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Learn How To Block Pop Up Ads In Your Android Device

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Every one of us might be very much irritated of pop up ads whether it a personal computer or a mobile device, Pop-ups can be annoying. We will now let you know how to actually put a full stop to this irritating problem by showing you the process to block those pop up ads.

Pop ups can be of three types and they will be seen while browsing the web, full-screen ads in applications, ads in the notification area.

Let us now take a look about how you can defeat all these different types of pop up ads.

 Stop Pop up ads in Chrome browser:

  • Open the browser and click on the three dot icon on the top right corner of the screen, then select Settings and then navigate to site settings
  • Tap on the popups entry and check whether the slider should be set to block sites from showing pop-ups
  • Another simple step you can take is enabling the data saver mode in the Chrome browser’s settings menu. Navigate to Menu\>Settings>Data Saver>tap the slider to turn it on

 Block full-screen pop ups in applications:

The full-screen pop-ups in the applications can be gotten rid of if you upgrade to the premium version of the application.  Or else you can also use the settings and disable the ads. Visit Settings>Apps & notifications>Advanced>Special app access>Display over the apps

Now turn off the allow display over the apps.

Control ads in the notification area:

Blocking the ads in your notification area of your Android device can be very easy. And this can be done by just simply disabling the notifications for every single application that annoys you with pop-ups. Head to the app settings and then click on app notifications and then click on block all. And you are done.

How to block a phone number on your Android phone

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Thanks to the smartphone revolution, it has made communication with our dear and loved ones better and easier as well. There comes conveniences as well as disturbances along with everything and this smartphone revolution and easy communication has also made way for spammers, telemarketers, unwanted callers. Who would like to get disturbed by all those spam callers and strangers? No one right!!!! If you are also among those people who are searching for a perfect solution to get rid of such kind of calls and callers, then here is the simple process for blocking a phone number on your Android phone.

Though there will not a generalized way for blocking mobile numbers in Android devices, let us now go through the processes involved in certain types of popular devices.

Blocking mobile number in stock Android devices:

You can do this by simply long pressing the mobile number that you wish to block from the phone app in your device and then just selecting the Block number option.

Or you can also do this by opening the phone app on your device and then tapping on the three dot icon, then select settings, and then hit call blocking where you can add all the phone numbers that you wish to block

Blocking calls on Samsung devices:

Samsung devices are very much popular among the mobile phone users and it is a trusted brand as well. If you also this device and wondering about the process of blocking a mobile number on your Samsung phone, then just simply follow the steps below

You just need to open the phone application available on your Samsung device and then select the number which you would like to add to the block list and hit the option more, and then select the option to add to reject list. You can add, remove and edit this list later on by going to Settings> Call Settings> All Calls> Auto Reject

Using third party application:

Some manufacturers don’t offer their users this rejecting feature by default, and in such cases, the users should make use of third party applications for rejecting unwanted calls. There are a number of applications available in the Google Play Store for the Android phone users. Mr. Number, Call Blocker, Calls Blacklistare some of the applications that you can make use of

Calls Blacklist:

You can download and install this application from the Google’s Android play store. This application is a very simple way of keeping a list of contacts that you don’t want to allow to contact you using your number.

You can simply launch the app and then add the contacts that you wish to put on the reject list in the Blacklist tab. You can add numbers to this list through your contacts, calls log, message log or you can also add numbers manually. That is it, those numbers that you added under the blacklist tab won’t be able to contact you.

How to block someone in Gmail

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We are very much connected with the technology and as it helps us to connect with our personal and professional contacts every day, we make use of it a lot. We all may be thinking that the media services have the best features that can protect our privacy from the others, yes, it is true, but the mail services don’t lack behind. Especially the search engine giant’s most popular email service Gmail is no less in providing its users with the most useful features.

If you feel someone is constantly irritating you with emails or if you feel to stop someone from sending you emails and remove from your circles, then it can be possible. Very fewer people know about this, but it is possible. There are simple three steps for blocking someone on Gmail.

  • First of all, login I to your Gmail account using your login credentials.
  • Now open the mail from the particular person whom you want to block
  • You can see a drop down arrow button next to the reply icon to the right most of the sender’s name, just click on it
  • Now from the drop down menu, click Block followed by username option
  • Then you will see a confirmation window popping, just click block to confirm

That is it you are done with the process, now you won’t find those annoying emails in your inbox.

How To Block Certain Websites In Your Chrome Browser

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Google Chrome is without any doubt the king of the browsers as it is the most popular one. It can be because of its various features that attract the users that may have made it popular, but it is a fact. We have earlier discussed the various hidden features of Chrome and also learnt about some wonderful and useful extensions for the browser. Today in this piece of article, let us learn how to block a particular website in the Chrome browser.

There are plenty of extensions available in the Chrome web store that allows the users with this task of blocking certain or particular websites. But there is another simple method which can be done right from the Chrome settings and preferences.

Steps To Block Websites In Chrome Browser

The method is basically pretty simple and you can do this very easily, here are the steps you need to follow

  • Now, first of all, open the Chrome browser and in the tab. Just tap on the three dot icon on the top right corner of the screen, then tap on settings, and then go to advanced settings
  • Here, under the label Network, you will find Change Proxy Settings option. Click on it and it will open Windows Internet properties window
  • Now tap on the Privacy tab in that window and then click on the sites option
  • You can find a box with the address of the website there, just add the URL of the website that you wish to block. Then click on the block option which you can find just beside it
  • You can add as many URLs as you want here and you would never find them in your Chrome browser

You can unblock the sites by simply selecting that URL you added and then clicking on remove option. This manual method of blocking is actually a fully secure method.