Monday, October 28, 2019

Annoying Ads in lower right portion of desktop with Google Chrome?

Block websites abusing the notifications functionality of Google Chrome from popping up ads on your machine

I worked on a system that would get large, annoying, sometimes bizarre, ads in the lower right portion of the desktop, right above the systray.  In this particular case, they were coming from https://daily.foundation

If the ads say Google Chrome - some name then you can remove them by following the steps below:


  1. Click the 3 dot menu item in the upper right portion of Chrome
  2. On the menu click 'Settings'
  3. Scroll to the bottom of the Settings menu and click 'Advanced' (if Advanced options are already exposed you will see them listed under 'Advanced')
  4. Under 'Privacy and Security' click on 'Site Settings'
  5. In the list of Site Settings, click on 'Notifications'
  6. You should see 'Ask before sending', make sure the slider is turned on
  7. Under allow, look for any websites you don't want to be allowed to automatically pop up things, like ads.
    1. To the right of an unwanted site, click the 3-dot menu item
    2. On the menu that pops up, choose 'Block'
    3. Repeat this for any and all sites you want to block
  8. You can close the Settings window once you have made the above changes
  9. Hopefully, those annoying ads will be gone now


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