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This wikiHow guide teaches you how to turn off your web browser's JavaScript support.
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Open Google Chrome. Click or double-click the Chrome app icon, which resembles a red, yellow, green, and blue sphere.
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Click â‹® . It's in the top-right corner of the page. A drop-down menu will appear.Advertisement
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Click Settings . This option is in the drop-down menu. Doing so opens the Chrome Settings page.
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Scroll down and click Advanced â–¼ . It's at the very bottom of the page.
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Scroll down and click Content settings . You'll find this near the bottom of the "Privacy and security" section of options.
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Click JavaScript . It's in the middle of the page.
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Click the blue "Allowed (recommended)" switch . It's in the upper-right side of the page. Doing so causes the switch to turn grey , which indicates that JavaScript has been disabled.
- If this switch is grey and you see "Blocked" next to it, JavaScript is already disabled in Chrome.
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Open Google Chrome. Tap the Chrome app icon, which resembles a red, yellow, green, and blue sphere.
- You cannot disable JavaScript in the iPhone or iPad version of Chrome.
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Tap â‹® . This option is in the top-right corner of the screen. A drop-down menu will appear.
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Tap Settings . It's near the bottom of the drop-down menu.
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Scroll down and tap Site settings . You'll find this option near the bottom of the Chrome Settings menu.
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Tap JavaScript . It's in the middle of the page.
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Tap the blue "JavaScript" switch . The switch will turn grey , signifying that your browser's JavaScript has been disabled.
- If the switch is already grey, JavaScript is disabled in your Android's Chrome browser.
- When you update Google Chrome, you may have to re-disable JavaScript.
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Open Safari. Click or double-click the Safari app icon, which resembles a blue compass, in your Mac's Dock.
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Click Safari . It's in the top-left corner of the screen. A drop-down menu will appear.
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Click Preferences… . This is in the drop-down menu. The Preferences window will open.
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Click the Security tab. You'll see this tab at the top of the window.
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Uncheck the "Enable JavaScript" box. It's next to the "Web content" heading in the middle of the window. Doing so disables JavaScript in Safari.
- If this box is already unchecked, JavaScript is disabled in Safari.
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Open your iPhone's Settings. Tap the Settings app icon, which resembles a grey box with gears on it.
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Scroll down and tap Safari . You'll find this option near the middle of the Settings page.
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Scroll down and tap Advanced . It's at the bottom of the page.
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Tap the green "JavaScript" switch . The switch will turn white which signifies that your iPhone's Safari browser will no longer display JavaScript.
- If the "JavaScript" switch is already white, JavaScript is disabled for Safari.
- You may have to re-disable JavaScript after you update your iPhone.
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Open Firefox. Click or double-click the Firefox app icon, which resembles an orange fox on a blue globe.
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Click the address bar. It's the long text box at the top of the Firefox window.
- If there's any text in the address bar, delete it before proceeding.
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Go to the configuration page. Type in about:config and press ↵ Enter .
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Click I accept the risk! when prompted. It's a blue button in the middle of the page.
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Click the "Search" text box. You'll see this option near the top of the page.
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Search for the JavaScript option. Type in javascript , then look for the "javascript.enabled" option near the top of the page.
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Double-click the "javascript.enabled" option. It's near the top of the list of results. Doing so will change its "Value" category to "false", which turns off JavaScript in Firefox.
- If the "Value" category is already set to "false" instead of "true", JavaScript is already disabled.
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Open Firefox. Tap the Firefox app icon, which resembles an orange fox wrapped around a blue globe.
- You cannot disable JavaScript in the iPhone or iPad version of Firefox.
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Tap the address bar. It's at the top of the screen. Doing so will bring up your Android's on-screen keyboard.
- If there's text in the address bar, remove it before proceeding.
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Go to the configuration page. Type in about:config and then tap the "Search" icon in your Android's keyboard to do so. [1] X Research source
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Tap the "Search" text box. It's in the top-right corner of the configuration page.
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Search for the JavaScript option. Type in javascript , then look for the "javascript.enabled" option at the top of the page.
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Tap the "javascript.enabled" option. It should be at the top of the page. Doing so will cause a Toggle button to appear on the right side of the page.
- If the "javascript.enabled" option has "false" written below it, JavaScript is already disabled in Firefox.
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Tap Toggle . It's in the lower-right side of the "javascript.enabled" box. Doing so changes the option's value to "false", which disables JavaScript in Firefox.
- When you update the Firefox app, you may need to disable JavaScript again.
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Open Internet Explorer. Click or double-click the Internet Explorer app icon, which resembles a light-blue "e" with a gold band around it.
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Click the "Settings" gear . It's in the top-right corner of the Internet Explorer window. A drop-down menu will appear.
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Click Internet options . This is in the drop-down menu. Doing so opens the Internet Options panel.
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Click the Security tab. It's at the top of the Internet Options panel.
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Click Custom level… . This is near the bottom of the page. A new window will open.
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Scroll down to the "Scripting" heading. It's near the bottom of the pop-up window.
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Click the "Disable" box under the "Active scripting" heading. Doing so indicates that you want to turn off JavaScript in Internet Explorer.
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Click Yes when prompted. This will confirm your decision.
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Click OK . It's at the bottom of the panel. JavaScript should now be disabled in Internet Explorer.
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Warnings
- Some webpages may not load correctly if you disable JavaScript.Thanks
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