How to Enable Pop-Ups on Desktop/iPhone? A Step-to-Step Guide in 2023!

The “pop-up” windows that appear when you visit some websites are unpleasant at best and potentially malicious at worst.

Pop-up windows are automatically disabled in most modern web browsers like Google Chrome. However, pop-ups can be useful in certain circumstances; for instance, Amazon’s live chat feature is a result of a pop-up.

In the desktop version of Google Chrome or the mobile app, you can allow pop-ups for select sites or all sites. The methodology is as follows.

Desktop Google Chrome: How To Enable Pop-Ups

Here’s what you can do if you want to enable pop-ups, but only on the sites you actually visit.

Pop-ups should be enabled for some but not all sites:

Step 1: Launch Chrome and go to the website whose pop-ups you want to enable.

Step 2: To make sure your connection is secure

Step 3: Select Pop-ups and redirects from the pop-up menu’s drop-down, and then select Allow from the block menu. Site Settings > Pop-ups and redirection is another option for this.

Don’t block any pop-ups:

fire up your computer’s copy of Google Chrome.
Click Chrome in the top menu bar, then click Preferences… in the submenu that appears.
The Chrome preferences menu will appear in a new tab. Select Security and Privacy from the menu on the left.

Navigate to the Site Settings tab located in the Privacy and Security section.
Select Pop-ups and redirects from the Content drop-down menu.
Click the toggle switch from Blocked to Allowed (it will go from grey to blue) at the very top of the Pop-ups and redirection page. Click Add under the Allow section or Block section and paste a URL into the pop-up to select individual websites to block or allow pop-ups for.

The Google Chrome Mobile App and How to Enable Pop-Ups

If you’re using the Google Chrome mobile app on an iOS or Android device, you can enable pop-ups there.

To enable pop-ups on an iPad or iPhone:

launch the Chrome app on your mobile device.

Select the ellipsis-shaped “More” button in the lower right.
Select Settings from the pop-up menu.
find “Content Settings” below.

Select Block Pop-ups on the Content Settings page.
To disable the blocking of pop-up windows, go to Step 6 and tap the blue toggle switch next to Block Pop-ups until it turns grey.

Pop-Ups Can Be Limited to Certain Websites on An iPhone or iPad.

Launch the Chrome app on your mobile device.
To unblock pop-ups, go to the page’s settings and tap Always Show under Pop-ups Blocked.

Android Users, Please Enable All Pop-Ups:

launch the Chrome app on your mobile device.
Then, in the pop-up menu that appears, click Settings from the More icon (it looks like three vertical dots).
Follow that by selecting “Site Settings”
Navigate to Pop-ups and redirects under Site Settings.
To disable pop-up blocking,

You can set your Android to only allow pop-ups from certain sites:

launch the Chrome app on your mobile device.
To permanently allow pop-ups on a page that normally blocks them