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Overview
To set your pop-up blocker in Chrome, you need to adjust your site settings through the browser's menu. You can choose to block all pop-ups by default or create exceptions for specific websites.
Step by Step Guide
How to manage pop-up settings
- Open Chrome on your computer.
- Click the three-dot menu in the top-right corner of the window.
- Select Settings from the drop-down menu.
- Navigate to Privacy and security in the left sidebar.
- Click Site settings.
- Scroll down to the Content section and click Pop-ups and redirects.
Choose a default setting
From the "Pop-ups and redirects" page, select your preferred default behavior:
- Don't allow sites to send pop-ups or use redirects (Recommended): This option keeps the pop-up blocker on for all sites.
- Sites can send pop-ups and use redirects: This will disable the pop-up blocker entirely.
Allow or block pop-ups for specific sites
If you want to allow or block pop-ups for an individual website, you can add it to an exception list.
- Navigate to the Pop-ups and redirects settings page (see instructions above).
- Scroll down to the Allowed or Not allowed section.
- Click the Add button next to the desired section.
- Enter the web address of the site and click Add.
- To block a site that was previously allowed, find it in the "Allowed" list and click the three-dot icon next to it.
- Select Block.
Manage pop-ups for a single site on the fly
When Chrome blocks a pop-up, a small Pop-up blocked icon will appear in the address bar.
- To see a blocked pop-up, click the icon and then click the link for the pop-up you want to view.
- To permanently allow pop-ups for that site, select Always allow pop-ups and redirects from [site].
Additional Information
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