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Stop "Sign in with Google" pop-ups

I have a Mac air. I am not a big Google user (or Google fan for that matter). However, I do have a Google account that I have accessed via my Safari browser. However, just about every other website is now causing a pop-up that asks me to "sign in with google" as many of these sites have a SSO with Google. I have removed all of my Google sign-in's from Safari, removed cookies, removed history but these annoying "sign in with Google" prompts still exist. I have removed this "opt in" check-box on my Google account as well without any success. How do I stop the annoying pop-ups from Google asking me to sign in?

Posted on Dec 27, 2022 8:05 PM

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Posted on Mar 3, 2023 11:21 PM

I don’t even have a Google account or gmail and that nasty pop up comes up on all my Apple devices now. Tried all the suggestions above and more to no avail! Surely Safari could protect against this Google intrusion?

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Aug 12, 2023 2:16 PM in response to VivaMerida

I just found this on the Google site and followed the instructions. Hope it works.


How to stop obnoxious google sign in prompts?

  1. Go to "My Account" : "Security" ( https://myaccount.google.com/security )
  2. Click on "See all connections" link in "Your connections to third party apps & services"
  3. Click on the gear at the top of the "Third party apps & services" page.
  4. Disable the "Signing in with Google" prompt.


Jul 23, 2023 11:36 AM in response to VivaMerida

I am on a MacBook Air and have dealt with this problem for months. Can't promise this will work for everyone but here is what resolved the issue for me.

I went into Safari - Preferences - Search -

My search engine is on DuckDuckGo -

I unclicked "Include Search Engine Suggestions" -

Below the Search Engine, look at "Search Field"

Where it says Enable Quick Website Search there is a box "Manage Websites"

Click on Manage Websites and see if Google is in there

If it is, remove Google


Hope this helps someone, it worked for me


Apr 19, 2024 8:17 AM in response to John Galt

Sign in with Apple doesn't obnoxiously pop up a window in a world with already 500 popup windows, some created by regulations which are supposed to somehow... help us?


I would say take the GDPR back and give me back websites without stupid popups about "we use cookies! we use cookies!" ...


It seems like the more time goes by the more we have to deal with on the web that is "for our own good" but really is annoying.


I don't think your question is rhetorical for most. People claim to care about privacy and be all "I am in the know and I know how to stop people from spying on me" and then they have a Google Android phone. The answer is Google is evil, Apple is not. And in this case I won't go deep .. it's just as simple as Google seems to be obsessed with stealing as much data from people as they possibly can, and stalking them worst than the most notorious stalker.


Whilst Apple .. well nothing they do is annoying. It's just the things they DON'T do that are sometimes annoying ;)


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Apr 28, 2023 1:20 PM in response to VivaMerida

I'm using Firefox and autodelete all cookies - except a few whitelisted - after closing its tab or the browser. The default solution to disable Google Account sign-in prompts in the Google Account settings doesn't work as I'm no longer logged into Google when I close its tab or my browser.


The solution I found for Firefox is using the following string as as custom rule to your adblocker:

||accounts.google.com/gsi/iframe/select$subdocument


This should also work for Safari except that the only adblocker I could find that allows custom rules is AdGuard for Safari. After installing AdGuard for Safari I opened the settings, clicked on Filters tab, enabled User rules and clicked on User rules. This enabled me to paste the custom rule and click on Save to enable it.


I tested it by going to Reddit and the "Sign in with Google" pop-up no longer appears. After disabling all AdGuard for Safari extension and reloading Reddit the pop-up came back. After enabling extension in Safari I discovered you only need to enable AdGuard Custom to enable this User rule.


Tested some further and closed AdGuard for Safari (not keeping it active in menu bar) and disabled launch at login and it still works.


Credits: https://www.ghacks.net/2022/12/24/how-to-block-sign-in-with-google-popups-on-sites/

Jan 5, 2024 12:23 PM in response to PixelRogue1

PixelRogue1 wrote:

Apple can offer a function that users could enable to disable (Google's) relentless popups.
Safari (and other browsers) offer options to block popups - same principle.

The requests to sign in using Google on other websites are not coming from Google. They are coming from the website you're visiting (one example is redfin.com). Those websites have chosen to use Google's sign on services. It's how they want you to log into their website. Apple can't make them not do that. If you don't like it, don't visit sites that use that service.

Stop "Sign in with Google" pop-ups

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