How to Allow or Block Pop-ups in Chrome?

Dinesh Vishwakarma

[br] [br][br]Google Chrome does a great job at blocking pop-up windows out of the box, but sometimes it prevents them even if you’re expecting one from a trusted site. Here’s how you can take control and allow or block pop-ups in Chrome.[br][br]By default, Google Chrome disables pop-ups automatically in the browser; something easily overlooked because that’s how the internet should be presented. Not all pop-up windows are malicious or invasive. Some websites use them for legitimate reasons.[br][br]How to Allow Pop-ups from a Specific Site[br][br]When Chrome blocks a pop-up from a website, it displays an icon with a red X in the corner of the Omnibox.[br][br][br] [br][br]If you suspect this is an error and want to see pop-ups from this website, click on the icon to see site-specific options, select “Always Allow Pop-ups and Redirects” and then click “Done.”[br][br][br] [br][br]After you click “Done,” refresh the page to save your choice and see any intended pop-ups on this website.[br][br]Alternatively, if you just want to see a pop-up one time, click the blue link in this window and you’ll be redirected to the pop-up that was initially blocked.[br][br][br] [br][br]How to Block Pop-ups from a Specific Site[br][br]Chrome does a great job at blocking a majority of pop-ups, but sometimes a pop-up squeaks through—or you accidentally click “Allow” instead of “Block”—and makes its way onto your screen. To explicitly block a website from showing pop-ups, you can add it to Chrome’s block list.[br][br]Click the menu icon, and then click on “Settings.” Alternatively, you can type chrome://settings/ into the Omnibox to go directly there.[br][br][br] [br][br]In the Settings tab, scroll down to the bottom and then click “Advanced.”[br][br][br] [br][br]Scroll a little bit further to the Privacy and Security heading and you’ll see a “Content Settings” option. Click on it.[br][br][br] [br][br]In the list of settings, click the “Pop-ups and Redirects” option.[br][br][br] [br][br]For a website that you’ve accidentally added to the Allow list, you can promptly revoke its permissions to have Chrome start blocking its pop-ups again. Otherwise, you will have to add the problematic URL to the block list manually. We’ll take you through both cases below.[br][br]Under the Allow heading, find the problematic website, click More (three dots), then click “Block.”[br][br][br] [br][br]This moves the URL from the Allow list to the Blocked list.[br][br][br] [br][br]If the site isn’t listed under either heading, click the “Add” button to the right of the “Block” heading.[br][br][br] [br][br]In the prompt that opens, type the URL of the website you want to block and then click “Add.”[br][br][br] [br][br]Note: When providing the web address, if you want to block all pop-ups across the whole site, use the [*.] prefix to catch all subdomains from the website.[br][br]The web address and all of its subdomains are now under the “Block” list, and Chrome should handle any future pop-up requests from this site.[br][br][br] [br][br]How to Allow All Pop-ups[br][br]Globally allowing pop-ups isn’t recommended, as they can be intrusive and annoying, but if for some reason you need to allow every site to display pop-ups, this is how you can bypass Chrome pop-up blocker. If you need to let a specific website to show them, you should add it to the “Allow” list mentioned in the method above first.[br][br]Open Chrome and head back to Settings ] Content Settings ] Pop-ups and Redirects, or type chrome://settings/content/popups into the Omnibox and hit Enter.[br][br]At the top, toggle the switch to either Block (off) or Allow (on) pop-ups.[br][br][br] [br][br][br]Source: How-To Geek

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