After the latest updates to the Google Chrome browser, we have gained control over pop-ups, which can now be blocked. However, this can also cause pop-up blocking from popular sites that would be useful to you. That said, here’s how to take control and allow or block pop-ups in Chrome.
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By default, Google Chrome blocks all pop-ups automatically when a certain website is visited in your browser. In the event that a pop-up window is blocked, the corresponding icon will appear on the right side of the URL bar. However, it should be noted that not all pop-ups are malicious or invasive. Some websites with legitimate and useful intentions for users.
That said, below we want to show you how to get full control over the pop-up windows of the websites visited in your Google Chrome Web browser. In this way you can configure which are the pop-up windows you want to block and which you want to allow their appearance. Pay attention because here are all the details:
How to allow pop-ups on a specific site visited from Google Chrome.
– As we have mentioned, Google Chrome blocks pop-ups from a specific website, it shows an icon with a red X on the right side of the URL address bar.
– If you suspect that the blocked pop-up window could be of great use, and you want to see the pop-up window of this website, you will have to click the lock icon to see the site-specific options.
– Here you have to select the option: Always allow pop-ups and redirects and then click: Ready
– After clicking Done, refresh the web page to make the new settings effective and to be able to see the pop-up windows of that website.
– Alternatively, if you only want to see the pop-up window, one time, you can click on the blue link in the configuration window and you will be redirected to the pop-up window that was initially blocked. However this pop-up window will continue to be blocked.
How to block pop-up windows on a website visited from Google Chrome.
Although Google Chrome does an extraordinary job of blocking most pop-up windows; it is true that sometimes the popup is not blocked or you may have accidentally clicked the Allow button instead of Block (in the action window).
To explicitly block pop-ups from a website, you can add it to the Google Chrome block list. For this you will have to do the following:
– Click on the Google Chrome menu icon and then select the option: Setting.
– On the Settings screen, scroll down to the bottom and then click on the option: Advanced Settings.
– Locate the section: Privacy and security and here you will see the option: Content configuration. Click on it.
– In the new list of settings, click on the option: Pop-ups and redirects.
– Here a list will be shown with the websites from which pop-up windows are blocked and those allowed. If a wrong website is found in the block list, you can reverse this pop-up window block.
– On the other hand, you can manually add any website from which you want to block pop-up windows. For this you will have to click on the button: Add, located in the Blocked section.
– This will cause the opening of a small window in which you will have to enter the domain of the Web that you want the pop-up windows to be blocked.
– Once the domain has been entered, you will have to click Add so that the entered website is automatically included in the Block list.
Important note: When providing the domain, if you want to block all pop-ups on all pages of the website, you will have to use the prefix [*.] that the blocking occurs on all subdomains of the website. The web address and all its subdomains will now show up in the “Blocks” list, and Chrome should block any future pop-up requests on this site.
How to allow all pop-ups from all websites in Google Chrome.
Pop-ups are generally hated globally as they tend to be annoying and intrusive. However, if for any other reason you need or want to allow all the websites you visit to show their pop-up windows, you will have to deactivate the pop-up blocking function as follows:
– Open your Chrome browser and write the following path in the URLs field: chrome: // settings / content / popups
– On this screen you will find a switch located to the right of the option: Block (disabled). Activating this switch will configure it as: Permitted.
– From this moment on, all the visited websites that have pop-up windows will be displayed automatically.
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