How To Change Pop Up Blocker Settings

How to Disable Pop-Up Blockers in Every Browser

A woman sitting surrounded by various internet activities, highlighting that disabling pop-up blockers can be tricky — Disabling pop-up blockers on your browser can be tricky business

Pop-up ads have been called the internet's original sin. They've been with us for more than 20 years, and they're just as annoying today as they were in the 90s.

Pop-up blockers, however, serve an extremely useful purpose: preventing annoying ads from interrupting you while visiting a page. If you're not using an ad and pop-up blocker like AdBlock, we hope you're using your browser's settings to prevent pop-ups from bothering you. In fact most browsers enable basic pop-up blocking by default. But you may occasionally need to disable your pop-up blocker in order to print something, open a login screen, or get access to information that pops up in a new window.

If you're only using AdBlock, temporarily disabling it to allow pop-ups is as easy as a couple of clicks. But if you need to disable the pop-up blocker in your browser, it's a little more complicated. Here's how to disable your pop-up blocker in any browser:

How to Disable Pop-Up Blocker: Chrome (Desktop)

Open your Chrome browser
In the upper right-hand corner, click the three vertical dots, then select Settings
At the bottom of the menu, click Advanced
Scroll down to "Privacy and security," and select Site Settings
Select Pop-ups and redirects
At the top of the menu, toggle the setting to Allowed to disable the pop-up blocker

How to Disable Pop-Up Blocker: Firefox (Desktop)

Open your Firefox browser
Click the Menu button, then select Options
Select Privacy & Security
Under Permissions, uncheck Block pop-up windows to disable the pop-up blocker

How to Disable Pop-Up Blocker: Edge

Open your Microsoft Edge browser
Go to Settings, then select more > Settings > Privacy & security
Under Security, switch Block pop-ups to off to disable the pop-up blocker

How to Disable Pop-Up Blocker: Safari (Mac)

Mac:

Select Safari > Preferences, then select Websites
Select Pop-up Windows
Use the When visiting other websites drop-down menu and select Allow to disable the pop-up blocker

How to Disable Pop-Up Blocker: iPhone/iOS

Safari for iOS:

On your iOS device, open the Settings menu
Select Safari
Slide Block Pop-ups to off (white) to disable pop-up blocking

Chrome for iOS:

On your iOS device, open the Chrome app
Tap More > Settings
Tap Content Settings, then tap Block Pop-ups
Turn Block Pop-ups off to allow pop-ups

How to Disable Pop-Up Blocker: Android

Chrome:

On your Android device, open the Chrome app
Tap More > Settings
Tap Site settings, then Pop-ups and redirects
Turn Pop-ups and redirects on to allow pop-ups

Samsung Internet:

On your Android device, open the Samsung Internet app
Tap the Menu icon (three vertical lines)
Select Settings
Under Advanced, tap Sites and downloads
Slide Block Pop-ups to off (white) to disable pop-up blocking

Firefox:

There is currently no way to access the pop-up blocker settings in Firefox for Android. We recommend following these steps from Mozilla to adjust your pop-up blocker settings.

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