How to Turn Off Block Pop Ups on Iphone

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Pop-ups can be annoying, intrusive nuisances that get between you and the website you're trying to browse. Most browsers block pop-up ads by default, but it's usually possible to toggle blocking on or off. This wikiHow teaches you how to enable or re-enable pop-up blocking in Safari, Chrome, and Firefox on any computer, phone, or tablet.

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   Open your iPhone or iPad's Settings . It's the gear icon that's usually on the home screen. It may also be inside of a folder.

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   Scroll down and tap Safari . It's about halfway down the menu.

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   Slide the "Block Pop-ups" switch to On . It's in the "General" section, which is the second section on the page. Safari will now block pop-up ads from websites. If the switch was already green, pop-up blocking is already enabled.

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   Open Safari on your Mac. It's the compass icon typically found on the Dock and/or in the Launcher.

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   Click the Safari menu. It's in the menu bar that runs along the top of the screen.

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   Click Preferences on the menu.

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   Click the Websites tab. It's the globe icon at the top of the window.

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   Check the box next to "Block pop-up windows." It's under the "Web content" header. If the box was already checked, Safari is already set up to block pop-up ads.^[1]

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   Open Chrome on your phone or tablet. It's the round red, yellow, green, and blue icon typically found on the home screen or in the app drawer.

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   Tap the ⋮ or ••• menu. It's the three dots at the top-right corner (Android) or the bottom-right corner (iPhone/iPad). A menu will expand.

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   Tap Settings on the menu.

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   Tap Site settings (Android) or Content Settings (iPhone/iPad).

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   Tap Pop-ups and redirects (Android) or Block Pop-ups (iPhone/iPad).

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   Slide the switch to the On position. As long as the switch is enabled, Chrome is set to block pop-ups on your phone or tablet.

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   Open Chrome on your computer. You'll find it in the Start menu (Windows) or in the Applications folder (macOS).

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   Click the ⋮ menu. It's at the top-right corner of Chrome.

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   Click Settings . It's near the bottom of the menu.

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   Scroll down and click Advanced . It's at the bottom of the page.

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   Click Site Settings . It's in the "Privacy and security" section.

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   Click Pop-ups and redirects . It's near the middle of the page.

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   Slide the switch to the Off position. As long as the switch is gray and you see the word "Blocked," Chrome will block pop-ups on websites.

   • If you'd like to allow pop-ups on certain sites, click Add under "Allow" to add those sites manually.
   • If you're still seeing pop-ups, perform an anti-malware scan.

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   Open Firefox on your iPhone or iPad. You'll usually find its orange fox icon on the home screen (iPhone/iPad).

   • The Android version of Firefox does not come with the option to block pop-up ads. If you want to block pop-ups, you'll need to

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   Tap the menu. ☰ . It's at the top-right corner of the screen.

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   Tap Settings . It's at the bottom of the menu.

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   Slide the "Block Pop-up Windows" switch to On . As long as this switch is on (blue), Firefox will block pop-up windows on websites.

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   Open Firefox on your Android. Firefox's orange fox icon is typically found on the home screen or in the app drawer.

   • Although Firefox for Android doesn't come with an official pop-up blocker, you can manually disable them in a special configuration file.^[2]

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   Navigate to the Firefox config file. To do this, tap the address bar at the top, type about:config, and then press the Enter or Search key. This loads the config file as though you'd be loading a website.

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   Type disable_open_during_load into the "Search" bar. It's the bar on the top-right corner of the page. This filters the information on the page to display only one result: dom.disable_open_during_load.

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   Tap false . If pop-up blocking is disabled, you'll see the word "false" below dom.disable_open_during_load at the top of the screen. Tapping it brings up a Toggle option.

   • If you see true instead, this means pop-ups are already set to be blocked by Firefox.

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   Tap Toggle to enable pop-up blocking. This switches the setting from "false" to "true," which turns on pop-up blocking.

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   Open Firefox on your computer. You'll find it in the Start menu (Windows) or in the Applications folder (macOS).

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   Click the ☰ menu and select Options . The menu is at the top-right corner of the screen.^[3]

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   Click the Privacy & Security tab. It's on the left panel.

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   Scroll down and check the box beside "Block pop-up windows." It's in the "Permissions" section. If a check was already there, pop-ups are already set to be blocked in Firefox.

   • To allow certain sites to display pop-ups while the blocker is enabled, click Exceptions next to "Block pop-up windows" to manage the exception list. You can also remove sites from this list by selecting the site and clicking Remove Website.

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  Go to Settings, click on Advanced (usually last of the page), select Popups from Content Settings and finally, click toggle button to enable/disable popups.

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• Use antimalware programs if you get a lot of pop-ups. Frequent pop-ups may be a symptom of an adware or virus infection. See this guide for detailed instructions on removing malware.

• Some pop-ups will creep through even if you're using a pop-up blocker, especially pop-ups that advertise mailing lists and subscriptions on blog sites. It's not possible to block these ads, as most pop-up blockers find them acceptable.

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1. Tap Settings.
2. Tap Safari.
3. Toggle "Block pop-ups" to On.

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