# Screenshot a website without ads

> Take a clean screenshot of any website: ads, trackers, cookie banners and chat bubbles are removed before the screenshot. Paste the address. Free to try.

To screenshot a website without ads, paste its address into CurlShot. Before the screenshot is taken, CurlShot blocks requests to ad networks and trackers, hides cookie banners and removes chat bubbles, so the image shows the page and not what is laid over it. Pages also load faster this way. With the API each kind of blocking is its own switch.

Do it in the browser, free and without an account: https://curlshot.com/tools/screenshot-without-ads

## Steps

1. Paste the address of the website into the box.
2. Press "Take the screenshot". The cleaning happens for you.
3. Download the image of the page without the clutter.

## What people use it for

- Clean screenshots of articles for a presentation or a report
- Archiving a page as its content, not as its advertising
- Previews and thumbnails with no banner over them
- Faster, steadier screenshots for monitoring

## The same thing with the API

```bash
curl "https://curlshot.com/api/v1/screenshot?access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY&url=https://example.com&block_ads=true&block_trackers=true&block_chats=true&full_page=true" \
  --output clean.png
```

An access key is free: https://curlshot.com/register. Read more:

- [Blocking](https://curlshot.com/docs/blocking.md)

## Questions

### How do I screenshot a page without the ads?

Paste the address into CurlShot. Ad networks are blocked while the page loads, so the ads never appear in the screenshot.

### What is left where the ad was?

Usually an empty space the size of the ad, or nothing at all when the page closes the gap. The content of the page is not changed.

### Can I block something else on the page?

With the API, yes. block_requests blocks any address pattern you give, block_resources blocks whole kinds of files such as fonts or video, and hide_selectors hides any element.

### Is it free?

You can try it on this page without an account. A free account adds a monthly allowance of screenshots and keeps them in one place.

## Related

- [Full-page screenshot](https://curlshot.com/tools/full-page-screenshot.md): Take a screenshot of a whole web page, from the top to the very bottom, as one image. Paste the address, nothing to install. Also available as an API.
- [Web page to PDF](https://curlshot.com/tools/website-to-pdf.md): Turn a web page into a PDF document from its address. Real pages, working links and selectable text. Paste the address, nothing to install. Also an API.
- [Screenshot without cookie banners](https://curlshot.com/tools/screenshot-without-cookie-banners.md): Take a clean screenshot of any web page: cookie banners, consent pop-ups, ads and chat bubbles are hidden before the capture. Free to try, also an API.