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Adobe-URL-Block-List

This is a curated list of all the Adobe URL/IP blocklists declared in the hosts file.

If you have any extra domains/IPs, you can either fork this repository and follow instructions for Adding the records in your fork or by opening an issue.

Compatibility

Platform	Apply	Revert	System hosts file
Windows	apply.bat	revert.bat	%windir%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
macOS	apply.sh	revert.sh	/etc/hosts
Linux	apply.sh	revert.sh	/etc/hosts

The list is also available as a dnsmasq configuration and as pihole.txt for Pi-hole and router-level blocking, which works regardless of the client operating system.

Applying the records in your hosts file

Windows

Run apply.bat as Administrator. It will:

• Back up your current hosts file to hosts.bak at the root of this repository (first run only)
• Append the records, wrapped between ## ADOBE_BLOCKLIST_START ## and ## ADOBE_BLOCKLIST_END ## markers
• Replace the existing block when re-run, so pulling the latest list and re-applying never duplicates records
• Flush the DNS cache

To remove the records later, run revert.bat as Administrator. Only the block between the markers is removed, everything else in your hosts file stays untouched.

Applying the records manually

The location of the hosts file is located at C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc, or by opening the Run dialog with Win+ R, you can access it with:

%windir%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

Note

Be sure you keep a backup of your previous hosts file first!

Make sure you run your text editor as with admin privileges, otherwise, you won't be able to save changes to the hosts file. Copy and paste the full list into the hosts file and save it.

You may need to check your settings to show hidden files. Once there, overwrite with the host file or add the full list to your host file.

macOS and Linux

Run the apply script with sudo from the root of this repository:

sudo ./apply.sh

The script:

• Backs up your current /etc/hosts to hosts.bak at the root of this repository (first run only)
• Appends the records, wrapped between ## ADOBE_BLOCKLIST_START ## and ## ADOBE_BLOCKLIST_END ## markers
• Replaces the existing block when re-run, so pulling the latest list and re-applying never duplicates records
• Flushes the DNS cache (dscacheutil/mDNSResponder on macOS, resolvectl or systemd-resolve on Linux)

To remove the records later:

sudo ./revert.sh

Only the block between the markers is removed. Everything else in your hosts file stays untouched.

Applying the records manually

The hosts file is located at /etc/hosts. Append the records from this repository's hosts file to it (you will need sudo to save), then flush the DNS cache.

On macOS:

sudo dscacheutil -flushcache && sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

On Linux with systemd-resolved:

sudo resolvectl flush-caches

Adding the records

You'll need to have a version of Python 3.9 or higher installed to add the records and sync across hosts, dnsmasq, and pihole.txt.

Add a domain name or IP with:

py lists.py -a 192.168.0.0 domain.example.com

On macOS and Linux, use python3 instead of py:

python3 lists.py -a 192.168.0.0 domain.example.com

The script will automatically warn you if a record already exists and skip it.

Checking for duplicates

You can also check for duplicates with -c or --check flags.

py lists.py -c

Likewise, using flags -rd or --remove-duplicates will automatically remove any duplicates and retroactively apply to all files.

py lists.py -rd