Turn on Javascript in Internet Browsers

Are your favorite websites not loading correctly? JavaScript powers a lot of the interactive content you find on modern web pages. This power, however, means that it sometimes poses a security risk and is turned off. JavaScript can be quickly re-enabled on any web browser, allowing you to start enjoying your sites again. See Step 1 below to learn how.

Steps

Internet Explorer

  1. Click the Gear icon in the top right corner. Alternatively, click Tools in the menu bar. Select Internet Options from the menu.
  2. Click the Security tab. Click “Custom level” button at the bottom of the window. The Security Settings dialog box will pop up.
  3. Scroll down to the Scripting category. Click the Enable option under “Active scripting”. This will allow Internet Explorer to show JavaScript elements on the page.
  4. Click OK twice to close out. Click the Refresh button to reload the webpage with your new settings.

Chrome

  1. Click the Chrome menu button. This button is located in the upper-right corner of the Chrome window, and looks like three horizontal bars. Select Settings towards the bottom of the menu.
    • You can also type chrome://settings/ into the address bar and press Enter.
  2. Click the “Show advanced settings” link.
  3. Click the “Content settings…” button, located in the Privacy section. A new window will open.
  4. Scroll to the JavaScript section. Ensure that “Allow all sites to run JavaScript (recommended)” is toggled on.
  5. Check your exceptions. If the website you are trying to load was added to the exceptions list, Chrome will prevent it from loading JavaScript even though it is enabled in the browser. Click the “Manage exceptions…” button and then look for any websites that you want to run JavaScript on. Change the "Behavior" menu to "Allow", or delete the entry.[1]

Firefox

  1. Check your extensions. You may be running a JavaScript-blocking extension. Firefox has JavaScript enabled by default, and it is usually disabled by running an extension. Click the Firefox menu and select "Add-ons" to see what extensions you have installed. This will open the Add-ons Manager.
    • Click the Extensions tab on the left side of the window. Some of the more popular JavaScript-blocking extensions include QuickJava, No-Script, and SettingSanity.
    • Select the extension that is blocking your JavaScript and click the Disable or Remove button.
    • Restart Firefox. Try to load a web page with JavaScript.
  2. Check your Firefox advanced settings. There is an option to enable or disable JavaScript in the Firefox configuration files. to access these files, type about:config into the Firefox address bar and press Enter.
    • Read the warning and click the “I’ll be careful, I promise!” button. Making changes to these files and settings may render your installation of Firefox unusable. If that happens, you'll need to Un-install Firefox, then Re-Install it, so check Backing Up Firefox before you continue.
    • In the Search bar at the top of the page, enter the term javascript.enabled and press Enter.
    • The value for javascript.enabled should be set to “true”. If it says “false”, right-click it and select Toggle.
    • Reboot Firefox and try loading a page with JavaScript.
  3. Reinstall Firefox. If all else fails, uninstall and reinstall Firefox to restore all of the default settings. Because JavaScript is a foundation of the Firefox browser, reinstalling should restore its functionality.[2]

Safari

  1. Click the Safari menu. Select "Preferences" and then click the "Security tab".
  2. Check the "Enable JavaScript" box. If the box is unchecked, then JavaScript will not load on web pages.
  3. Enable JavaScript on iOS device. Tap the Settings app on your Home screen and scroll down to the Safari section. Tap Advanced, and then toggle the JavaScript option to ON.[3]

Opera

  1. Click the Opera menu. Select Settings. Or you can use "alt+p" shortcut.
    • If you don’t have an Opera menu and instead have a traditional menu bar, click Tools.
  2. Click Website. At the Javascript section, ensure that “Allow all sites to run JavaScript (recommended)” is toggled on.
  3. Refresh your current web page. This will load your new settings.[4]

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Sources and Citations

  1. ↑ https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/114662
  2. ↑ https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/971170
  3. ↑ http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1677
  4. ↑ http://www.enable-javascript.com/#opera

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