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How To Completely Disable KMPlayer Games And Ads

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KMPlayer is a popular media player available for Windows operating system. Although it’s not as powerful and popular as VLC Media Player, it’s certainly one of the best free media playing software out there for Windows.

Ads and games in KMPlayer

Those of you who have installed recent versions of KMPlayer probably have noticed ads and games that appear when you launch KMPlayer. In simple words, the sidebar that starts along with KMPlayer shows ads and some games. This sidebar containing ads and games appears only when you launch the KMPlayer and can be easily closed by clicking the Close button that appears at the upper right corner of the sidebar.

Disable KMPlayer games and ads

Games and ads appear only upon launching the KMPlayer and since KMPlayer offers a close button to get rid of them, most users haven’t tried to disable them. That said, there are plenty of users who would like to permanently get rid of KMPlayer games and ads to continue enjoying videos and music without having to click the close button each time.

When it comes to games and ads, KMPlayer doesn’t include an option to easily disable them. But there are two easy workarounds out there to completely disable KMPlayer ads and games.

Since these ads and games appear only when the system is connected to the internet and the KMPlayer needs to connect to KM Media servers in order to serve ads and games, one can configure Windows to prevent KMPlayer from connecting to media server of KMPlayer.

Those of you who would like to completely disable games and ads in KMPlayer can follow the instructions in one of the two given below methods.

Important: The developers of KMPlayer are generating revenue by promoting games and other products on this software and are used for the development of KMPlayer. So you might want to donate a couple of dollars by visiting the official page of KMPlayer to support the development of the player. By the way, we are in no way associated with KMPlayer.

Turn off KMPlayer games and ads

Method 1 of 2

Step 1: Open Internet Explorer browser.

Step 2: Navigate to Tools menu and then click Internet Options to open the same.

Disable KMPlayer games and ads step1

Step 3: Here, click on the Security tab.

Step 4: Under, Select a zone to view or change security settings, please click on Restricted sites icon. Now, click the Sites button located next to the Restricted sites.

Disable KMPlayer games and ads step2

Step 5: Under Add this website to the zone, enter http://player.kmpmedia.net and then click Add button. Close the dialog. Finally, click the Apply button that you see on Internet Options dialog.

Disable KMPlayer games and ads step3

Launch KMPlayer to see the clean and beautiful KMPlayer without annoying games and ads.

Method 2 of 2

Step 1: Open Notepad program as administrator. To do so, type Notepad in Start menu (Windows 7/Windows 10) or Start screen (Windows 8/Windows 10) search box and then simultaneously press Ctrl+Shift+Enter keys to open Notepad as administrator.

Alternatively, you can navigate to the Notepad program in Start menu or Start screen, right-click on Notepad and then click Run as administrator option.

Step 2: Once Notepad is launched with admin rights, click the File menu and then click Open option (you can also use Ctrl+O) to see Open dialog box.

Disable KMPlayer games and ads step5

Here, navigate to:

C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc folder (where “C” is your Windows installed drive), change the file type to All files (see below picture) and then open the Hosts file.

Disable KMPlayer games and ads step4

Step 3: At the end of the Hosts file, add the following URL (see picture for reference):

127.0.0.1 player.kmpmedia.net

Disable KMPlayer games and ads step6

Step 4: Finally click the File menu and then click the Save button or simply press the Ctrl+S button to save the edited file. This will block KMPlayer from accessing the media server which is very much required to serve ads and games.

Note that if the Notepad is asking you to create a new file when you click the Save button, it’s because you’re not running Notepad as administrator. Carefully follow the instructions in Step 1 again of this method to open Notepad as admin.

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Comments

  3. Radek Mojžíš says

    If you use this method, the app takes like 10 seconds to load for some reason so i came up with a better solution

    First of all, install the latest version that doesn’t have the side panel by default – namely 4-2-2-6
    Then it will nag you to update on startup – just block it from using internet…

    To do that press “windows button” -> type in “firewall” -> hit enter -> on the left click “Advanced settings” -> on the left “Outbound Rules” -> New Rule -> Select “Program” -> click “Next” -> This program path: (by default “C:\KMPlayer\KMPlayer.exe”)->Block the connection->keep everything checked->Name it whatever you like for example “Block KMPlayer from internet”-> finish

  4. Duffman says

    These lines worked for me (07/06/2022):

    127.0.0.1 player.kmpmedia.net
    127.0.0.1 log.kmplayer.com
    127.0.0.1 cdn.kmplayer.com
    127.0.0.1 cdn.pandora.tv

  5. jomal johny says

    These lines worked for me (24/12/2020):

    127.0.0.1 player.kmpmedia.net
    127.0.0.1 log.kmplayer.com
    127.0.0.1 cdn.kmplayer.com
    127.0.0.1 cdn.pandora.tv
    Thanks very much.

  6. Erfan says

    These lines worked for me (09/30/19):

    127.0.0.1 player.kmpmedia.net
    127.0.0.1 log.kmplayer.com
    127.0.0.1 cdn.kmplayer.com
    127.0.0.1 cdn.pandora.tv

    Thank you guys!

  7. Ramji says

    After adding the below to the hosts file…it fucking works for me. I am using KMPLAYER VERSION 4.2.2.24.

    127.0.0.1 player.kmpmedia.net
    127.0.0.1 log.kmplayer.com
    127.0.0.1 cdn.kmplayer.com
    127.0.0.1 cdn.pandora.tv

  8. jaxx0rr says

    they finally removed the ads.. all it took was EVERYONE TO LEAVE for them to notice how bad it was

  10. kfxnightmare says

    This work well thank z for the upload 2018 September

    with adding lines to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc
    127.0.0.1 player.kmpmedia.net
    127.0.0.1 log.kmplayer.com
    127.0.0.1 cdn.kmplayer.com
    127.0.0.1 cdn.pandora.tv

  11. Etshy says

    4.2.2.12, no way to make the sidebar not showing.
    We can hide the ads by changing name of the file like Navneet MISHRA said, but can’t make the sidebar not showing.

  12. Navneet MISHRA says

    For the Version 4.2.2.12
    just rename the URLLIST.txt file to something else and the media streaming will stop.

  13. pin ken says

    the last metho is add
    more
    127.0.0.1 player.kmpmedia.net
    127.0.0.1 log.kmplayer.com
    127.0.0.1 cdn.kmplayer.com
    127.0.0.1 cdn.pandora.tv
    in host then no more ads work with me 5/1/18

  15. Shoaib says

    I used all methods even the links provided by commenters but my kmplayer shows ads still now. How can i solve it?

  20. Jerome Laurent says

    And you can block “KMPlayer.exe” in the firewall (In and Out). Work for me :)

  22. LoperiS says

    I confirm method with index.htm on logo folder

    with adding lines to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc
    127.0.0.1 player.kmpmedia.net
    127.0.0.1 log.kmplayer.com
    127.0.0.1 cdn.kmplayer.com
    127.0.0.1 cdn.pandora.tv

    working perfect !!!

  32. fede says

    add in the host file

    127.0.0.1 player.kmpmedia.net
    127.0.0.1 log.kmplayer.com
    127.0.0.1 cdn.kmplayer.com
    127.0.0.1 cdn.pandora.tv

  33. Nazuki says

    It was working perfectly until now… I installed the new version 4.1.3.3, and aaaaall the ads and pop up are come back. It’s almost worts than before >< !! Any idea how to remove it ? Again :/ ? (I still have the website in my restricted sites, and the Hosts file is still with the "127.0.0.1 player.kmpmedia.net" at the end u.u)

  37. satyajit says

    Thanks bud.. it was really getting irritating.. saved me.. number 1 worked great.

  43. Kaushik Gopalan says

    This worked for me. I also found another fix. If you have a firewall and know how to edit the access permissions in it, you can just block all communication of the player. That was an easier fix for me. I use Norton 360 and I just changed the program access rules in it KM Player.

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