The AOL Toolbar adds pop-up blocking functionality to your Internet Explorer. When you need pop-ups allowed for Web browsing, you can turn off the Pop-Up Blocker or customise the Pop-up Blocker controls to allow pop-ups from certain sites.

Notes:

• The Pop-up Blocker in the AOL Toolbar software is a different piece of software that has slightly different behaviors than the AOL Pop-up Controls in the AOL software. The Pop-up Blocker settings in the AOL software are applied individually to each screen name on the account. Pop-up settings within the AOL Toolbar software will apply to any Web site that is accessed using the Internet Explorer software.
• Currently this feature is not available on AOL Toobar for Mozilla Firefox.

FAQs

Turn the AOL Toolbar Pop-up Blocker Off
Turn the AOL Toolbar Pop-up Blocker On
Allow Pop-ups From a Specific Web site
Block Pop-ups From a Specific Web site
Customise Your AOL Toolbar Pop-up Blocker

Turn the AOL Toolbar Pop-up Blocker Off

On the right side of AOL Toolbar, click the Blocking Pop-ups icon, then click Turn Pop-up Controls Off.

Note: The Pop-Up Blocker icon will display a green light symbol over a white window to indicate that you have enabled pop-ups on all Web sites.

Turn the AOL Toolbar Pop-up Blocker On

On the right side of AOL Toolbar, click the Allowing Pop-ups icon, then click Turn Pop-up Controls On.

Note: The Pop-Up Blocker icon will display a red circle with a slash symbol over a white window to indicate that all your Web pop-ups will be blocked.

Allow Pop-ups from a Specific Web site

You can also customise the AOL Toolbar Pop-up Blocker settings to allow pop-ups from specific sites that you are currently visiting. This feature will only be available if you are currently blocking pop-ups from all Web sites.

To allow pop-ups from a specific Web site:
On the right side of AOL Toolbar, click the Blocking Pop-ups icon, then click Allow Pop-up from <Web site name>.

Note: The Pop-Up Blocker icon will display a green light symbol over a yellow window to indicate that you have allowed Web pop-ups to display on the current Web site that you are viewing.

Block Pop-ups From a Specific Web site

You can also customise the AOL Toolbar Pop-up Blocker settings to block pop-ups from specific sites that you are currently visiting. This feature will only be available if you are currently allowing pop-ups from all Web sites.

To block pop-ups from a specific Web site:
On the right side of AOL Toolbar, click the Allowing Pop-ups or Allowing Site icon, then click Block Pop-ups from <Web site name>.

Note: The Pop-Up Blocker icon will display a red circle with a slash symbol over a white window to indicate that you have blocked Web pop-ups from the current Web site that you are viewing.

Customise Your AOL Toolbar Pop-up Blocker

You can manually adjust the settings for your AOL Toolbar Pop-up Blocker to allow pop-ups from specific sites.

To customise your AOL Toolbar Pop-up Blocker:
1. On the right side of the AOL Toolbar, click the Allowing Pop-ups or Blocking Pop-ups icon, then click Set Pop-up Controls Preferences.

2. Under Pop-Up Windows:, choose the Allow Web pop-ups from these sites: option by clicking it.

3. In the Allow Web pop-ups from these sites: box, type the Web site address for which you want to allow pop-ups.

4. Click the Add button.

5. Click the Save button.

Note: To remove a Web site from the list, in the large box, click the Web site address you want to remove to highlight it, then click the Remove button.