# Youtube ads getting through Pihole / Any advances in 100% blocking without also blocking Youtube videos?

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**Created:** [February 3, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/youtube-ads-getting-through-pihole-any-advances-in-100-blocking-without-also-blocking-youtube-videos/60951 "2023-02-03T18:43:13Z")
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### Author: ![rdwebdesign](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/rdwebdesign/32/51363_2.png) [@rdwebdesign](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/rdwebdesign)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2023, 7:15pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/youtube-ads-getting-through-pihole-any-advances-in-100-blocking-without-also-blocking-youtube-videos/60951/2 "2023-02-03T19:15:13Z")

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> Youtube ads getting through Pihole

This is normal and expected.

> [@ChromeNewt](#):
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> I'm expecting that my pihole should be able to identify the adverts and drop them off, or filtering unexpected extra connections, since there's always a pair of requests in the query log that are veeeery subtly different.

Pi-hole only sees DNS requests for domains (in this case, the Youtube domain).  
Pi-hole can completely block the domain, or allow the domain. There is no third option.

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