Overview – Block Popups in Browser
A popup window is a form of advertising that appears on the user’s screen. It can appear in different forms such as an image or text and be displayed by web pages, email software, or applications.
Pop-up advertising can use a variety of malicious techniques. When you click them accidentally and end up on a page with spam or something else unpleasant, it’s excruciating. Do not be worried! In Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and other browsers, there are easy methods for blocking annoying popups.
It seems that your workflow is usually obstructed by the popups when browsing the web. By the end of this article, you’ll be able to block pop-ups in the following browsers:
Block Pop-Ups In Opera Browser
Step 1: Open the Opera Browser and click the Vertical Menu on the top right side of the window and click the “Go to full browser settings” option.
Step 2: Under the “Advanced” tab, select the “Privacy and Security” option from the left sidebar. select the “Site Settings” option.
Step 3: Under the “Content” section, click the “Pop-ups and redirects” option.
Step 4: Under the “Default Behaviour” tab, select the “Don’t allow sites to send pop-ups or use redirects” option.
Note: You can allow pop-ups for selected sites by pressing the “Add” button and adding the website URL.
Block Pop-Ups In Mozilla Firefox
Step 1: Open the Mozilla Firefox Browser and click the vertical menu on the top right side of the window and click the “Settings” option.
Step 2: Select the “Privacy and Security” tab from the left sidebar, scroll and locate to the “Permission” section and check the “Block pop-up windows” option.
Note: You can allow pop-ups for selected sites by pressing the “Exceptions” button and adding the website URL.
Block Pop-Ups In Google Chrome
Step 1: Open Google Chrome Browser and click the vertical menu on the top right side of the window and click the “Settings” option.
Step 2: Select the “Privacy and Security” option from the left sidebar and click the “Site Settings” option.
Step 3: Scroll and click the “Pop-ups and redirects” option under the “Content” section.
Step 4: Under the “Default Behaviour” tab, select the “Don’t allow sites to send pop-ups or use redirects” option.
Note: You can allow pop-ups for selected sites by pressing the “Add” button and adding the website URL.
Block Pop-Ups In Microsoft Edge
Step 1: Open Microsoft Edge Browser and click the three-dots horizontal Menu (meatball menu) on the top right side of the window and click the “Settings” option.
Step 2: Select the “Cookies and site permissions” option from the left sidebar and click the “Pop-ups and redirects” option.
Step 3: Toggle on the “Block” option.
Note: You can allow pop-ups for selected sites by pressing the “Add” button and adding the website URL.
Block Pop-Ups In Brave Browser
Step 1: Open the Brave Browser and click the Vertical Menu on the top right side of the window and click the “Settings” option.
Step 2: Select the “Privacy and Security” option from the left sidebar, scroll and click the “Site and Shields Settings” option.
Step 3: Click the “Pop-ups and redirects” option under the “Content” section.
Step 4: Under the “Default Behaviour” tab, select the “Don’t allow sites to send pop-ups or use redirects” option.
Note: You can allow pop-ups for selected sites by pressing the “Add” button and adding the website URL.
Block Pop-Ups In Vivaldi Browser
Step 1: Open the Vivaldi Browser and toggle on the left sidebar and click the “Settings” icon.
Step 2: Select the “Privacy” option from the left sidebar, scroll, and under the “Default Permissions” section you’ll find the Popups option, select the “Block” option from the dropdown menu.
Next Steps
In this article, we’ve covered how to disable pop-ups in browsers in Windows.
Pop-ups are everywhere and they can be extremely annoying. The good news is, that there are a number of ways to block them. In this article, we’ve seen that blocking pop-ups is simple and will improve your overall browsing experience.
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