Pop-up blockers are a great way to keep annoying pop-ups at bay. Most web browsers have some kind of pop-up blocker and enable it by default. Sometimes though, a website needs you to allow pop-ups for it to work correctly. It’s always better to allow pop-ups on a specific site than it is to disable the pop-up blocker entirely, but we’ll show you how to do both in Microsoft Edge below.
How to Enable or Disable the Pop-up Blocker in Microsoft Edge
In Microsoft Edge, click the 3 dots
at the upper right corner and select Settings
.
![Microsoft Edge Settings Option](https://techswift.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Microsoft-Edge-Settings-Option.png)
Click Site permissions
on the left side of the screen and then select Pop-ups and redirects
at the right.
![Microsoft Edge Pop-up Blocker and Redirects in Settings](https://techswift.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Microsoft-Edge-Pop-up-Blocker-and-Redirects-in-Settings.png)
Enable or Disable the pop-up blocker by using the toggle
at the right of Block
.
Note: It’s always better to allow pop-ups for only a specific site rather than disabling the pop-up blocker entirely! Pop-up blockers help keep you and your computer safe when browsing online by blocking potentially malicious pop-ups. Continue on to the next section to find out how to do that instead (seriously – it’s a lot easier than it sounds).
![Microsoft Edge Disable / Enable Pop-up Blocker](https://techswift.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Microsoft-Edge-Disable-Enable-Pop-up-Blocker.png)
How to Disable the Pop-up Blocker for Specific Sites Only
Continuing from the Pop-ups and redirects
settings above, click the Add
button to the right of Allow
.
![Microsoft Edge Disable Pop-up Blocker for Specific Sites](https://techswift.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Microsoft-Edge-Disable-Pop-up-Blocker-for-Specific-Sites.png)
Type [*.]example.com
where example.com is the domain of the website you want to allow pop-ups for and click Add
. If you wanted to allow pop-ups on this site, for example, you would type [*.]techswift.org
.
![Microsoft Edge Allow Pop-ups for Specific Site](https://techswift.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Microsoft-Edge-Allow-Pop-ups-for-Specific-Site.png)
You can also block specific sites by adding them to the Block
section instead.