Popup Blocker (Lite)

A fast, easy and secure way to block all unwanted popups and pop-unders!

What is Popup Blocker (Lite)?

Popup Blocker (Lite) is a Chrome extension that enhances your browsing experience by efficiently blocking all annoying pop-ups and pop-unders. Its features allow users to whitelist desired domains, manage the extension through the toolbar and adjust its functionality according to their preferences. It also provides a badge icon to display the count of blocked pop-ups, making the usage transparent. Despite its functionality, it is light and does not significantly impact CPU or memory usage.

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By: Jorvi

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Users: 2,000+

Rating: 3.76 (25)

Version: 0.1.9 (Last updated: 2023-09-23)

Creation date: 2020-06-29

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

tabs
storage
scripting
webRequest
notifications

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size: 67.00K

Email: jo*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 18872 ▼ 227

Other rankings

#3007 in Tools ▼ 16 #15 in popup keyword 64 #120 in badge keyword 12 ▼ 3 #198 in icon keyword 18 ▲ 5

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox

Popup Blocker (Lite) (v0.1.9)

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Summary

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Popup Blocker (Lite) is a browser extension to block all annoying pop-ups and pop-unders. When the addon detects a popup, it will block it immediately and the badge icon will show the blocked item (number will increase). If you want to see notifications about the blocked popup, please enable desktop notifications from the options page.

Some features: a. Allows you to block all unwanted popups and pop-unders. b. Has a built-in feature to whitelist the desired domain to show popups. c. Works fundamentally different than other popup blockers, therefore it works in almost all cases. d. Has a switch to turn the addon ON or OFF from toolbar popup UI. e. Several settings in the options page to adjust the addon's functionality to your need. f. Has badge icon text to show you the number of blocked popups. g. Very lite addon with no significant CPU and memory usage.

When you first install the addon, some websites are added to the whitelist table by default (open the options page to see or edit the list). When a domain is whitelisted, the addon's toolbar button icon is green. When the addon is disabled or a website URL is invalid (i.e. chrome://) the icon is dark gray. In all other cases, the toolbar icon is red. So, while browsing with this addon, please be aware of the icon color to make sure it is set based on your desire.

Note: to report bugs, please fill out the bug report form on the addon's homepage (https://mybrowseraddon.com/popup-blocking.html)

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Blocks many popups/unders
Simple and easy to use
Succeeds in blocking popups on specific sites

Cons

Blocks every page opened with middle click
Doesn't block all popups
Closes several tabs on its own

Most mentioned

Blocks many popups/unders
Doesn't block all popups
Works well on specific sites

Recent reviews

NO Option to use this in a Black List Mode. By default this blocks every popup on most websites, this gets to be a real pain when you have to constantly add safe websites like ebay.com to a White List. This would be a much better add-on if you could use it in a Black List mode and only add those badly behaving websites to a Black List.

James Utting, 2024-02-11

good on edge

Connor, 2022-06-05

the test site does let some new window popups through but it works on popups that open a new tab, i like it

Johnpaul :P, 2021-12-22

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Safety

Risk impact

Popup Blocker (Lite) is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Popup Blocker (Lite) if you trust the publisher.