Cannot Add Sites to Pop-up Allow List | What to Do

By Sophia | Last Updated January 03, 2024

Judging from the following picture, you can see that the settings of pop-up allow list are unavailable (grayed out), which means you can't add sites to and remove sites from the list. In this case, you can try to solve the problem by disabling or not configuring the "Prevent managing pop-up exception list" setting, referring to the instruction below.

Video guide on what to do when you cannot add sites to pop-up allow list for IE:

Steps to disable or do not configure Prevent managing pop-up exception list:

Step 1: Enter Local Group Policy Editor.

Step 2: In Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows Components/Internet Explorer, open Prevent managing pop-up exception list.

Step 3: Choose Not Configured (or Disabled) and click OK.

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