# Blockada preventing apps from loading

**URL:** https://community.blokada.org/t/blockada-preventing-apps-from-loading/21825
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** help-needed
**Created:** [February 28, 2022, 2:17am UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/blockada-preventing-apps-from-loading/21825 "2022-02-28T02:17:17Z")
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### Author: ![PrintableCharacter](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/printablecharacter/32/88_2.png) [@PrintableCharacter](https://community.blokada.org/u/PrintableCharacter)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2022, 6:45am UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/blockada-preventing-apps-from-loading/21825/2 "2022-03-02T06:45:09Z")

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> [@Can't browse the internet when Blokada is enabled](https://community.blokada.org/t/cant-browse-the-internet-when-blokada-is-enabled/67):
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> If you can’t access internet while Blokada is running, most probably you enabled a DNS server in Private DNS. This feature - starting from android 9 - aims to encrypt DNS queries and if you set a DNS server, it makes ad blocking impossible and in our case, Blokada won’t function or even block every connection. To resolve this situation, follow the below steps: Go to your system’s settings Go to Network & Internet Search for Private DNS , tap on that Choose “Off”, save the configuration (…

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