Restore "apply layer mask" OPTION?

There's a new feature where you can opt to drag a layer mask to the trash and NOT be prompted to "apply layer mask?".  This also has the "do not show again" option -which I clicked by accident. So the default is now to apply layer mask when I drag a layer mask to the trash. I can't think of any way to restore the more traditional function, without restoring all other prefs.
So what I would like is a way to restore the more classic default where dragging a layer mask to trash give me the OPTION to apply or discard.
Please excuse this seemingly insgnificant request, but this is a very common function that I would like to restore.
Thanks!

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