Installing the preview tool

The preview tool is available in all active AdSense languages. Installing the tool is easy, and only takes a few minutes. To install it, you'll need to add a registry file to your Windows system, by following the instructions below.

By installing and/or using the AdSense Preview Tool, you agree to abide by the Google Toolbar Terms of Use (which can be found at http://toolbar.google.com/terms) as if such terms applied to the AdSense Preview Tool and Google's advertising services. Notwithstanding the Terms of Use, you agree to use the AdSense Preview Tool solely to manage your AdSense account or as part of a good faith evaluation of the AdSense program to help you determine whether to enroll as an AdSense publisher. You may not use the AdSense Preview Tool in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair any Google services.

To install:

1. Right-click the link below and select Save Target As... Save the registry file (.reg) to your desktop.

AdSense Preview Tool

2. Double-click the file from your desktop. A confirmation window will appear - click Yes to continue. The registry update will self-install.
3. Restart Internet Explorer by closing all open IE windows.

That's it! Clicking the right mouse button from any webpage will open your context menu - select Google AdSense Preview Tool from the menu to launch the preview tool. Please do not click from within the ad format itself, or relevant ads will not appear within the preview tool.

To uninstall:

1. Right-click the link below and select Save Target As... Save the registry file (.reg) to your desktop

AdSense Preview Tool Uninstaller

2. Double-click the file from your desktop. A confirmation window will appear - click Yes to continue. All preview tool files will be deleted from your system.
3. Restart Internet Explorer by closing all open IE windows.
4. You can delete the downloaded .reg file from your desktop.

If you'd prefer to manually uninstall the preview tool from your system, it's as simple as deleting the preview tool entry from your registry:

1. From your Start menu, select Run...
2. Type regedit into the text field and click OK. The Registry Editor window will open.
3. Browse to the following folder: \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\
4. Within the MenuExt folder, right-click the Google AdSense Preview Tool folder and select Delete . Click Yes to confirm.
5. Close the Registry Editor and restart Internet Explorer by closing all open browser windows.