How to remove ads in WPS Office

So if you are using the WPS Office: The Most Compatible Free Office Suite, especially the free version, you have seen the annoying ads that show when you open the Writer, Spreadsheets or Presentation.

Startup Ad

Side Ad

Now I have found a way to remove/disable the adds that show up on startup.

Prerequisites

• Installed WPS Office
• Enabled Windows Firewall
• Make sure that you have closed all instances of WPS Office – Writer, Spreadsheets or Presentation.

Solution 1: Blocking the wpscloudsvr.exe

Removing/disabling the ads in WPS Office

First open Run by Win Key + R and write

wf.msc

This command will open the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security. After that go to Inbound Rules

Now you search for wpscloudsvr.exe. The firewall should show three rules.

Select the three rules and disable them with right click of the mouse and select Disable Rule

And for more heavier measures to make sure the ads are blocked. Open Properties of every rule and select Block the connection.

Solution 2: Blocking the wpscenter.exe

This can be combined with the previous solution to make the blocking more powerful. In order to block the wpscenter.exe we have to make a New Inbound Rule. For this purpose open the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security and select New Rule.

Follow this picture guide to make the Inbound Rule active

Creating New Inbound Rule

Selecting the type of rule

Selecting the path of wpscenter.exe

Selecting the action to be taken when wpscenter.exe tries to connect to the internet

Specify the profiles for which this rule applies

Write wpscenter.exe in the name field. If you like you can add a description.

The created new rule for blocking ads in WPS Office

Solution 3: Redirecting the Internet connection

Open the WPS Office location (usually the AppData path) and start ksomisc.exe. After starting it click on the button Advanced. Then go to the tab Update settings and under the Internet Connection section select HTTP with the following credentials:

IP: 127.0.0.1
Port: 80
user name: user
password: pass

Solution 4: Redirecting the Internet connection with the hosts file

Open the hosts file in:

C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

Add the following redirection IP addresses:

127.0.0.1 http://ec2-52-43-249-196.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com
127.0.0.1 http://ec2-34-213-133-234.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com
127.0.0.1 ec2-34-213-238-222.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com
127.0.0.1 http://ec2-52-89-212-137.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com
127.0.0.1 http://ec2-54-191-41-159.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com
127.0.0.1 http://ec2-54-68-129-70.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com
127.0.0.1 ec2-54-149-125-87.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com
127.0.0.1 http://ec2-54-187-93-72.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com
127.0.0.1 http://ec2-52-220-226-146.ap-southeast-1.compute.amazonaws.com
127.0.0.1 http://map2.hwcdn.net
127.0.0.1 http://home.wps.cn
127.0.0.1 http://zone.kingsoft.jp
127.0.0.1 http://home.office.wps.com
127.0.0.1 http://officecontent.wps.com
127.0.0.1 http://kdl1.cache.wps.com

When added it should look something like this:

That finalizes the ads removal procedure. Happy writing 🙂