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{{Short description|Wikipedia help page}}

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Some peoplereaders domay not wish to see somecertain images on Wikipedia for various reasons –reasons—such images may not be [[NSFW|suitableunsuitable for a work environment]];, they may wish to [[Wikipedia:Advice for parents|prevent their children from seeingviewing such imagesthem]];, or their religionreligious or personal beliefs may forbiddiscourage it;exposure andto sosuch oncontent.

[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia is [[WP:CENSORnot censored|Wikipedia is not censored]], andmeaning thethat communitycontent will in generalis not [[WP:Deletion|removeremoved content]]simply onbecause groundssome offind beingit objectionable to some people. Wikipedia will also [[Wikipedia:No disclaimers in articles|not useNo specific disclaimers are placed on articles]] withinto articles warningwarn readers ofabout potentially suchsensitive content. All articles fall under the site-wideWikipedia’s [[Wikipedia:Content disclaimer|Content disclaimer]], which applies site-wide.

However, readers who do not wish to be exposed to certain content have a number of options to selectively prevent Wikipedia content from being displayed on their screen.

However, readers who wish to prevent certain images from displaying have options to customize their experience.

This page is more suitable for you if:

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Wikipedia readers can influence how Wikipedia content is displayed on their screens in two ways:

#By [[Wikipedia:Creating an account|creating an account]] and reading Wikipedia while logged in. Logged-in users can use personal [[Help:Cascading Style Sheets|Cascading Style Sheets]] (CSS) to display images selectively. (explainedSee below){{Section link|2=Wikipedia user preferences|nopage=y}}.

#By filtering content locally, either by configuring their [[web browser]] (including the possibility to display no images at all), or by setting up a [[proxy server|proxy]] (such as [[Privoxy]]). (explainedSee below){{Section link|2=Configure your browser|nopage=y}}.

==Wikipedia user preferences==