Have you opened a website that doesn’t allow you to right click to open the context menu? It’s annoying, but many websites block the right-click context menu to prevent users from copying content. But free web advocates like me see this as an abuse of a browser feature. Website owners choose to prevent users from accessing the browser’s default menu, rather than creating context menus for right-clicks. Today we’re going to show you 4 different ways to re-enable the right-click context menu on all websites. It includes using a JS snippet, installing a browser extension, disabling JavaScript in your browser, and using a web proxy on incompatible websites.
Enable Right Click on Disabled Websites
The methods described in this article will help you re-enable the full right-click context menu on all websites. It allows you to copy not only text but also image and video URLs. These methods work on almost all major desktop platforms, including Windows, macOS, and Linux. Most work in all major browsers, including Chrome, Firefox, and Edge. Without further ado, let’s explore 4 ways to enable right click menu on websites that disable it.
Method 1: Using Browser Extensions or Add-ons
The easiest way to enable the right-click menu on any website is to use an extension or plugin. Various extensions serve the purpose, but the one I’ve used for the better part of the last decade Absolute Enable Right Click and Copy. Available in both Chrome (download) and Firefox (download). The extension enables you to remove copy protection on all websites by enabling the right-click context menu in your browser. You can also use ‘Absolute Mode’ to forcibly remove any kind of right-click restrictions.
Method 2: Disable JavaScript in Web Browser
Another way to easily enable the right-click context menu globally is to completely disable JavaScript in your web browser. However, it is worth noting that this method can and will break core functionality on some websites. Most modern HTML5-based websites make extensive use of JavaScript for user activity and actions on web pages. Regardless, here’s how you can turn off JavaScript in Chrome, Firefox, and Edge.
- In Chrome go to:Settings -> Privacy and Security -> Site Settings -> JavaScript’ and then turn off the toggle. You can turn it back on whenever you want. You can also whitelist or blacklist certain sites so that they are exempt from the general setting.
- In Firefox go to:about:config’ and search for JavaScript. Find
javascript.enabledinput that should be ‘True’ by default. Double click on it to change the value to . Wrong. JavaScript is now disabled in your Firefox browser. You can re-enable it by double-clicking it once again.
- In the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser, navigate to: ‘Settings -> Cookies and Site Permissions -> JavaScript’. Like Chrome, you’ll find a toggle here that you can turn off to disable JavaScript. Of course, you can retrace your path and reactivate it at any time.
Method 3: Using JavaScript Code
Another easy way to enable the right-click menu on any web page is to use a simple code snippet. For this, go to the target web page and copy and paste the following line of code into the address bar: javascript:void(document.oncontextmenu=null); and press Enter.
This method temporarily disable the JavaScript warning on that page. Note that you will have to do this every time you want to access the right-click menu.
Method 4: Using Web Proxy
You can also use a proxy service to enable right-click context menus on websites. This is because most proxy sites offer an option to turn off scripts that might identify the user. You can use services such as hide meincludes this feature. Only Don’t forget to check ‘Remove Scripts’ Before going to the target website. Note that using this option may break some website functionality.
Easily Enable Right Click on All Websites
Using the methods described above, you can easily enable disabled websites by right-clicking them. Of course you shouldn’t use them to recycle or steal publishers’ content, but you may access the resources for personal use. For most users, using an extension/plugin is probably easiest, but it’s always good to have more options. So go ahead, try these methods whenever you come across a site with the right click context menu disabled. Also, drop us a comment if you know of more user-friendly ways to enable right click on all websites on the web.
