Pop-ups - Enable/Disable/Allow/Block
Modified on: Mon, Sep 19 2022 12:22 PMGoogle Chrome:
To see blocked pop-ups for a site, follow the steps listed below:
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- Go to a page where pop-ups are blocked.
- In the address bar, click Pop-up blocked .
- Click the link for the pop-up you want to see.
- To always see pop-ups for the site, select Always allow pop-ups and redirects from [site] > Done.
To manually allow pop-ups from a site, follow the steps below:
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, click the "Menu" icon (three vertical dots)
- Click 'More Settings'.
- At the very bottom, click 'Advanced'.
- Under "Privacy and security," click 'Site settings'.
- Click 'Pop-ups and redirects'.
- At the top, turn the setting to Allowed or Blocked.
To Allow/block all pop-ups, follow the steps below:
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, click the "Menu" icon (three vertical dots)
- At the top right, click More Settings.
- At the bottom, click Advanced.
- Under "Privacy and security," click Site settings.
- Click Pop-ups and redirects.
- At the top, turn the setting to Allowed or Blocked.
Please Note: Added Video demonstrating how to add a website to your "Allowed" list.
Mozilla Firefox:
To see blocked pop-ups for a site, follow the steps listed below:
- On your computer, open Firefox.
- Go to a page where pop-ups are blocked, it will be noted with a in the address bar.
- Under the address bar, click Pop-up blocked 'Options'.
- You will be given the following options to choose from:
- Allow/block pop-ups for this site
- Edit Pop-up Blocker Options…
- Don’t show this message when pop-ups are blocked.
- (show the blocked pop-up)
To access pop-up blocker settings, follow the steps below:
- At the top right of browser windows, Click the "Menu" button (3 horizontal bars icon) and choose 'Options'.
- Select the Privacy & Security panel
a. Under the Permissions section, remove check mark from the box next to Block pop-up windows to disable the pop-up blocker all together
b. A click on 'Exceptions...' opens a dialog box with a list of sites that you want to allow to display pop-ups.
c. 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
Further detailed instructions see attached file along with instructions for Internet Explorer and Safari.
Technology Services recommends using Chrome and Firefox.
