Change Websites preferences in Safari on Mac

In the Safari app on your Mac, use Websites preferences to customise how you browse individual websites. To change these preferences, choose Safari > Preferences, then click Websites.

The settings you can customise (such as Reader and Content Blockers) are listed on the left.

To apply a setting to a website on the right, first select the setting, then choose the option you want from the pop-menu next to the website.

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Option				Description
Reader				On: Automatically use Safari Reader to display articles on the site without ads or other distractions. Off: Don’t use Reader by default on the site. (You can still choose to use Reader for individual articles on the site.)
Content Blockers				On: Stop ads and other unwanted content from appearing on the site. Off: Don’t block ads and other unwanted content on the site.
Auto-Play				Allow All Auto-Play: All videos on the site can autoplay. Stop Media with Sound: Only videos that don’t have audio will autoplay. Never Auto-Play: No videos can autoplay.
Page Zoom				Choose a percentage of zoom to make text and images on the site easier to see.
Camera				Ask: The site must ask if it can use the camera on your Mac. Deny: The site can’t use your camera. Allow: The site can always use your camera.
Microphone				Ask: The site must ask if it can use the microphone on your Mac. Deny: The site can’t use your microphone. Allow: The site can always use your microphone.
Screen Sharing				Ask: The site must ask if it can use the camera and microphone on your Mac. Deny: The site can’t use your camera and microphone.
Location				Ask: The site must ask if it can use your location. Deny: The site can’t use your location. Allow: The site can always use your location.
Downloads				Ask: The site must ask before it starts a download. Deny: The site can’t download. Allow: The site can always download.
Notifications				Allow: The site can always send you notifications. Deny: The site can’t send you notifications. Allow websites to ask for permission to send notifications: When you visit a website that wants to send you notifications, you see a dialogue asking if you want to receive them. To stop seeing the dialog, deselect this option.
Pop-up Windows				Block pop-up windows that appear when you open or close a web page. Block and Notify: When you visit the site, Safari displays an icon in the Smart Search field. You can click the icon to display the pop-up windows. Block: The site can’t display pop-up windows. Allow: The site can display pop-up windows. Note: Some websites use pop-up windows for essential content.
Currently Open Websites				Websites that are open in a window or tab in Safari. You might have previously chosen an option from the pop-up menu for some of these websites.
Configured Websites				The list of websites you’ve customised. If you don’t see Configured Websites, either you haven’t customised a website yet, or you’ve cleared the list.
Remove				Remove the selected website from the list of configured websites.
When visiting other websites				Choose an option from this pop-up menu to apply it to any website that you haven’t already chosen a setting for. To apply a setting to all websites, make sure no websites are listed under Configured Websites (to clear the list quickly, select the websites, then click Remove). Then click this pop-up menu and choose the option you want.
Share across devices				Use the settings you chose for a website on all Apple devices where you’re signed in with the same Apple ID and have Safari turned on in iCloud preferences. Page Zoom settings are shared only with another Mac or an iPad. Important: Privacy-sensitive settings, such as Camera and Microphone, aren’t shared across devices.

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Change Websites preferences in Safari on Mac