In Safari how can I stop certain websites from being allowed to open new tabs and windows?
On some ad-heavy sites I click anywhere on the page and it spawns two or more new tabs trying to sell me some scam.
Can I stop this from happening?
MacOS – Disallow some websites from opening new tabs/windows
macbook promacossafari
Related Solutions
Need to reset permissions? Try the following:
- Turn off computer
- Reboot Mac into Recovery (press and hold Command+R when you hear the chimes until a screen loads)
- Select "Disk Utility"
- Select your "Macintosh HD" volume on the left and press "Repair Disk Permissions"
- Once that has finished, reboot your computer
You can drag tabs between windows in safari (I beleive this was added in Safari 4 along with a few other improvements)
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Best Answer
The best built-in defence for this is Safari Preferences → Security → Block pop-up windows. Other than this, you can use an adblock such as uBlock Origin.