# Smart Phone "Pop Up" in Chrome - Recommended For You **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 7, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-phone-pop-up-in-chrome-recommended-for-you/621199 "2012-05-07T17:37:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-phone-pop-up-in-chrome-recommended-for-you/621199/1 "2012-05-07T17:37:39Z")
There is a pop up, if you will, that says “Recommended For You” in the lower right corner of my chrome browser. Occasionally, it expands upward into something that looks like a smart phone, with various links. I don’t know what it is and want to get rid of it. Anyone have any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-phone-pop-up-in-chrome-recommended-for-you/621199/2 "2012-05-07T18:14:38Z")
[Other sufferers with suggestions](http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/VVlaSIUmrnY) ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-phone-pop-up-in-chrome-recommended-for-you/621199/3 "2012-05-07T21:43:03Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > [Other sufferers with suggestions](http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/VVlaSIUmrnY) I tried the suggestion there about disabling extensions one-by-one and also running Malwarebytes. It seems to have worked. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-phone-pop-up-in-chrome-recommended-for-you/621199/4 "2012-05-07T21:44:03Z")
Happy to help! ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-phone-pop-up-in-chrome-recommended-for-you/621199/5 "2012-05-08T14:48:35Z")
Thanks. Correction: Now it only seems to pop up on this board and nowhere else. Does this make sense? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-phone-pop-up-in-chrome-recommended-for-you/621199/6 "2012-05-08T14:56:58Z")
Sounds like spite to me. 😃 Srsly, I got nothin’. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-phone-pop-up-in-chrome-recommended-for-you/621199/7 "2012-06-04T22:46:42Z")
Bumping this up because I’m getting it too, and according to many computer forums, it’s a serious bitch to get rid of, and a lot of people are having the same problem. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-phone-pop-up-in-chrome-recommended-for-you/621199/8 "2012-06-04T22:54:10Z")
Yeah, it’s back for me too. They only problem I’ve encountered, other than the annoyance factor, is that sometimes it “blocks” other links when it expands, even though I appear to have closed it. For example, in the lower right corner of this page you see “Contact Us”, “Straight Dope Homepage”, “Archive”, and “Top”. Only “Contact Us” will work when this happens. I’m just ignoring it for now… ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-phone-pop-up-in-chrome-recommended-for-you/621199/9 "2012-06-06T04:34:57Z")
Are we allowed to wish harm/death on people who write these kinds of programs? ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-phone-pop-up-in-chrome-recommended-for-you/621199/10 "2012-06-06T12:10:13Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Are we allowed to wish harm/death on people who write these kinds of programs? Absolutely not. It’s too good for them. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-phone-pop-up-in-chrome-recommended-for-you/621199/11 "2012-06-25T21:29:26Z")
A bit of news on this front. If you dowload [AdBlock](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom) you can use it to get rid of this annoying pop-up, at least for a while. After installing, right click on the ad (even if you can’t see it, i.e. you can only see the X used to dismiss it) and select “Block this ad” from the AdBlock menu. Assuming the ad disappears, press “Looks good”. You should be told that 1 item on the page is matched. This blocks the ad based on an id used in the HTML. I suspect this id will be changed over time, and if so you’ll have to repeat these steps, but this will get rid of it. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-phone-pop-up-in-chrome-recommended-for-you/621199/12 "2012-07-03T15:11:39Z")
Me again!\* Yep, the above only worked for a while. New solution: add “###close-btn-0” to the customizable filter list in the ad blocker you are using. This will block anything with those characters in the HTML, so there is the possibility that something you might want will also be blocked. In my last example, something similar happens, but it only blocks the popup on the [straightdope.com](http://straightdope.com) site. \*Not sure if anyone cares, but I feel a duty to rid the world of this nuisance!