How to Disable KMPlayer Ads in 5 Easy Steps

I love KMPlayer and have been using it for years. However one thing I don’t love is ads. And with the newer versions of KMPlayer they have a new sidebar which shows you ads. Follow the steps below to disable the sidebar from appearing every time you launch the KMPlayer.

Tired of seeing these KMPlayer Sidebar Ads?

kmplayer ads

Step 1

First you need to go to your control panel. (these instructions below are in Windows 10, however they still can work in Windows XP, Windows 7, and Windows 8)

control panel

Step 2

Click into “Network and Internet.”

network and internet

Step 3

Click into “Internet Options.”

internet options

Step 4

Click the “Security Tab,” click on “Restricted Sites,” and then click into “Sites.”

internet options restricted sites

Step 5

Add player.kmpmedia.net to the list of restricted sites.

kmpmedia.net zone

Now close KMPlayer, re-open it and the sidebar will no longer appear.

As always I love to hear what you think below in the comments!

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18 thoughts on “How to Disable KMPlayer Ads in 5 Easy Steps”

    • Open regedit and navigate to

      HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\KMPlayer\KMP3.0\OptionArea
      and
      HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-4249885587-2716069232-2168524895-1001\Software\KMPlayer\KMP3.0\OptionArea
      Set AutoUpdate to 0
      AutoUpdate = dword:00000000 (0)
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    • Follow this solution
      Step 1: Open KM Player to see update massage.
      Step 2: click Update.
      Step 3: Install downloaded program.
      Done.

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  1. new ad in the form of two buttons with the words ieEm on them….kmplayer quickly becoming the most annoying player out there

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  2. Hi, thanks for sharing the method. It works.
    Although, the extra/additional window-pane still appears. How to get rid of that?

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    • I stopped it in my pc by adding a new rule in my firewall blocking kmplayer.exe and kmploading.exe from both incoming and outgoing connections.

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      • Thank you,

        The firewall blocking did the trick. None of the other above methods worked because they (KMPlayer developers) had worked around it.

        Reply

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