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Stopping pop up videos in Chrome

Hi,
Can someone please tell me how to stop these little pop-up videos playing in Chrome browser? Is it possible?
I don't wish to change browsers and these are really irritating.  :s
Cheers,
MBE
If you lend someone a tenner and never see them again, it was probably worth it.
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  • forgotmyname
    forgotmyname Posts: 33,072 Forumite
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    uBlock Origin.  No adverts and no popups on websites and even blocks youtube adverts.

    You should probably mention the site, assume you posted a picture which wont play videos?

    Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...

  • alanrowell
    alanrowell Posts: 5,392 Forumite
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    ublock origin doesn't deal with the likes of the dailymail 
  • mrbadexample
    mrbadexample Posts: 10,805 Forumite
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    uBlock Origin.  No adverts and no popups on websites and even blocks youtube adverts.

    You should probably mention the site, assume you posted a picture which wont play videos?

    Too many sites to list...there are hundreds that do this. Yes, it's a picture - that particular one was Cycling Weekly, but newspapers seem particularly aggressive with them.
    I'll try the uBlock and see if it helps, thanks.
    If you lend someone a tenner and never see them again, it was probably worth it.
  • mrbadexample
    mrbadexample Posts: 10,805 Forumite
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    mrbadexample said:
    I'll try the uBlock and see if it helps, thanks.
    No appreciable difference. :(
    If you lend someone a tenner and never see them again, it was probably worth it.
  • DoaM
    DoaM Posts: 11,863 Forumite
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    It doesn't block them with the standard install ... maybe it does with some tweaking, but I've never tried to do that with such popup videos.
  • wongataa
    wongataa Posts: 2,755 Forumite
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    mrbadexample said:
    I'll try the uBlock and see if it helps, thanks.
    No appreciable difference. :(
    You will have to create a rule in uBlock Origin to block them.  Use the element picker when one appears to select the pop up and create the rule.
  • dcb2019
    dcb2019 Posts: 31 Forumite
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    As above, try creating the rule in uBlock and it should work. 
  • dogmaryxx
    dogmaryxx Posts: 2,446 Forumite
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    edited 22 July 2020 at 6:30PM
  • mrbadexample
    mrbadexample Posts: 10,805 Forumite
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    wongataa said:
    You will have to create a rule in uBlock Origin to block them.  Use the element picker when one appears to select the pop up and create the rule.
    This doesn't work, unless I'm doing something wrong.
    If you lend someone a tenner and never see them again, it was probably worth it.
  • mrbadexample
    mrbadexample Posts: 10,805 Forumite
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    dogmaryxx said:
    This makes no difference.
    If you lend someone a tenner and never see them again, it was probably worth it.
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