Once BlockSite is installed and a web page loads, type any URL that you want to block into the bar that reads “Enter a web address.” Once you have downloaded BlockSite, click its logo in the top right corner of the browser, to the left of the three vertical Chrome dots. There are other site-blocking applications available, but BlockSite is the most popular as of summer 2021.Ĭlick BlockSite and select Add to Chrome. Open Chrome and search the Chrome Web Store.
The easiest way to block a website on a Windows computer is to use the Chrome extension BlockSite. Add URLs to the block and access categories. Use the JSON file editor to create or edit the file for URLs. Navigate to Chrome Settings and select the managed policies folder. For any you want to allow, add to the URLAllowlist key.
Add all URLs you wish to block to the URLBlocklist key. If you are an administrator, navigate to the Chrome policy configuration profile, or. Select Administrative Templates > Google > Google Chrome.Įnable the policy Block access to a list of URLs.Įnable Allows access to list of URLs if you want to create an allowlist. This takes you to the Microsoft Windows Group Policy Editor.
Note that this feature only works on Professional and Enterprise versions of Windows, and only network admins can use it. Type gpedit.msc into the address bar and search it. Open Windows Explorer (version 7) or File Explorer (versions 8.1 and 10). If you’re an administrator, you can block websites by operating system or computer as well. Google allows blocking a total of 1,000 URLs. You may need to reload or restart Chrome before changes are active. This list will override any web pages in the Blocked list for example, if Twitter is included in your blocked URLs but you’ve listed it in Allow, users in your organization will be able to access Twitter.ĭeploy all changes to your organization. To create exceptions to Blocked URLs, you can create an allowlist. Under URL Blocking, enter URLs that are not permitted. If you’re setting restrictions for a smaller group in the organization, select or create a child organizational unit under the larger one. Select the appropriate organizational unit (your company). If you are a Google administrator for your organization, navigate to the Admin console home page in your Google account. Organizations often choose to block websites that have unprofessional or pornographic content, have the potential to distract employees (such as social media sites or entertainment), or contain malware, adware, or any other unsafe links. If an organization has a Google account, network administrators can control web page access. Not all filters perfectly block sites, and they can also block sites that weren’t intended to be blocked. If the page URL differs in structure or domain, the URL filter doesn’t always catch the blocked site.įor example, you may have set a URL filter that blocks But if that site contains links that point to, you should use an additional URL filter if you want to ensure that no one accesses those web pages. URL blocking is not always effective at blocking all web pages on a blocked website. If a URL filter sees that the URL in an HTTP request matches a URL that’s stored in a database to block, it will deny the request to connect to the web page.
URL blocking often occurs at the computer or router level (though internet service providers will sometimes block customers’ content).