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Allowing Pop-Up Windows in Safari

Last modified 9/20/2023

To allow pop-up windows in Safari, you must disable the pop-up blocker.

Pop-up windows are blocked by default in Safari (Figure 1). To allow pop-up windows in Safari, you must disable the pop-up blocker.

Figure 1:
pop up blocked in Safari image

To disable the pop-up blocker in Safari, do the following:

  1. Launch Safari.
  2. Click Safari →  Preferences from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
  3. Click the Security tab.
  4. Remove the check mark from the box labeled Block pop-up windows (Figure 2).
  5. Close the Preferences window.

Figure 2:

Pop-up windows will no longer be blocked by Safari. If you are trying to access a website that uses pop-up windows, you may need to reload the page to allow the pop-up windows to appear.

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