If you've grown tired of answering those annoying browser prompts
every time a website wants to show you notifications or know your
location, you can turn the messages off forever with a few clicks in
every major browser. Scroll down below for your browser and where to
locate the appropriate settings in Chrome (desktop and Android), Firefox,
Opera, Edge, Internet Explorer and Safari (desktop and iOS).
Chrome
From the dropdown menu, select Settings > Advanced (scroll down) > Content settings.
From Chrome's content settings you can click into 'Location' and
'Notifications' separately to disable each. This will block the pop-ups
forever while also preventing websites from knowing your location and
sending you notifications.
Chrome (Android)
The exact same settings exist on the mobile version of Chrome found
in Android devices. Although we wouldn't outright disable location
settings on the browser like we'd do on the desktop (for obvious useful
reasons), if one of your favorite websites annoys you with these kind of
prompts, you can always disable them on a per-site basis.
From the Chrome menu button on the top right corner, select Settings.
Under Settings, scroll down to Advanced > Site settings. There you
will find discrete settings for both Location and Notifications, the
default is set to "Ask first," you can set those to "Block" which will
stop sites to prompt you for either.
Firefox
In the address bar type "about:config" and hit Enter. Accept the risk when prompted.
If you made it under the hood safely, use the search bar to find the following entries: dom.webnotifications.enabled and geo.enabled.
Double-clicking on each entry will set their values to false, which
is what you want to do if you're trying to disable the pop-ups.
Opera
From the drop down menu, select Settings and then go to the Websites tab.
Location and notification prompts are both listed halfway through the
website section of Opera's menu settings -- set both of them to "do not
allow...".
Microsoft Edge
Scroll down in this section to 'Choose apps that can use your
location' and you can customize the settings for Microsoft Edge along
with other applications. Note that disabling 'Location service' on the
top of the same page will block all apps from using your location.
Open Edge's settings menu, go to View advanced settings > Notifications (manage).
Websites that can show notifications will be listed here so you can
customize which ones are able to send them. Likewise, from the privacy
settings in the Windows 10 menu mentioned above, the notifications
section will let you block them from all applications.
Internet Explorer
Open IE's dropdown menu, go to Internet options, select the Privacy tab.
In the privacy tab, uncheck 'never allow websites to request your
physical location' and then click into "Settings" for the option to
uncheck notifications from when a pop-up is blocked (this isn't the same
as the notifications blocked in other browsers but nonetheless
noteworthy).
Safari (macOS)
From Safari's drop down menu, select Preferences then go to the
Websites tab. On the left side menu you'll find Location and
Notifications.
On Location, you will find per website settings based on the
currently opened tabs. But to deny location to all websites, on the
bottom right corner select where it says "When visiting other websites:"
select Deny.
On the Notifications settings, uncheck the option where it says
"Allow websites to ask for permission to send push notifications."
Safari (iPhone /iOS)
On iOS devices, location settings are more strictly managed by the
operating system. Go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services.
Find the setting for Safari Websites and set it to "Never."
- techspot
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