# How to open HttpWatch in Chrome popup window

**URL:** <https://forum.httpwatch.com/t/how-to-open-httpwatch-in-chrome-popup-window/17>\
**Category:** Question\
**Created:** [April 30, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://forum.httpwatch.com/t/how-to-open-httpwatch-in-chrome-popup-window/17 "2021-04-30T13:16:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![auser](https://forum.httpwatch.com/user_avatar/forum.httpwatch.com/auser/32/5_2.png) [@auser](https://forum.httpwatch.com/u/auser)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://forum.httpwatch.com/t/how-to-open-httpwatch-in-chrome-popup-window/17/1 "2021-04-30T13:16:32Z")

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Hi there! The web app I’m testing opens a popup window with no toolbar. How can I open the HttpWatch window without using the toolbar button

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**Author:** ![HttpWatch](https://forum.httpwatch.com/user_avatar/forum.httpwatch.com/httpwatch/32/9_2.png) [@HttpWatch](https://forum.httpwatch.com/u/HttpWatch)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.httpwatch.com/t/how-to-open-httpwatch-in-chrome-popup-window/17/2 "2021-04-30T13:33:08Z")

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You can open HttpWatch by right clicking in the popup and selecting HttpWatch from the browser context menu:

 ![hw_popup](https://forum.httpwatch.com/uploads/default/original/1X/dd1df194b3c84de1f1d7bc51049c1f9c504eb1a5.png)

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**Author:** ![auser](https://forum.httpwatch.com/user_avatar/forum.httpwatch.com/auser/32/5_2.png) [@auser](https://forum.httpwatch.com/u/auser)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.httpwatch.com/t/how-to-open-httpwatch-in-chrome-popup-window/17/3 "2021-04-30T13:51:18Z")

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The popup window seems to be overriding the context menu is there anything else I can do?

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**Author:** ![HttpWatch](https://forum.httpwatch.com/user_avatar/forum.httpwatch.com/httpwatch/32/9_2.png) [@HttpWatch](https://forum.httpwatch.com/u/HttpWatch)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.httpwatch.com/t/how-to-open-httpwatch-in-chrome-popup-window/17/4 "2021-04-30T13:54:57Z")

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You could try copying the URL from the location field in the popup window into a normal Chrome window. You should then be able to access the page in the normal way and use HttpWatch from the toolbar.

Alternatively, you could consider setting up automatic recording so that a log file is saved automatically at regular intervals from all windows, tabs and popups in Chrome:

[https://help.httpwatch.com/options\_recording.html](https://help.httpwatch.com/options_recording.html)

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**Author:** ![galagwillis](https://forum.httpwatch.com/user_avatar/forum.httpwatch.com/galagwillis/32/42_2.png) [@galagwillis](https://forum.httpwatch.com/u/galagwillis)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 5:01am UTC](https://forum.httpwatch.com/t/how-to-open-httpwatch-in-chrome-popup-window/17/5 "2025-02-19T05:01:42Z")

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To open HttpWatch in a Chrome popup window without a toolbar, right-click within the popup and select “HttpWatch” from the context menu. If the context menu is disabled, copy the popup’s URL into a new tab or window where the toolbar is accessible, then use HttpWatch as usual. Alternatively, enable automatic recording in HttpWatch to capture traffic across all windows and popups.