Pop-up allow list
- Policy ID
- PopupBlocker_AllowList
- Scope
- Computer Configuration, User Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Internet Explorer 6.0 in Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Windows Components › Internet Explorer
Description
This policy setting allows you to specify a list of web sites that will be allowed to open pop-up windows regardless of the Internet Explorer process's Pop-Up Blocker settings.
If you enable this policy setting, you can enter a list of sites which will be allowed to open pop-up windows regardless of user settings. Only the domain name is allowed, so www.contoso.com is valid, but not http://www.contoso.com. Wildcards are allowed, so *.contoso.com is also valid.
If you disable this or do not configure this policy setting, you will not be able to provide a default Pop-up Blocker exception list.
Note: You can disable users from adding or removing websites to the exception list by enabling "Turn off Managing Pop-up Allow list" policy.
Options
Registry
ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- ListBox_Support_AllowREG_DWORD
- (list values)REG_SZ
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
- ListBox_Support_AllowREG_DWORD
- (list values)REG_SZ