<\/span><\/h2>\nAlthough the methods mentioned above are the best solution for preventing websites from opening new windows. Yet if you found them ineffective or unsatisfactory,<\/strong> then you can try the Extensions<\/strong> (Chrome), Add-ons<\/strong> (Edge & Firefox). The extensions offer multiple features apart from just blocking pop-ups.<\/p>\nThere are thousands of extensions and Add-ons to prevent websites from opening new windows, So I am listing here the 9<\/strong> best<\/strong> among them; you can select as per your browser and suitability:<\/p>\n\n- AdBlock (Chrome, Opera, Edge).<\/li>\n
- Privacy Badger (Chrome).<\/li>\n
- Adfender (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Internet Explorer).<\/li>\n
- uBlock (Chrome, Safari, Firefox).<\/li>\n
- Ghostery (Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Edge).<\/li>\n
- AdGuard (Windows, Mac, Android, iOS).<\/li>\n
- CyberGhost (Windows, Android, iOS, macOS, Chrome, Firefox, and Linux).<\/li>\n
- AdLock (Windows, Android, Chrome, Safari).<\/li>\n
- Poper Blocker (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
<\/span>Final Thoughts<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\nI hope you like the article on how to prevent websites from opening new windows<\/strong> in a few steps. Ad pop-ups, redirections, sudden new windows openings are the major downside of browsing specifically if you surfing your favorite websites.<\/p>\nIn this article, you learned about why new windows open in browsers<\/strong>. It could be the monetization<\/strong> method of some sites, or it could be virus attacks<\/strong> or spammed sites.<\/strong> Whatever the reason behind this, these pop-ups are not tolerable.<\/p>\nThis is why we studied the best methods to prevent websites from pop-up new windows by following simple steps. We discussed blocking websites redirections<\/strong> in Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari. You can follow these steps in every device you use and make your browsing journey stress-free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is very common but most irritating when you hit on a link and open\u00a0a different page rather than the page you are supposed to be open. Some techies referred to it as ‘website redirection,‘ and others say ‘Pop-up ads malfunctioning.‘ In this article, you will learn how to prevent websites from opening new windows. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1061],"tags":[1515,1520,1513,1512,1525,1519,1523,1522,1521,1516,1524,1514,1518,1517],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1165"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1183,"href":"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions\/1183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}