Clicking the icon toggles the blocker on or off. The icon is all blue when blocker is off. You can also click the menu arrow ▾ and click Enable Pop-Up Blocker to toggle the blocker on or off.

Previous versions used the following ways to turn the pop-up blocker on or off.

Pop-Up Blocker is enabled by default, however you can turn Pop-Up Blocker on and off using the Pop-Up Blocker menu .

To check the status of Pop-Up Blocker:

1. Click the Pop-Up Blocker toolbar icon.
2. Look at the "Enable Pop-Up Blocker" line.
3. If there's a checkmark next to it, Pop-Up Blocker is enabled. Otherwise it's disabled.
4. You can also tell by the toolbar icon. It's yellow if enabled, and gray if disabled.

To turn Pop-Up Blocker on or off:

1. Click the Pop-Up Blocker menu.
2. Select "Enable Pop-Up Blocker".
3. If the checkmark was present, Pop-Up Blocker is now off. If the checkmark was not present, Pop-Up blocker is now enabled.

If something you want to see is getting blocked, please see What if something I want to see is getting blocked? if that's why you want to turn off Pop-Up Blocker.

Note: Pop-Up Blocker is not available for Yahoo! Toolbar for Mozilla Firefox. Mozilla Firefox has a built-in pop-up blocker and does not require an additional one.