Change Websites preferences in Safari on Mac

Reader

• On: Automatically use Safari Reader to display articles on the site without ads or other distractions.

• Off: Don’t use Reader by default on the site. (You can still choose to use Reader for individual articles on the site.)

Content Blockers

• On: Stop ads and other unwanted content from appearing on the site.

• Off: Don’t block ads and other unwanted content on the site.

Auto-Play

• Allow All Auto-Play: All videos on the site can autoplay.

• Stop Media with Sound: Only videos that don’t have audio will autoplay.

• Never Auto-Play: No videos can autoplay.

Page Zoom

Choose a percentage of zoom to make text and images on the site easier to see.

Camera

• Ask: The site must ask if it can use the camera on your Mac.

• Deny: The site can’t use your camera.

• Allow: The site can always use your camera.

Microphone

• Ask: The site must ask if it can use the microphone on your Mac.

• Deny: The site can’t use your microphone.

• Allow: The site can always use your microphone.

Screen Sharing

• Ask: The site must ask if it can use the camera and microphone on your Mac.

• Deny: The site can’t use your camera and microphone.

Location

• Ask: The site must ask if it can use your location.

• Deny: The site can’t use your location.

• Allow: The site can always use your location.

Downloads

• Ask: The site must ask before it starts a download.

• Deny: The site can’t download.

• Allow: The site can always download.

Notifications

• Allow: The site can always send you notifications.

• Deny: The site can’t send you notifications.

• Allow websites to ask for permission to send notifications: When you visit a website that can send you notifications, you see a dialog asking if you want to receive them. To stop seeing the dialog, deselect this option.

Pop-up Windows

Block pop-up windows that appear when you open or close a webpage.

• Block and Notify: When you visit the site, Safari displays an icon in the Smart Search field. You can click the icon to display the pop-up windows.

• Block: The site can’t display pop-up windows.

• Allow: The site can display pop-up windows.

WebGL

• Ask: You see a dialog asking whether you want to trust the site’s use of WebGL.

• Block: The site can’t show WebGL content.

• Allow: The site can use WebGL, unless WebGL presents a security risk on your computer.

• Allow Always: The site can use WebGL, even if WebGL presents a critical security risk on your computer. Choosing Allow Always may present a security risk, so only select this option for websites you trust.

The WebGL setting appears only for computers on which WebGL may present a security risk. If the setting doesn’t appear, the site can show WebGL content.

Currently Open Websites

Websites that are open in a window or tab in Safari. You might have previously chosen an option from the pop-up menu for some of these websites.

Configured Websites

The list of websites you’ve customised. If you don’t see Configured Websites, either you haven’t customised a website yet, or you’ve cleared the list.

Remove

Remove the selected website from the list of configured websites.

When visiting other websites

Choose an option from this pop-up menu to apply it to any website that you haven’t already chosen a setting for.

To apply a setting to all websites, make sure no websites are listed under Configured Websites (to clear the list quickly, select the websites, then click Remove). Then click this pop-up menu and choose the option you want.