How to block pop up ads on all browsers On 07:22 By Himanshu NareshBrowser, Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Pop-ups, SafariPop-up ads more commonly known as pop-ups are forms of online advertising which generally open a new web browser windows to display advertisements. The pop-ups are usually generated using the JavaScript and sometime using Adobe Flash. A hybrid of pop-up advertisement is pop-under advertisement which open the advertise under the current active window. Pop-under are hard to notice until the browser is closed. Sometime pop-ups contains important messages, but mostly they are annoying advertisement. Even worst in some cases they could be installer which silently install malware in your computer.
Nearly every browser now a days have a decent pop-up blocking functionality and a large number of plug-in and software are available to increase this functionality even further. In this post I will explain how you can block the pop-up ads in Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer and Safari.
How to block pop-ups on Chrome
1. Open up the Settings from the menu present on the top right corner in chrome.
2. Type pop-ups inside the search box. The Privacy setting will appear, open up the Content Setting… quite easy to notice with a yellow arrow box near it saying pop-ups.
3. Scroll down in Content settings to Pop-ups (6th option) and select the radio button Do not allow any site to show pop-ups (recommended).
4. You can use the Manage exceptions.. option of Pop-ups if you want to allow some sites and block the other. If you want to allow all the sites to show pop-ups you can select Allow all sites to show pop-ups.
How to block pop-ups on Firefox
1. Open up the options from the menu present on the top right corner in Firefox.
2.In Options go to Content and tick the box present near Block pop-up windows. You can use Exceptions… to add websites whose pop-ups you don’t want to block.
How to block pop-ups on Internet Explorer
1. Select Tools from the top right corner in Internet Explorer and go to Pop-up Blocker(3rd one usually) and select the Pop-up Blocker Settings.
2. From the drop down list of Blocking level select High: Block all pop-ups. Add the address of website whose pop-ups you don’t want to block in Address of website to allow:
How to block pop-ups on Safari
1. Open Setting Menu from the top right corner in Safari and select the option Preferences.
2. After opening up Preferences go to Security and check the option Block pop-up windows. To enable pop-ups just uncheck this option.
How to block pop-ups on Opera
1. Open up the Setting either by pressing Alt+p or by selecting Setting from Opera Menu present at the top right corner with opera logo and name.
2. In the search box of Setting type pop-ups and select the second option Do not allow any site to show pop-ups (recommended). Add the url of website whose pop-ups that you don’t want to block in Manage exceptions…