How to Disable Pop-up Blockers

How to Disable Pop-up Blockers

Chrome

To manually allow pop-ups from a site, follow the steps below:

1. Click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
2. Select Settings.
3. Click Show advanced settings.
4. in the “Privacy” section, click the Content settings button.
5. In the “Pop-ups” section, click Manage exceptions.

You can allow all pop-ups by disabling the pop-up blocker. Follow these steps:

1. Click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
2. Select Settings.
3. Click Show advanced settings.
4. in the “Privacy” section, click the Content settings button.
5. In the “Pop-ups” section, select “Allow all sites to show pop-ups.” Customize permissions for specific websites by clicking Manage exceptions.

FireFox

To access the pop-up blocker settings:

1. Click the menu button  and choose Preferences.
2. Select the Privacy & Security panel.

• Under the Permissions section, uncheck the box next to Block pop-up windows to disable the pop-up blocker altogether.
• If you click Exceptions... a dialog box will show up with a list of sites that you want to allow to display pop-ups.
• The dialog box offers you the following choices: 

• • Allow: Click this to add a website to the exceptions list.

• • Remove Site: Click this to remove a website from the exceptions list
  • Remove All Sites: Click this to remove all of the websites in the exceptions list.

Safari

Block or Allow All Websites by Default

1. Select Safari > Preferences, then select Websites at the top of the window.
2. Select Pop-up Windows on the left side.
Use the “

When visiting other websites

 drop-down menu to one of the following:
• Block and Notify
• Block
• Allow

Block or Allow Single Website

1. Visit the website you would like to block or allow.
2. Select Safari > Preferences.
3. Select Websites at the top of the window.
4. Select Pop-up Windows on the left side.
5. The website should be listed where you can select a setting in the drop-down menu. Then choose one of the following:
   • Block and Notify
   • Block
   • Allow

Note: When Safari is set to “Block and Notify”, you can allow pop-up windows right after they have been blocked by selecting the two boxes in the address bar.

Internet Explorer

1. Open Internet Explorer, select the Tools button (gear icon) , and then select Internet options.
2. On the Privacy tab, under Pop-up Blocker, uncheck the Turn on Pop-up Blocker check box, and then select OK.

Microsoft Edge

• Open Microsoft Edge and navigate to Settings and more: Settings (gear icon)  > Privacy & security.
• Scroll down to Security. 
• Toggle "Block pop-ups" to off. 

Article ID: 412
Created On: Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 10:10 AM
Last Updated On: Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 10:49 AM
Authored by: Melody Fan [melody.fan@cccs.edu]

Online URL: https://kb.ccconline.org/article.php?id=412