Impact of Browser add-ons on Google Analytics 4

Many people now have a lot of plug-ins installed in their browsers, and these plug-ins may have some adverse effects on GA4. The situations listed below are all caused by browser plug-ins.

Blocked Data Collection for GA4

There are some adblocks that block GA4‘s data collection, resulting in less data.

Solution: Check whether there is a request sent to GA4 in the browser developer tools

GA4 Report Cannot be Displayed Normally

Some plug-ins will cause the report interface of GA4 to not be displayed normally, for example, the left menu bar is empty for some:

Solution：Use another browser to visit, if it works, it may be a plug-in problem.

In fact, Adobe Analytics will have problems with this function, such as directly reporting an error: