menu.querySelectorAll('div[role=\"menuitem\"]')\n\n    ).find((d) => /Block @/.test(d.innerText));\n\n    blockBtn.click();\n\n    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 100));\n\n    const okBtn = document.querySelector('[role=\"group\"] button');\n\n    okBtn.click();\n\n    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 1000));\n\n    localStorage.__blockAdvertisers = JSON.stringify({\n\n      ...JSON.parse(localStorage.__blockAdvertisers),\n\n      [tweet.querySelector(\"a\").href.slice(1)]:\n\n        true,\n\n    });\n\n    const maybeLater = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"button\")).find(\n\n      (x) => /Maybe later/.test(x.innerText)\n\n    );\n\n    maybeLater?.click();\n\n    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 100));\n\n  }\n\n}\n\nblockAdvertisers();\n\nsetInterval(() => {\n\n  blockAdvertisers();\n\n}, 5000);", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/block-ad-accounts-on-x-twitter-userscript-tampermonkey", "canonical_source": "https://gist.github.com/brunolm/ef550af45ed65c70487f723999d58b49", "published_at": "2024-11-30 20:09:22+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-22 12:15:33.312017+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools"], "entities": ["X", "Twitter", "Tampermonkey"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/block-ad-accounts-on-x-twitter-userscript-tampermonkey", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/block-ad-accounts-on-x-twitter-userscript-tampermonkey.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/block-ad-accounts-on-x-twitter-userscript-tampermonkey.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/block-ad-accounts-on-x-twitter-userscript-tampermonkey.jsonld"}}