How to Block Websites on Google Chrome

Living in an age
with high-speed internet is
incredible. With all the information that can be easily yours, you can learn
how to do almost anything. And with all the possibilities it can bring, it
seems like the world is your oyster!

But as awesome as
it is, having internet can hold you back. Visiting some websites can eat up
your focus, time, and attention. As a result, it can decrease productivity and
cause distractions!

The solution? Learn to block the websites that you tend to visit for purely entertainment. Or maybe sites you don’t want your kids to be able to visit!

In this post, we’ll walk through the process on how to block websites on Chrome using your computer. This way, you can enjoy living in an internet-enabled age without the internet getting in your way.

Using
Block Site

This is a top website blocker for Chrome. After you add Block Site to Chrome, you can begin.

Once finished
with the installation, you will be redirected to a page where this says so. To
proceed, click Agree.

By then, you can
configure away!

A winning feature
of this extension is the plethora of options it gives you for how you choose to
block sites.

You can block
sites during working hours only. Just click Work Mode on the sidebar!

You can also
setup parental controls with the use of passwords, block adult sites, and block
certain words.

Using
uBlacklist

This works every
time you perform a Google search. When a site turns up, next to it is an option
to block the site.

Here’s how you
get started with this extension.

First, download
it. Search for uBlacklist on the Chrome Web Store and click Add to Chrome.

To see it in action,
do a Google search.

For example, I
did a search for “twitter”. After I installed the extension, I see a Block this site option next to the
search results.

Clicking that
options means the particular website won’t appear next time around. That site
can remain blocked for years or until it’s unblocked.

You can also just
click the icon on your toolbar. Doing this will reveal a window where you can
enter the name of the website that you want out.

Another way to
approach this is to manage blocked sites.

To begin, locate
the uBlacklist icon in your toolbar. Right-click on it and choose Options.

You are then
presented with a list of options.

One of your
options is to specify the website that you want to block. Just enter its
address on the appropriate field.

Edit
hosts file

Another option is
to edit the hosts file. To make this happen, go to Windows > System32 > drivers > etc. Right-click on the hosts file.

Then open it
using Notepad.

Scroll down the hosts file.

You can leave it
as is. You can also delete the contents with the hashes so you can have a clean
file.

Either way, type
in “127.0.0.1” and then “localhost”.

Now, enter the
same bunch of numbers on the next line. But instead of keying in “localhost”,
enter the name of the website that you want to block.