# Ads are blocked, but not removed from the space on the website

**URL:** <https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/ads-are-blocked-but-not-removed-from-the-space-on-the-website/663>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [November 24, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/ads-are-blocked-but-not-removed-from-the-space-on-the-website/663 "2016-11-24T02:42:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![jacob.salmela](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/jacob.salmela/32/8_2.png) [@jacob.salmela](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/jacob.salmela)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/ads-are-blocked-but-not-removed-from-the-space-on-the-website/663/4 "2016-11-25T15:21:05Z")

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It can be different for each ad. Pi-hole blocks the ad before it's downloaded, so it doesn't really know about how the ad is displayed in the Website. If the site has space reserved for it, you may just see the blank space. Pi-hole + uBlock generally work very well together.

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