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• Steps
• Advice
• Warning

This article shows you how to allow pop-ups (separate windows often automatically appear) ads and notifications to display on your web browser. Though annoying, pop-ups are essential to help some websites run properly. The pop-up operation is available in Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari on both mobile and desktop versions, as well as Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer on Windows computers.

Steps

Method 1 of 10: Google Chrome on a computer

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   with red, yellow, green, and blue spheres.

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   in the top-right corner of the page. This will turn the slider to blue

   

   Allow pop-ups to display in Chrome browser.
   • You can also enable pop-ups for specific pages by clicking ADD (Add) below the "Allow" heading, type the website's address and click ADD.
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Method 2 of 10: Google Chrome on iPhone

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   by tapping on the app with the green, yellow, blue and red sphere icons.

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   . This disables pop-up blocking, allowing pop-ups to show up in Chrome.
   • If the available slider is white, the pop-up is already enabled on your Chrome app.

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   by tapping the green, yellow, blue and red sphere icons.

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   gray to blue

   

   . This will allow pop-ups to be displayed on the Google Chrome browser.
   • If the "Pop-ups" slider is green, the pop-up is already on.
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Method 4 of 10: Firefox on desktop

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   to white

   

   . This will allow pop-ups to show up in your Firefox browser. advertisement

Method 6 of 10: Firefox on Android

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   to white

   

   ; as such, Microsoft Edge will no longer block pop-ups. advertisement

Method 8 of 10: On Internet Explorer

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   (Settings) with gear icon in the top-right corner of the window in the selection list.

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   IPhone Settings with the gray gear icon commonly found on the home screen.

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   is near the bottom of the "GENERAL" settings. As such, the slider will turn white

   

   , indicating that the iPhone's Safari app no ​​longer blocks pop-ups. advertisement

Advice

• It's best to go back to your browser's settings and re-enable pop-up blocking after you've used a page or service that needs pop-ups.

Warning

• Some pop-ups contain malicious code and will damage your computer with malware when you click it. So avoid strange or unreliable pop-ups.