Stop "Sign in with Google" pop-ups

Leo Bloom wrote:

It's not just safari, I use firefox and don't have a google account, nor do I search with google. It's something that I suspect only the websites themselves can control. I doubt anyone in this forum would know, but I suspect PC Window users have it too.

You are spot on. It's a "service" that lots of websites offer. As it has lots of benefits to them (there is probably some information sharing with Alphabet, customers more likely to sign in because they don't have to set up a new account) that I suspect it's unlikely to change.

All I can recommend to people is that they complain to the particular website. But, I'm not really sure how much good that will do.

There is an App available on the Apple App Store - Banish. Works seamlessly to stop the super annoying Google sign-in request. Been using it now for several weeks and all is good. No annoying pop-up asking me to sign with Google which I do not use.

This works if you are on Chrome and are using it to sign in and search the web. Doesn't do anything to stop the drop down/pop up/cover the cover of the screen incessant "Sign into Google without password" in Safari. Thanks for the tip, though. I think it is stopping it in Chrome (when I occasionally are required to use it for specific apps).

I gave up. I have to click the "X" to get rid of the pop up everytime. 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. 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 not sharing additional information that may help someone, when going throught the daily tech he!l we all go through, doesn't matter. So what if it's "off topic." Especially since it actually does relate: They are attempting to stop GOOGLE. And GOOGLE MAPS is one of the worst offenders.

It's every website re: the Google pop up. So, we'll played. Let's go down the thank you for contacting us, we'll see if we can help you, and there 's actually no way to get in touch with us rabbit hole.

No, it's a Safari issue, as every site, each time requires some authenication that doesn't "save." FB is just the one I daily attempt. But, good try.

I await the repremand and "not appropriate," and "be kind" and all the others because I disagree with the condescending answer.

I have taken these steps and disabled the "Sign in with Google" prompt, and disconnected all sites that sign in automatically (or accidentally), AND THEY CONTINUE TO SHOW UP. Other than not using any browser at all, there is no way to get this super annoying popup to go away. What I don't understand is why Google thinks we want to sign in to every single website we go to. What is scary is that these prompts are proof that they watch everything we do, every single keystroke, everyday, for our entire lives. Thanks, Google for the reminder. I can't tell if it is brilliant or the most vexing design flaw ever. I think it is time for a VPN.

From what I’ve read, you can use a Safari plugin extension, however those that work are apparently paid. There is LuLu firewall, but requires you to connect and always be tweaking an always changing list of IPs. We really need an Apple solution here.

While Google and Apple are competitors, they are also partners (ie. the amount Apple receives to keep Google as default search engine.)

Agree that website developers are in part responsible for this terrible distraction, there ARE steps Apple could do to counter the distraction, just like annoying advertisements - which are also placed on websites by developers yet Apple provides read mode, other developers offer services and features to minimize add distraction. Apple could EASILY set up a preference option for users to essentially hide or suppress Google authenticate panel.

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.

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.

And neither you nor Apple can stop it. Only the site developer can opt out by not using the Google API. But it’s likely that Google pays them for implementing the API, so for the business that runs the site it’s a no-brainer.

I do not like the Safari browser so my recommendation for more reasons than this is to switch to Firefox and install uBlock Origin. It instantly stopped every google pop-up.

https://www.maketecheasier.com/disable-sign-in-google-prompt-websites/

I also don't recommend using SSO with Apple or Google, and certainly not Facebook. Use 1password or alike. If for any reason you want to exit the Apple world, this key integration will make it very difficult to exit. How many companies have changed a policy and you have wanted to leave them behind?

Actually, Apple could easily fix this; all they would need to do is have an ad blocker as a standard in Safari with custom filtering. They acquire all these other companies, why not an ad blocker company...

For Safari: Out of all the repeating suggestions on the internet this actually worked!! For reference two websites I know have the annoying popup are Pinterest and Canvas, and boom it was gone. So yay!!

hillie wrote:

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

Apple cannot prevent third-party websites from contracting with Google to use Google's sign in service any more than Google can prevent websites from using Apple's.

Safari for Mac used to have an easier way to block pop-ups. The current way allows for detailed exceptions for websites that you want to allow them on.

Open Safari

Select "Settings" (under Safari menu)

Select "Websites" tab

Scroll down to "Pop-up Windows"

For sites you have visited, you can allow pop-ups, but you can (at the very bottom, in the gray section of the border)

Select "Block" for "When visiting other websites:"

I just tested it with several sites that have been popping up the Google login (ebay, redfin, dropbox) and it works.