Allowing pop-ups in macOS Web Browsers

Pop-up windows are commonly used to present ads or potentially fraudulent information. In most cases, pop-ups should be avoided. Unless you're confident in a pop-up window's legitimacy, you should avoid interacting with webpages that open in new windows or seem to take over your screen.

Safari, Google Chrome and Firefox are configured to block pop-up windows by default.

Some campus services – like Banner – use pop-up windows to present auxiliary information. Follow these steps to allow sites to display pop-up windows.

Allow Pop-ups in Google Chrome

Google Chrome allows you to allow pop-ups only on specific websites, and provides several facilities for selectively allowing pop-ups.

Automatically allowed pop-ups

ITS has configured some sites, like Banner 9, to automatically allow pop-up windows.

Allow a blocked pop-up to open

When a pop-up is blocked, the address bar will be marked Pop-up blocked 

1. In the address bar, click Pop-up blocked 

   

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2. Click the link for the pop-up you want to see.
3. To always see pop-ups for the site, select Always allow pop-ups from [site] > Done.

Allow all pop-ups on a specific site

1. At the top right of Google Chrome, click More 

   

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2. Click Settings.
3. At the bottom, click Advanced.
4. Under "Privacy and security," click Content settings.
5. Click Popups.
6. To the right of the "Allow" heading, click ADD.
7. Enter the URL of the site for which you'd like to allow all pop-ups.

Manage pop-up blocker preferences

You can edit your pop-up blocker preferences and exceptions at any time.

1. At the top right of Google Chrome, click More 

   

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2. Click Settings.
3. At the bottom, click Advanced.
4. Under "Privacy and security," click Content settings.
5. Click Popups.
6. Add and remove website addresses under the "Block" and "Allow" headings as appropriate.

Allow all pop-ups on all sites

1. At the top right, click More 

   

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2. Click Settings.
3. At the bottom, click Advanced.
4. Under "Privacy and security," click Content settings.
5. Click Popups.
6. Toggle the "Blocked (recommended)" setting to "Allowed."

Warning

This is an insecure setting. You should instead use Google Chrome's settings that allow you to selectively allow pop-ups from trusted sites.

Allow Pop-ups in Firefox

Firefox allows you to allow pop-ups only on specific websites, and provides several facilities for selectively allowing pop-ups

Allow a blocked popup to open

When a pop-up is blocked, an alert banner is displayed beneath the URL bar.

1. Click the "Preferences" button in the pop-up alert banner.
2. Click "Show '[address]'" for the single pop-up you wish to display.
   
   

   

Allow all pop-ups on a specific site

When a pop-up is blocked, an alert banner is displayed beneath the URL bar.

1. Click the "Preferences" button in the pop-up alert banner.
2. Click "Allow pop-ups for [address]" to display all pop-ups for the selected website.
   
   

   

Manage pop-up blocker preferences

You can edit your pop-up blocker preferences and exceptions at any time.

1. Click the Firefox menu bar item, then select Preferences...
2. Click Privacy & Security in the menu on the left side.
3. Scroll down to the Permissions heading, then click the "Exceptions..." button beside "Block pop-up windows."
4. Use the "Allowed Websites - Pop-ups" window to manage sites allowed to display pop-up windows.
   
   

   

Allow all pop-ups on all sites

1. Click the Firefox menu bar item, then select Preferences...
2. Click Privacy & Security in the menu on the left side.
3. Scroll down to the Permissions heading, then un-check the box beside "Block pop-up windows."

Warning

This is an insecure setting. You should instead use Firefox's settings that allow you to selectively allow pop-ups from trusted sites.

Allow Pop-ups in Safari

Safari does not provide a facility to allow pop-ups only on certain websites. Instead, you must globally allow or disallow pop-up windows.

In Safari, click the Safari menu bar item, then select Preferences...

Select the Security tab, then un-check Block pop-up windows.

Warning

This is an insecure setting, and you should only disable Safari's pop-up blocker when you're actively using a site that requires allowing pop-ups. When you finish using that site, you should re-enable Safari's pop-up blocker.