Brave browser: [ads] Add "Sponsored ads enabled" toggle to settings on Desktop

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Brave browser: [ads] Add "Sponsored ads enabled" toggle to settings on Desktop brave / brave-browser Public Notifications You must be signed in to change notification settings Fork 3.2k Star 23.7k [ads] Add "Sponsored ads enabled" toggle to settings on Desktop #58786 Copy link Copy link Closed Enhancement brave/brave-core # 39330 brave/brave-core#39330 Closed [ads] Add "Sponsored ads enabled" toggle to settings on Desktop #58786 Enhancement brave/brave-core # 39330 Copy link Assignees Labels OS/Desktop QA Pass-Linux QA/Yes enhancement feature/ads priority/P3 The next thing for us to work on. The next thing for us to work on.

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brave / brave-browser Public Notifications You must be signed in to change notification settings Fork 3.2k Star 23.7k [ads] Add "Sponsored ads enabled" toggle to settings on Desktop #58786 Copy link Copy link Closed Enhancement brave/brave-core # 39330 brave/brave-core#39330 Closed [ads] Add "Sponsored ads enabled" toggle to settings on Desktop #58786 Enhancement brave/brave-core # 39330 Copy link Assignees Labels OS/Desktop QA Pass-Linux QA/Yes enhancement feature/ads priority/P3 The next thing for us to work on.
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release-notes/exclude Milestone 1.96.x - Release Description aseren opened on Sep 7, 2026 Issue body actions Add an "Enable Sponsored Ads" toggle to the Data collection section of brave://settings/privacy on Desktop, matching the mobile settings.
Test plan Test case 1 Open brave://settings/privacy → Data collection section Verify an "Enable Sponsored Ads" toggle is present with correct label/description Toggle "Enable Sponsored Ads" setting off Verify New Tab Page Ads are no longer shown Trigger search result ad with conversion data attributes (check JSON-LD contains these attributes) Click the search result ad Verify that the search result ad conversion not listed in "Active Brave Ads conversion URL patterns" in brave://ads-internals Toggle "Enable Sponsored Ads" setting on Verify New Tab Page Ads are shown again Trigger search result ad with conversion data attributes (check JSON-LD contains these attributes) Click the search result ad Verify that the search result ad conversion is listed in "Active Brave Ads conversion URL patterns" in brave://ads-internals Restart the browser.
Sign in to comment Metadata Metadata Assignees aseren Labels OS/Desktop QA Pass-Linux QA/Yes enhancement feature/ads priority/P3 The next thing for us to work on.
release-notes/exclude Type Enhancement Projects Ads Status Done Show more project fields Milestone 1.96.x - Release Relationships None yet Development No branches or pull requests Issue actions

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