How to Allow or Disable Pop-up Blockers in Samsung Internet

Pop-ups or pop-up ads are small windows that appear when you surf a website or click on a link. This is a new form of advertisement and seems frustrating for many of the users. Some of the pop-up ads don’t have a close button, making it more difficult to close them. Thanks to the Samsung Internet browser, which allows you to block pop-ups and redirect easily.

Pop-ups are usually generated with the help of the JavaScript programming language. They are more often to appear with standalone and sponsored websites.

Most of the websites I have visited on the Samsung Internet show irrelevant pop-ups and redirect me to another website that is irrelevant to the topic I’m surfing.

Luckily, Samsung Internet doesn’t disappoint me. I have made a few changes in the Samsung Internet settings and managed to block pop-ups on Samsung Internet.

Block Pop-ups

Samsung Internet browser enables you to get rid of pop-up ads effectively. There are two ways to block pop-ups on Samsung Internet.

Either you can block pop-ups from Samsung Internet’s default pop-up blocker available under the Settings menu, or you can install any third-party extensions to do the same.

Using Settings Menu

The Samsung Internet has a built-in feature option to block pop-ups on all sites. You just need to enable this toggle button to make it work. Here are the steps to enable block pop-ups:

1. Launch the Samsung Internet browser app.
2. Tap on the More menu for the options.
3. Select the Settings menu from the list.
   
4. Scroll down to select the Browsing privacy dashboard menu.
   
5. Scroll to You’re protected from interruptions section, and enable the toggle switch for the Block Pop-up option.
   

Once the toggle is turned on, the block pop-up will become active and immediately block all the pop-up tabs.

Using Third-Party Extensions

The Samsung browser supports installing the extensions available in its adblocker library. These AdBlock extensions will also work as pop-up blockers.

Here are steps to enable ads and pop-up blocker extensions:

1. Launch the Samsung Internet browser app.
2. Tap on the More menu for the options.
3. Select the Ad blockers menu from the list.
   It will display the AdBlockers available on the Samsung Internet for installation.
4. Tap on Install button to add an adblocker extension on Samsung Internet.
   

The adblocker extensions can mostly work as block pop-ups and redirect blockers on Samsung Internet. Since most pop-ups are generally misleading ads, these AdBlock extensions will kill those pop-up ads before loading.

Allow Pop-ups

Pop-ups and redirects are not only intended to display irrelevant ads; some websites also use them to display important information, such as payment gateway. So wherever you see the need to allow pop-ups on Samsung Internet, just simply allow them.

Here are the steps to allow pop-ups:

1. Open the Samsung Internet and tap on the More menu for the options.
2. Select the Settings menu from the list.
   
3. Scroll down to select the Browsing privacy dashboard menu.
   
4. Turn Off the toggle switch for the Block Pop-up option.
   

Relaunch the Samsung Internet, and it will allow pop-ups on the browser.

Please note that it will allow pop-ups for all websites; there is no option to enable pop-ups for a specific site on Samsung Internet.

Bottom Line

A pop-up blocker is one of the best features of the Samsung Internet browser. This feature improves your browsing experience by preventing websites from displaying irrelevant ads and noisy pop-ups.

After I have blocked pop-ups and redirects in my Samsung Internet browser, I can browse my favorite websites without any distractions. But sometimes, when I make a payment, I have to disable the pop-up blocker on the Samsung browser. I wish the Samsung browser had a feature to allow or block pop-ups from specific sites rather than allowing them for all websites.

Have you managed to allow or block pop-ups in the Samsung Internet browser? Why do you enable the pop-up?

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