【ENABLE-DISABLE Pop-up Windows】Step by Step ▷ 2022

When we browse the internet, it is very common that when we enter different web pages, we see pop-ups with advertising or related content. These windows, also known as popups, have become one of the most annoying elements when it comes to moving around the web.

Its function is none other than to show users some type of content, normally advertising, that may be of interest to you or that has some kind of relationship with what you see on the website you are on. However, the abuse of pop-up windows has made navigating is sometimes very difficult and that solutions be sought to prevent more from appearing.

In this step-by-step guide we will explain how to turn pop-ups on or off whatever your web browser is. If you want to make sure that none appear, that they can appear or even establish specific appearance rules in programs like Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox or even Safari. If you have had the problem that single advertising pages open while you browse the internet keep reading.

Steps to enable or block browser popups

All browsers have their own methods to enable or disable screen pops. Here we are going to explain all you have to do in the most used currently.

For Google Chrome

If you’re a Chrome user, follow these steps to control the appearance of pop-ups while browsing:

With your computer on, open the browser Google Chrome.
Go to the top right of the window and click on the icon with three points one above the other.
Within the dropdown, click on “Setting”.

In this new window, scroll down to click on “Advanced configuration”.
Now, go to the section called “Privacy & Security”.
Within it, look for the option “Content settings” and click on it.

In the dropdown that appears, you have to go to “Pop-ups and redirects”, clicking there.

The first option that appears allows you to choose between “Locked” Y “Permitted”. Choose by clicking on the button on the right to enable and prohibit popups.

For Internet Explorer (Microsoft Edge)

In case you use Edge, or Internet Explorer, follow these instructions to regulate pop-up windows.

First of all, you have to open internet exploreror Edge, by clicking on its icon.
Once inside, you must click on the section “Settings and more”, represented with three ellipses. It is located in the upper right corner.
Doing so opens a dropdown with several options. Click now on “Setting”.
Scroll down to the bottom and click on the button “View advanced settings”, within the section “Advanced configuration”.

Now, at the top of this same dropdown, look at the section “Block pop-ups”. The button below is where you can mark whether you want them to appear or not.

For Mozilla Firefox

You can block or enable screen pops in Mozilla Firefox if you follow all these steps below:

As in other browsers, start by entering the Mozilla Firefox browser. Click on its icon or double-click its shortcut.
Once it opens, look for the button with three horizontal lines “Menu”.
In the dropdown that opens at the moment, you must choose “Options” and click there.

Move through the different panels until you reach the one of “Privacy & Security” and click on it.

Go down a bit until you find the section “permissions”. You can check or uncheck the box “Block pop-ups” to your liking.

In the case of wanting to take advantage of this function that allows regulate the appearance Depending on where you are, you have the option to set some exceptions. To do this do the following:

Repeat all the steps explained above until you reach “permissions”. Once there, click on “Exceptions…”.
A new box will then appear with website listings. There you can enter the trusted web addresses to which you allow to show popups, as well as delete those that you do want to block.

for safari

If Safari is the browser you usually use, the process to activate or remove pop-up windows is this one that we explain to you:

Open Safari as usual.
When the browser window appears, you can press the key combination “Ctrl”+”,” Or click on the gear-shaped icon in the upper right corner. Within the bar that appears after, click on “preferences”.
Now you will have a small window in front of you with which you can access the different configuration sections. The first thing you have to do is click on “Security” in the icon bar.
When you do, you’ll see the content in the bottom half change. Look for the box “Block windows from automatic appearance”.
You can click on it to check or uncheck it. If you leave it checked, popus will be blocked; if not, you will allow them to appear.

for Opera

Are you an Opera user? In that case, the steps that you must carry out to enable or disable the popups are these that we are going to leave you below:

Open the browser Opera by clicking on its icon.
Once inside, open a new tab by clicking on the icon “+” from the top.
Now, within the navigation window, click on the top right button which has three lines.
In this dropdown that appears, go down and click on “Go to browser settings”.
Within the configuration panel, go back down to press, then, the section “Advanced”.
Stay in the “Privacy & Security” and search “Content settings”. When you find it, click on it.
In the list of settings that appears now, just go to “Pop-ups and redirects” and click there.
Field “Permitted” it can be enabled or disabled at any time. You just have to click on the button next to it to do it and control the appearance of popups.
If you prefer, you can control which websites launch pop-ups and which don’t with the two fields below.