Alternatives to Disconnect
Tracker-blocking privacy software that stops invisible trackers and shows which sites follow you online. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Disconnect
Tracker-blocking privacy software that stops invisible trackers and shows which sites follow you online.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Disconnect.
Privacy Badger
Learns and blocks trackers by watching their behaviour across sites.
Privacy Badger, from the EFF, is open source under GPL-3.0 and learns trackers from their behaviour instead of relying only on a fixed blocklist.
Ghostery
Ad and tracker blocker that shows what each page was trying to load.
Ghostery is open source under MPL-2.0, names each tracker and its owner, and blocks ads and cookie consent dialogs as well as trackers.
uBlock Origin
A free, open-source content blocker for browsers that blocks ads, trackers and malware domains with a small footprint.
uBlock Origin blocks ads, trackers and malware domains using EasyList and EasyPrivacy, is open source, and is no longer on the Chrome Web Store after Manifest V2 ended.
AdGuard Browser Extension
A browser extension that blocks ads, pop-ups and trackers, with cosmetic filtering of page elements.
AdGuard Browser Extension is free and open source under GPL-3.0, blocking ads and pop-ups alongside trackers, with cosmetic filtering of leftover page elements.
uBlock Origin Lite
A Manifest V3 content blocker from the uBlock Origin project that filters ads and trackers.
uBlock Origin Lite blocks ads and trackers under Manifest V3 on Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari, without needing broad site permissions, and is free.
Malwarebytes Browser Guard
A free browser extension from Malwarebytes that blocks malicious sites, scams, trackers and unwanted ads.
Malwarebytes Browser Guard is free and adds ad, scam and malicious site blocking to tracker blocking, but is closed source like Disconnect.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
JShelter
Wraps browser APIs to reduce JavaScript fingerprinting and tracking.
CanvasBlocker
Blocks or fakes the browser APIs most used for fingerprinting.
ClearURLs
Strips tracking parameters out of links automatically.
Facebook Container
Isolates Facebook in its own container so it cannot follow you elsewhere.
Cookie AutoDelete
Deletes cookies and site data as soon as a tab closes.
Decentraleyes
Serves common JavaScript libraries locally instead of from a CDN.
