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How to Turn on and off the Pop-up Blocker on Firefox

How to Turn on and off the Pop-up Blocker on Firefox

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Judy Sanhz Leave a Comment

You might want to disable popups for more privacy or keep malware away. But, you have reasons why you may want to allow them. Whether it’s to leave them on or only enable them for a short period of time, keep reading to see how you can turn the popup blocker on or off on Firefox.

Enable or Disable the Firefox Pop-up Blocker

You’ve turned off search suggestions, and now you just can’t deal with those pop-ups anymore. This is what you can do to disable them. Once Firefox is open, click on the three-lined menu and go to Settings.

Firefox Settings

Once you’re in Settings, go to Privacy and Security. Scroll down a bit until you come across the Block pop-up windows option.

Block popup Firefox

This is an all-or-nothing approach. If you want to allow some sites to show the pop-ups, you can do that by doing the following. Go to:

  • Settings
  • Privacy and Security
  • Block pop-up
  • Exceptions

When the next window appears, type the full address of the sites you want to give the green light to, and click on the Save changes button. That’s all there is to it. Whether you want to turn it off or on, the steps are the same. All you have to do at the end is check or uncheck the box for the pop-up option.

Conclusion

If you simply don’t find pop-ups useful anymore, now you know how you can disable them. If you ever change your mind, you don¡t have to remember complicated steps since they’re exactly the same for turning them on. Did you allow any exceptions for the pop-ups? Don’t forget to let me know in the comments below and to share the article with others on social media.

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