Don’t know to Allow or Block Pop-ups and Redirects in Opera?
I have decided to deliver solutions for users who are willing to disable or enable the pop-up blocker in Opera. As such a facility is turned off by default to protect a user’s privacy, I will help you enable and disable it, at any instance.
Opera is the choice of millions of internet users. It’s pretty much preferred because of the synchronization facility, as it is available for all the major platforms, and no Opera user has to face any incompatibility issues.
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Some unsafe websites have pop-ups or let’s just say pop-up ads. Well, such websites aren’t secure at all. On the other hand, some educational platforms with online tutoring and quizzes, only work through pop-ups.
That’s why I will be providing two separate methods to help users block pop-ups for malicious sites and allow them for the platforms that are safe to visit.
How Do I Allow or Block Pop-ups and Redirects in Opera?
Time needed: 2 minutes.
Users are required to perform different methods to allow or block popup blockers in Opera. They can perform this task according to their needs, directly from the browser’s settings.
- Allow Pop-ups and Redirects in Opera
Gladly, the Popup Blocker is blocked by default within Opera. But in case you are seeing that the blocker isn’t working, you should enable it by yourself.
a. Open Opera and click on the Menu icon.
b. Select Settings.
c. Click Site Settings after scrolling down.
d. Under Site Settings, go to the Pop-ups and redirects section and
e. Enable the Pop-ups and Redirects toggle. - Block Popups and Redirects in Opera
A huge number of users want to block/disable the popup blocker in Opera. In that case, they can either disable the facility for all websites or add exceptions as well.
a. Open Opera and click on the Menu icon.
b. Select Options.
c. Click Privacy & Security from the left sidebar.
d. Under Site Settings, go to the Pop-ups and redirects section and
e. Disable the Pop-ups and Redirects toggle.
f. To add exceptions, use the Allow and Block sections.
FAQs: Opera Pop-ups and Redirects
You can turn off the popup blocker in Opera from the permissions tab. One can either keep the facility enabled or disabled – or add exceptions as well.
Yes, you are allowed to add site exceptions in the popup blocker. So just navigate to the browser’s settings and from the Site Settings section, click on the Add button presented beside the Block title.
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