Stop "Sign in with Google" pop-ups

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/

Lawrence Finch wrote:

IdrisSeabright wrote:

It's not Google who's asking you to sign in. The individual websites have bought a service from Google that allows them to offload the sign up/sign in process.

And in the process allow google to track all of the sites you visit.

Absolutely. But, unless people simply refuse to participate and tell the websites why, it's unlikely the websites will stop using the feature. Yelling at Google is, of course, like yelling at the ocean.

As the Google sign-in prompt is generated by the website, there really isn’t anything that Apple can do about it. And, even if they could, as Google and Apple are competitors, Google or various governments could charge Apple with anti-trust violations for blocking access to a competitor.

IdrisSeabright wrote:

Yelling at Google is, of course, like yelling at the ocean.

Arguably, Google doesn't have anything to do with it. All they do is provide the programming API:

https://developers.google.com/identity/gsi/web/reference/html-reference

... just like Apple does:

Sign in with Apple | Apple Developer Documentation

... or FB for that matter.

The website developer can choose to implement those APIs, or not.

Strange, how no one seems to complain about "Sign in with Apple". So why do people complain so loudly about Google? Hmm....

(Yes that was a rhetorical question)

But, unless people simply refuse to participate and tell the websites why, it's unlikely the websites will stop using the feature.

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Hi VivaMerida,

Great job following those steps. Since Google's steps did not resolve the issue, the next step is to contact them for help. Google Help

In the meantime, try using Private Browsing Mode with Safari. This should hopefully stop those pop-ups. Check it out here: Browse privately in Safari on iPhone

Visit sites privately

You can use Private Browsing Mode to open private tabs, which don’t appear in History on iPhone or in the list of tabs on your other devices.

1. Tap .

2. Tap  in the center of the tab bar at the bottom of the screen, then tap Private.

Tabs in the Private Tab Group aren’t shared with your other Apple devices, even if you’re signed in with the same Apple ID.

You can easily confirm that you’re in Private Browsing Mode by checking that the search field bar is gray or displays the word Private.

To hide the sites and exit Private Browsing Mode, tap , then tap  to open a different Tab Group from the menu at the bottom of your screen. The private sites reappear the next time you use Private Browsing Mode.

To close private tabs, tap , then swipe left on each of the tabs you want to close.

Take care!

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See attached images. The relevant point here is that the app becomes a network filter to block incoming and outgoing network requests / communications, at the global level, for which you can create a custom block list. The blocklist is a simple text file to which LULU is directed. My blocklist contains a few specific addresses that effectively block Google login windows from appearing. The app can be easily toggled on and off in the case I want to log into Google. If Google changes the addresses, I can find the new address by inspecting the source of the page and updating the address in the blocklist. Ready-made blocklists can also be gathered online for free from leading security / privacy / malware centric platforms. Advanced users can automatically update their blocklists by tapping into APIs. All Apple programs / applications can be allowed free-range communications by checking a box. For third-party software, the same option exists. But I do not allow third-party software this option. Instead, LULU blocks them and shows me the destination address of the intended communication. I am given the option at this time to permanently block, temporarly block, or allow.

I have been using the app for about two years now, and it has worked beautifully on my Intel Mini, late 2014.

PixelRogue1 wrote:

Apple - please pitch in w/a feature for users to disable.

Apple can't disable how other websites ask people to sign in.

Update: one year later and BANISH still working flawlessly. Totally solved this problem.

HJS80

Same issue I have had recently; Quite annoying! So, I went to Settings and changed the default search engine to DuckDuckGo 🦆

Never a Goggle fan and this experience has prompted me to move away from using their Search. Now Safari with DDGo as search engine and along with Msft Edge and Bing ChatGPT, there’s no need for relying on google.

TuckerdogAVL wrote:

unfortunately, this explains how to stop using the sign in. This doesn’t explain how to stop the pop-up. it appears that the answer is, you can’t.

Complain to the websites that are serving the pop-up to you. They obviously want you to log in using Google.

TuckerdogAVL wrote:

I gave up. I have to click the "X" to get rid of the pop up everytime.

Yes, would will have to dismiss the pop-up on any site that uses Google sign-in. Complain to whatever company runs the website.

I also have to get an authentication for FB everytime because "from time to time we ask you to verify" and since I upgraded to Ventura, I get this everytime. And no matter what I attempt to do, I have to put in passwords for a half dozen sites where, no matter how many times I have asked Safari to save or trust the browser, it doesn't.

That is most likely a FB issue. All of their apps seem to have been somewhat broken lately. Not surprised to hear their website is, too. But, I'm not sure how it's related to this thread.

I did just find out how to stop Google Maps from automatically being the link from when I search for something (switch to DuckDuckGo and remove Google maps from your phone; now, Apple maps will link) which is a small victory.

I'm not sure how this is related to the subject of this thread, either.

MissNikita73 wrote:

What I don't understand is why Google thinks we want to sign in to every single website we go to.

It's not Google who's asking you to sign in. The individual websites have bought a service from Google that allows them to offload the sign up/sign in process.

A preference setting to the effect of “Disable Google login popup” may have legal risk.

A preference setting to the effect of “Minimize pop-up login panels” would be fine. Google isn’t the only one with this beloved feature. This would be off by default, enabled by the user.

In addition as it stands today users still can login to same website using Google credentials after the panel was closed. Such a feature would not be harmful to website employing the beloved feature, end user actively taking action to minimize and end user can still log in with out without they panel. Ensure plug in is also WVAG compliant and good to go.

PixelRogue1 wrote:

The fruition everyone is discussing is not about multiple companies having their own sign-in options. It is the fact that Google (yes, likely through a free powerful easy to install ALI) forced a disruptive panel when the page loads. That is what we all want to stop.

So? Go ahead and stop it. What's preventing you from doing that?

PixelRogue1 wrote:

The fruition everyone is discussing is not about multiple companies having their own sign-in options. It is the fact that Google (yes, likely through a free powerful easy to install ALI) forced a disruptive panel when the page loads. That is what we all want to stop.

No, Google is NOT forcing it. The websites are asking (not forcing) you to log into their sites using Google's log in API. I'm not sure why that's so hard to understand.

I get it all the time with Redfin. I just close the pop up and move on with looking at houses I'm not going to buy.