Safari Pop Up Blocker !new! May 2026

If a script tries to open a new window without being directly triggered by a user click (or tap), Safari smothers it.

That’s now the job of Safari’s and Hide Distracting Items feature—a manual scalpel instead of an automatic shield. safari pop up blocker

Developers have learned to use showModalDialog (deprecated) or replace pop-ups with <div> -based modals. But for true new windows, the click must be immediate. Mobile Safari takes this to another level. On iPhone, every new window is a tab , not a separate window. The blocker is identical, but with one twist: Meta refresh redirects are also blocked if they occur too quickly. This prevents those malicious "Your iPhone has a virus" fake warnings that try to open 20 tabs per second. If a script tries to open a new