How to Allow Pop-Ups on Safari

Steps to Allow Pop-Ups on Safari for Mac

If you are wondering how to allow pop-ups on Safari on your MacBook, iMac, or Mac mini, below are the simple steps that you can follow:

• Launch Safari on your MacBook, iMac, or Mac mini.
• Click on Safari in the top menu bar and select Settings (or Preferences on older macOS versions) from the dropdown menu.

• In the Settings window, navigate to the Websites tab at the top.

• From the left-hand sidebar, scroll down and select Pop-up Windows. A list of websites you have visited or currently have open in Safari will appear, showing their current pop-up preferences.

• Next to each website, use the dropdown menu to choose one of the following options:
• Block and Notify: Block pop-ups but notify you when they are blocked.
• Block: Blocks all pop-ups for the website.
• Allow: Enables all pop-ups for the selected website.

Select Allow only for websites you trust and want to enable pop-ups for.


• For websites not listed, you can visit the site directly and adjust its settings from the dropdown menu in the Pop-up Windows section.

Steps to Disable Pop-Ups on Safari for Mac

If you’ve allowed pop-ups on Safari but now want to block them again, below are the simple steps:

• Navigate to the Pop-up Windows section in Safari’s Settings (as explained earlier).
• In the Pop-up Windows settings, locate the list of websites displayed and use the dropdown menu next to each site to select Block and Notify or Block to disable pop-ups for individual websites.
• To block all pop-ups by default for websites not listed, adjust the setting at the bottom of the window by selecting Block for the option “When visiting other websites.”

These changes will reinstate Safari’s pop-up blocker, keeping your browsing experience secure and interruption-free.

Steps to Allow or Block Pop-Ups on Safari for iPhone and iPad

If you’re trying to figure out how to allow pop-ups on Safari while browsing on your iPhone or iPad, below are the simple steps that you can follow:

To Allow Pop-Ups:

• Open the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad.
• Scroll down the Settings menu, tap Apps, then tap Safari to access its settings. On iOS 17 and earlier, Safari sits directly in the Settings list.
• In the General section, find the Block Pop-ups option.
• Toggle the switch off to allow pop-ups. This setting will enable pop-ups on all websites you visit.

To Block Pop-Ups:

• If you want to block pop-ups, toggle the switch ON instead. This will prevent pop-ups from appearing on any website.

This setting will allow or block pop-ups on all websites you visit in Safari on your iPhone and iPad.

What Should You Do If Pop-Ups Keep Appearing in Safari?

If pop-ups keep appearing after you turn on blocking, close them without clicking inside, then remove unwanted Safari extensions and apps and update macOS. Apple's pop-up support guide lists these steps:

• Suspicious pop-ups: Close the tab or window instead of clicking a button, link or close control inside a pop-up you do not trust.
• Shift-key launch: If Safari reopens the same pop-up windows at launch, quit Safari, then hold the Shift key while opening Safari so the old windows do not return.
• Safari extensions: Open Safari Settings, click the Extensions tab and turn off or uninstall any extension you do not need.
• Applications folder: Check the Applications folder in Finder for software you did not install, and remove it.
• macOS update and restart: Update macOS and restart the Mac. macOS includes built-in tools that remove known malware.
• Fraudulent Website Warning: Turn the setting on in the Security tab of Safari Settings on a Mac, or under Settings, Apps, Safari on iPhone and iPad, so Safari warns you before a suspected fraudulent website loads.

If a trusted site needs a pop-up, such as a sign-in or payment window, allow pop-ups for that one site in Pop-up Windows on a Mac instead of turning blocking off for every site.

Conclusion

Enabling pop-ups on Safari is important for some websites and online tools. If you are wondering how to allow pop-ups on Safari, the steps outlined earlier make it easy to configure this on both Mac and iOS devices. Safari lets you choose whether to allow pop-ups for all websites or only trusted ones, giving you complete control over your browsing experience.

While pop-ups can be helpful, always ensure that you’re enabling them on trusted websites only to avoid security risks.

Chrome, Edge and Firefox also block pop-ups by default, but their menus differ from Safari's. You can manage pop-ups on Chrome, allow pop-ups in Edge or allow pop-ups in Mozilla Firefox from each browser's own settings.