# Blocklist not removable

**URL:** <https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/blocklist-not-removable/15085>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** blacklisting\
**Created:** [December 12, 2018, 3:52pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/blocklist-not-removable/15085 "2018-12-12T15:52:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![Bardman](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bardman](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Bardman)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 3:52pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/blocklist-not-removable/15085/1 "2018-12-12T15:52:51Z")

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I did ad a local (intranet) blocklist made a type and want o remove the list but thats not possible. did clik on the trahscan it shows is wil be removed but once i click save or update and save its not removed. Did alse several reboots the list wil not remove

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**Author:** ![jpgpi250](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/jpgpi250/32/286_2.png) [@jpgpi250](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/jpgpi250)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/blocklist-not-removable/15085/2 "2018-12-12T16:31:29Z")

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edit `/etc/pihole/adlists.list`, that is where the lists are stored.  
You can use either `putty` or `winscp` or …  
Don't know how to use putty and `winscp`? Explained in detail [here](http://users.telenet.be/MySQLplaylist/pi-hole.pdf).  
You need to run `pihole -g` after the edit has been saved.

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**Author:** ![Bardman](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bardman](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Bardman)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/blocklist-not-removable/15085/3 "2018-12-12T21:08:17Z")

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Not working, keep getting no permissions

Removed te file and put a new url in the web interface, and there is the file again….

But its not anymore possible to put in a local networked blacklist

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**Author:** ![jpgpi250](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/jpgpi250/32/286_2.png) [@jpgpi250](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/jpgpi250)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 9:20pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/blocklist-not-removable/15085/4 "2018-12-12T21:20:07Z")

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> [@Bardman](#):
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> possible to put in a local networked blacklist

I don't use a local networked blacklist, I do put a file in `/var/www/html`, for example `/var/www/html/mylist.txt` and add `http://localhost/mylist.txt` as the blacklist to process.

Workaround?

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**Author:** ![jpgpi250](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/jpgpi250/32/286_2.png) [@jpgpi250](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/jpgpi250)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 8:43am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/blocklist-not-removable/15085/5 "2018-12-13T08:43:33Z")

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Don't know if this is related, took me a while to find it. maybe [this](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/load-blacklist-from-network-drive-set-querylog-to-all/10030) helps.

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**Author:** ![Bardman](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bardman](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Bardman)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 9:45am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/blocklist-not-removable/15085/6 "2018-12-13T09:45:42Z")

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Not working for me. It works before in an old version of Pihole. An i want it working because its a professional list of 1153010 banned sites J and upadated every day. That’s not to do by hand. And not possible to connect like Pi-hole.

I can try to put te list on my local webserver. (I have and AD network SRV 2012R2) and make a secure connection that no problem but i doubt if that’s the solution

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**Author:** ![Bardman](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bardman](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Bardman)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 10:26am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/blocklist-not-removable/15085/7 "2018-12-13T10:26:50Z")

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I already didi that and the pihole finds an empty file, put it also on a webserver and give all rigths to everyone, just to test p-) (1153010 entries) mayby to big ?

Did \websrv\websites\intranet\lists and file://websrv/websites/intranet/lists/host.txt

Strange because it worked in older versions

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**Author:** ![jpgpi250](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/jpgpi250/32/286_2.png) [@jpgpi250](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/jpgpi250)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 2:02pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/blocklist-not-removable/15085/8 "2018-12-13T14:02:11Z")

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May need some professional help here... @DL6ER: any ideas?

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**Author:** ![DL6ER](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/dl6er/32/281_2.png) [@DL6ER](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/DL6ER)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/blocklist-not-removable/15085/9 "2018-12-13T16:33:51Z")

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> [@jpgpi250](#):
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> edit `/etc/pihole/adlists.list` , that is where the lists are stored.

> [@Bardman](#):
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> Not working, keep getting no permissions

What is the output when you run the command

```auto
ls -lh /etc/pihole

```

on your Pi-hole machine?

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**Author:** ![Bardman](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bardman](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Bardman)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/blocklist-not-removable/15085/10 "2018-12-13T18:35:31Z")

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pi@PiHole:~ $ ls -lh /etc/pihole

total 24M

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 395 Dec 13 10:43 adlists.list

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.4K Dec 13 16:11 black.list

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.4K Dec 9 09:52 blacklist.txt

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2 Dec 13 18:23 GitHubVersions

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.0M Dec 13 16:11 gravity.list

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.3K Dec 12 19:50 install.log

-rw------- 1 root root 1.9M Dec 13 16:11 list.1.raw.githubusercontent.com.domains

-rw------- 1 root root 582K Dec 13 10:44 list.2.mirror1.malwaredomains.com.domains

-rw------- 1 root root 7.1K Dec 13 10:44 list.3.zeustracker.abuse.ch.domains

-rw------- 1 root root 613 Dec 13 10:44 list.4.s3.amazonaws.com.domains

-rw------- 1 root root 43K Dec 13 10:44 list.5.s3.amazonaws.com.domains

-rw------- 1 root root 1.7M Dec 13 10:44 list.6.hosts-file.net.domains

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.0M Dec 13 16:11 list.preEventHorizon

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Dec 13 18:30 localbranches

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 41 Dec 13 16:11 local.list

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37 Dec 13 18:30 localversions

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 234 Dec 12 19:49 logrotate

-rw-rw-r-- 1 pihole pihole 15 Dec 12 19:50 pihole-FTL.conf

-rw-r--r-- 1 pihole pihole 14M Dec 13 18:34 pihole-FTL.db

-rw-rw-r-- 1 pihole www-data 0 Dec 13 10:49 regex.list

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 424 Dec 13 14:28 setupVars.conf

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 402 Dec 12 19:49 setupVars.conf.update.bak

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 118 Dec 6 11:16 whitelist.txt

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 6 11:16 whitelist.txt.bck~

pi@PiHole:~ $

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**Author:** ![system](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/uploads/default/original/3X/7/c/7c8792f649eeb921c5d2b4c41564ffa873d9a2b8.png) [@system](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/blocklist-not-removable/15085/11 "2019-01-03T18:35:43Z")

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