# Newbie question about /Advanced/Exceptions list **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Tags:** help-needed, android\ **Created:** [March 21, 2022, 7:57am UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/newbie-question-about-advanced-exceptions-list/22389 "2022-03-21T07:57:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ginahoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d78d45/32.png) [@ginahoy](https://community.blokada.org/u/ginahoy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 7:57am UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/newbie-question-about-advanced-exceptions-list/22389/1 "2022-03-21T07:57:42Z")
I recently installed Blokada v5.18 on a Pixel 3a Android v12. It appears the only way to add an offending URL to the /Advanced/Exceptions/Blocked list from the /Activity feed. Is there not a way to manually add a URL to the Exceptions list? In particular, the app notification shows the most recent 3 URL’s that are communicating with my phone. However, those URL’s do not necessarily match the ones at the top of the Activity feed. For example, the notification message shows [googleads.g.doubleclick.net](http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net) or [static.doubleclick.net](http://static.doubleclick.net), but those URL’s never show up in the Activity feed. So how do I add them to the /Exceptions/Blocked list? ---
**Author:** ![ginahoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d78d45/32.png) [@ginahoy](https://community.blokada.org/u/ginahoy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/newbie-question-about-advanced-exceptions-list/22389/6 "2022-03-21T16:14:07Z")
Thanks for the quick reply! When I tap Advanced/Exceptions/Blocked, I don’t see a plus sign or other icon to manually add a hostname to the blocklist. What am I missing?? I downloaded Blokada from F-Droid so presumably I have the full (libre) version. How can I be sure? The phone Settings/Apps list shows “Blokada 5” version 5.18.0. If I had the slim version, it would say that, right? ---
**Author:** ![RPMozley](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/rpmozley/32/11658_2.png) [@RPMozley](https://community.blokada.org/u/RPMozley)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/newbie-question-about-advanced-exceptions-list/22389/7 "2022-03-21T17:28:53Z")
> [@ginahoy](#): > > What am I missing?? I’m afraid you are not missing anything, for version 5 at least. There is no way to add a domain to the block list other than activity list, currently. F-droid is the full version, so not a problem there. ---
**Author:** ![ginahoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d78d45/32.png) [@ginahoy](https://community.blokada.org/u/ginahoy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/newbie-question-about-advanced-exceptions-list/22389/8 "2022-03-21T18:53:33Z")
@RPMozley thanks for clarifying. So why do some of the hosts displayed in the Blokada notification feed not appear in the Activity list? I haven’t “bypassed” any apps or system processes. ---
**Author:** ![RPMozley](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/rpmozley/32/11658_2.png) [@RPMozley](https://community.blokada.org/u/RPMozley)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/newbie-question-about-advanced-exceptions-list/22389/9 "2022-03-21T19:44:37Z")
I believe the domains appearing in the notification are the last few recently blocked. This was the behaviour of v4 so it should be pretty much the same. I can’t confirm directly as I do not run version 5 on my Android devices, only v4 (for various reasons). ---
**Author:** ![ginahoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d78d45/32.png) [@ginahoy](https://community.blokada.org/u/ginahoy)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 2:14am UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/newbie-question-about-advanced-exceptions-list/22389/10 "2022-03-22T02:14:43Z")
In v5, the Notification feed isn’t just the most recently blocked domains. It includes the 3 most recent domains… blocked or not. I just discovered WHY the Notification feed sometimes includes domains that don’t appear in the Activity list. I hadn’t noticed the icon with 3 ‘view’ options for that tab… All, Blocked, Allowed. The app apparently defaults to Allowed. Once I elected the “All Entries” view, I was able to confirm the domains mentioned in my original post are listed as blocked in the Activity list. They both are apparently included in the default blocklist. Problem solved. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.blokada.org/system/32/7003_2.png) [@system](https://community.blokada.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 2:15am UTC](https://community.blokada.org/t/newbie-question-about-advanced-exceptions-list/22389/11 "2022-03-29T02:15:02Z")
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