How To Have Popups Open In The Background Chrome

As it stands, Google does a pretty good job of keeping pop-up windows nether command in its Chrome browser. A bounding main of pop-up windows invading your traditional browsing feel usually indicates a problem: your default settings are in disarray.

Below we list a number of detailed methods for preventing pop-ups in Chrome, from running malware scans to creating an exception list. The easiest way to showtime, though, is making certain you take the latest version of Chrome. Navigate tochrome://settings/help in your browser to check for any available updates, since newer builds have better pop-up blocking capabilities.

Managing pop-up blocking in the Chrome browser begins with five basic actions:

Select Settings from the Chrome menu.
Type 'pop' in the search bar.
ClickSite Settings from the listing below.
Scroll down and click Pop-ups and redirects.
Toggle the Pop-ups and redirections option to Blocked, or delete exceptions.

Enable Google Chrome'southward pop-upwardly blocking feature

ane. Click onChrome's menu icon in the upper-correct corner of the browser, then select "Settings" from the list below

2. Type "pop" into the Search settings field.

3. Click"Site Settings."

iv. Under Popups it should say Blocked. (If it says Immune, click Pop-ups and redirects.)

5. Plow off the switch next to Allowed.

Cheque your approved list of sites

1. Follow steps ane through 4 above.

2. Coil down to Allow and click on the three dots icon.

iii. Select Remove.

iv. Repeat steps 1 through three as necessary.

Scan for malware

1. Google search to find and install an antivirus program such as Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (opens in new tab), because it's possible that pop-ups aren't coming from websites you lot visit. They may exist originating from annoying software that's causing a flake of trouble on your system. Download your antivirus software of choice, and install it.

2. Run a total scan of your system – preferably in Condom Mode, if yous tin. If you lot don't find anything, effort another app or 2 just to be sure. (Avast is another adept choice.)

Uninstall odd software

ane. Go to your Windows Control Panel (or Settings > Apps in Windows 10).

two. Select any suspicious programs to remove. Exist on the lookout for annihilation that looks a little… odd: Perhaps an app that yous accidentally installed as a parcel deal alongside an app that you really wanted; a foreign game-sounding program that somehow appeared out of nowhere; or anything that just doesn't seem quite correct. If you don't recognize (or use) an app that you lot take installed, you lot might want to consider uninstalling information technology – information technology could be the source of your pop-up problems.

Note: If y'all accept no idea whether an installed program is "good" or not, err on the side of keeping it, lest you accidentally remove something rather critical to Windows' good for you operation).