Those annoying Pop-up Ads and unwanted redirects to spammy sites can ruin your browsing experience. You will find below the steps to stop redirects and Pop-up Ads on Android Phone.
Stop Redirects and Pop-up Ads on Android Phone
The amount of free information, entertainment and educational material as available on the internet wouldn’t be possible without Advertising.
Ideally, websites should provide the right kind of information that users are looking for, while serving relevant and unobtrusive Ads.
However, there are many websites that focus primarily on serving Ads and bombard visitors with unwanted Pop-up Ads, as soon as they land on such websites.
Also, there are spammers who make use of Advertising Networks and use other methods to redirect visitors from reputable websites to spammy sites, serving the most annoying kind of Pop-up Ads.
Thankfully, it is possible to stop Pop-up Ads on Android Phone using two different methods as provided below.
Stop Pop-up Ads on Android Phone Using Chrome Browser
Follow the steps below to stop Pop-up Ads on the default Chrome browser on your Android Phone.
1. Open Chrome browser and tap on the 3-dots Chrome menu icon located at the top-right corner of your screen.
2. From the drop-down, tap on Settings.
3. On the Settings screen, scroll down and tap on Site Settings.
4. On the next screen, scroll down and tap on Pop-ups and redirects.
5. On Pop-ups and redirects screen, turn OFF the slider next to Pop-ups and redirects.
After this, you won’t be seeing those annoying Pop-Up Ads on your Android Phone.
2. Enable Data Saver Mode to Block Pop-Up Ads on Android Phone
Enabling Data Saver mode in Chrome browser helps you save cellular data and also helps in blocking pop-up Ads and spammy redirects to unknown websites.
1. Open Chrome browser on your Android Phone.
2. Tap on 3-dots Chrome menu icon and then tap on Settings in the drop-down menu.
3. On the Settings screen, scroll down and tap on Data Saver option.
4. On the next screen, enable Data Saver in Chrome browser by moving the toggle to ON position.
Once Data Saver Mode is enabled on your Android Phone, Chrome browser will start to compress web pages, resulting in both Data Savings and considerable reduction in Pop-Up Ads.
The interoperability between Google Chrome and Android apps installed on a smartphone is something commendable.
The Chrome Browser is intelligent enough to tell and redirect the users to the application version of a website.
Whether or not you have an application installed on your phone, the Chrome browser installed on your Android handset will try its best to throw the application version of websites at the users.
Many users simply give up before even trying to figure out how they can stick to the website instead. In this ongoing guide, you will learn how to stop Chrome from redirecting to App version of a website.
App Versions of Websites
With the growing smartphone share, many websites seem to be focusing on their applications. Applications make it incredibly easy for smartphone users to access the same features that the same platform would offer on their website.
The ease of access comes with many other advantages such as better monetization, better connection, and interaction with the users, and collect more data (pun intended).
To help the website/application owners Google introduced a prompt telling the users about application versions of the websites they are visiting. Android users typically get 2 options, they can either continue using the web version or switch to the app version.
If they choose the web version, the prompt comes again the next time you access the same website, but if you choose the app version, Chrome automatically redirects you to the app version every time you access that website.
In case you do not have the app version installed on your phone, Chrome takes you to the Play Store instead and presents you with an option to install the app.
A lot of users highly dislike this entire process and they simply want to stick to the web version of such platforms. If you are also caught up in such a situation, don’t worry, you will find the solution in this post. Let’s go ahead and learn how to stop chrome from redirecting to the app version of a website.
Stop Chrome from redirecting to APP Version of a Website
- On your Android smartphone, go to Settings.
- Under Settings, go to Apps.
- Under apps, go to “Choose default apps”.
- Click on “Opening links”.
- If you want to turn off the settings for all apps, turn off the toggle next to “Open links in apps”.
- To change settings for individual apps, click on the app’s name and turn off “Open supported links”.
- Once done, try opening a website now, its app version will no longer pop-up.
Conclusion
Remember that the settings and default apps menu can differ from different smartphone UI skins. In the screenshots above, I have demonstrated this process for Samsung One UI. The process will remain the same, only the location of some of these menus will differ.
That’s all and that’s how easy and quick it was. I hope you will find this solution useful and that you are no longer annoyed with Google throwing the app versions of websites at you. If you still have any questions, feel free to reach out to us via the comment section below. We will try our best to get back to you as soon as possible.