Block Websites on Chrome. Reclaim your focus.

The Website Blocker for Chrome with built-in Pomodoro timer, schedule and password protection. Set up in 30 seconds — all local, no account.

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Website Blocker features

Six ways to block websites on Chrome

Mix and match — from a single domain to a whole category, only on weekday mornings, only during a Pomodoro session.

Block whole websites

Block whole sites with one click. facebook.com, youtube.com, anything — gone the moment you paste it.

Block specific URLs

Surgical blocks: youtube.com/shorts/*, reddit.com/r/all. Keep the parts you love, kill the parts that eat your day.

Block by keyword

Type casino once. Every gambling site goes dark. Same for poker, shorts, anything you don't want to see again.

Block by category

Five ready-made packs — Social, Games, News, Video, Shopping — covering 60+ sites between them. One toggle disables them all.

Block on a schedule

Workdays 9–18, evenings 18–23, or all day. Multiple intervals per day, overnight ranges (18:00 → 09:00) work too.

Block during Focus Mode

A separate kill-list that activates only during Pomodoro sessions. Off duty? Sites are back. Timer running? They're gone.

Who it's for

A Website Blocker for work, study and family rules

For professionals

Block social media, news and YouTube during deep work. Run a Pomodoro session and stay heads-down until the timer rings.

Deep work Pomodoro Schedule

For students

Block YouTube, TikTok, Reddit and games while studying. Lock the rules with a password so you cannot weasel out before the exam.

Study focus Exam prep Password lock

For parents

Set up a parental control website blocker on the family Chrome profile, then protect the rules with a password only you know. Categories cover the obvious bad neighborhoods in one click.

Parental control Categories Password lock

For remote workers

Schedule blocks for Monday-to-Friday, 9 to 18, and let the extension turn focus on and off automatically. Evening blocks for the after-work scroll spiral.

Work hours Auto schedule Evening reset
Getting started

How to block websites on Chrome in 3 steps

1

Install & pin

Add to Chrome from the Web Store, then pin the lock icon next to your address bar for one-click access.

2

Add what to block

Paste a domain, pick a category, type a keyword — or just hit Block this site on any Chrome page that's wasting your time.

3

Stay in flow

Run a Pomodoro session, set a daily schedule, lock the rules with a password — and watch the stats pile up.

Need more methods? Read the full guide: How to block websites on Chrome — 6 methods →

Core blocking

Domains, URLs, and keywords in one clean control center.

Block a whole website, target one exact URL pattern, or stop every domain that contains a keyword. Each item has its own on/off switch, so you can pause a rule without deleting it.

Perfect for blocking all of YouTube, only YouTube Shorts, or anything with words like casino, poker, or game.

Pomodoro

A focus timer that actually blocks.

Run 25/5, 50/10, or your own intervals. Pick a different kill-list for focus sessions and let the timer enforce it — pause, resume, skip the break, see exactly where you are in the cycle.

When the focus phase ends, your sites come back automatically. No willpower required.

Parental control

Lock the rules behind a password.

Set an 8-character password and a one-time recovery code. Adding, removing, or disabling blocks now needs the password — useful for kids, useful for self-discipline at 2 a.m.

Forgot it? Use the recovery code. Don't have it? You'll need to wait. That's the point.

Tasks

Plan the work before the focus session starts.

Add a short task list right inside the extension, then filter by All, Active, or Completed while you work. Tasks can be grouped into Personal, Work, Daily, or your own custom categories.

Completed tasks feed into local statistics, so the extension tracks both what you avoided and what you actually finished.

Insights

See exactly what was eating your day.

Live counter of blocked attempts today and this week. A 7-day chart so you can spot patterns. The top 10 most-blocked sites with their favicons — usually a slightly painful list.

Ninety days of history kept locally, then auto-cleaned. No accounts, no cloud.

Categories

Five packs. Sixty-five sites. One toggle.

Social Media, Games, News, Video, Shopping — every pack is a curated list of the usual suspects. Flip the toggle on Monday morning, flip it back on Friday evening.

Need your own pack? Build a custom category with any sites you want, in seconds.

Schedule

Block on the clock, not on willpower.

Choose the days, choose the hours. Multiple intervals per day are fine. Overnight ranges that wrap past midnight are fine. Quick presets — Workday 9–18, Evening 18–23, Always — get you running in two clicks.

Granular control

Block websites, URLs, keywords and categories

Block a whole domain, a single path like YouTube Shorts, any page that mentions a word, or a curated category of sites — whatever makes the most sense for the distraction you are fighting.

Block whole domains

The classic. Add a domain and every page on it loads the block screen instead.

  • youtube.com
  • facebook.com
  • tiktok.com
  • x.com
  • instagram.com

Block specific URL patterns

Surgical strikes. Block YouTube Shorts but keep regular videos. Block Reddit's front page but allow your subreddits.

  • youtube.com/shorts/*
  • reddit.com/r/all
  • twitter.com/explore
  • news.ycombinator.com
  • facebook.com/watch

Block by keyword

Catch any page whose URL or title mentions a word — useful for topics that show up under many domains.

  • casino
  • poker
  • shorts
  • betting
  • crypto

Block by category

Five curated packs — flip a toggle and 60+ sites are blocked at once.

  • Social Media — facebook, instagram, x.com, tiktok, +9 more
  • Games — steam, epic, twitch, +11 more
  • News — cnn, bbc, reuters, +10 more
  • Video — youtube, vimeo, twitch, +9 more
  • Shopping — amazon, ebay, aliexpress, +12 more

Custom categories

Build your own pack. Name it, add any sites you want, toggle the whole pack on or off in one click.

  • "Job board distractions" → linkedin, indeed, glassdoor
  • "Crypto rabbit hole" → coingecko, coinmarketcap
  • "YouTube replacements" → vimeo, dailymotion

Block during specific hours

Combine any of the above with the schedule. Blocks turn on automatically during work hours and turn off in the evening.

  • Workday focus — Mon-Fri, 09:00-18:00
  • Evening reset — Every day, 18:00-23:00
  • Overnight wind-down — 22:00-07:00
  • Weekend wall — Sat-Sun, all day
Bonus

A few extras you didn't ask for

Built-in sharing

Share the extension from the popup in one click when someone else needs help staying off distracting sites.

Live stats & 7-day chart

Counters for today / this week, top distractions with favicons, 90 days of history kept locally.

Dark mode

Light and dark themes, easy on the eyes for late sessions. Switch in one click from the popup.

Reviews

What users say on the Chrome Web Store

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"It works well y'all just glaze the ones u have to pay monthly."
P Phoenix PiratesChrome Web Store · Oct 2025
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"This is not wrong if I include this extension in top 10 extensions with my experience. Very nice, easy, 100% work."
S Shujat HassanChrome Web Store · May 2025
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"Love it! Easy to use, and exactly what I was looking for."
V Volha MalyshavaChrome Web Store · May 2024
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"Very easy to use, simple and effective."
A Anh Đức PhạmChrome Web Store · Oct 2024
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"Excellent extension."
M Marielena MarcanoChrome Web Store · May 2025
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Privacy-first Chrome extension

A Website Blocker that stays local

No account. No cloud blocklist. No selling personal data. Your blocked websites, schedule, password hash, tasks and focus stats stay in Chrome storage — on your machine, not on someone else's server.

No account, no email

Install and start blocking. There is no sign-up, no profile, no email collection, no cloud sync. Nothing tying your blocklist to an identity.

Local-first storage

Blocklist, schedule, password hash, tasks and 90 days of stats all live in chrome.storage on your device. Uninstall the extension and the data is gone with it.

Manifest V3, no remote code

Built on Chrome's Manifest V3. The extension uses storage, tabs, activeTab, webNavigation and alarms, plus host access required to read URLs and decide locally whether to block them. No remote scripts, no eval, no visited URLs sent to our servers.

Works across Chromium

One extension, one install — same experience on Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera and Vivaldi. If your browser opens the Chrome Web Store, Website Blocker runs.

Password protection

Lock your settings behind a password so you cannot disable blocks in a moment of weakness — perfect for parental control or honest self-discipline. Recovery code only on your machine.

No ads, no browsing data sold

Optional anonymous product analytics that you can disable in Settings. No ad networks. No visited URLs, blocked domains, passwords or tasks ever sent to our servers. You are not the product.

FAQ

Questions, answered

How do you block websites on Chrome?
Install the Website Blocker extension, click its icon on any page, then press Block this site. The domain is added to your blocklist instantly. Step-by-step guide on how to block a website on Chrome →
Do I need to create an account?
No. Website Blocker works without an account, signup, email or any registration. Your blocklist, schedule and stats stay locally in chrome.storage on your device.
Does the Chrome website blocker work in Edge, Brave and Opera?
Yes. Anything Chromium-based with access to the Chrome Web Store. The extension uses Manifest V3 and behaves the same across Chrome, Edge, Brave and Opera.
How do I block YouTube Shorts on Chrome but keep regular videos?
Add a URL pattern like youtube.com/shorts/* instead of blocking the whole domain. Same trick works for reddit.com/r/all and twitter.com/explore. Full guide on blocking YouTube on Chrome →
Can I block websites on Chrome only during certain hours?
Yes. Use the Schedule feature to set days and time ranges. Quick presets: Workday 9-18, Evening 18-23, Always.
I forgot my password.
Use the recovery code shown when you first set the password — keep it somewhere safe (a password manager, a note). Without the password and recovery code there's no backdoor — by design.
Where are my blocklist and stats stored?
Locally in your browser via chrome.storage. Nothing is uploaded to a server. If you want them on multiple machines, sign into Chrome with your Google account — Chrome's built-in sync will carry the settings over.
Will the extension slow down my browser?
No. Blocking runs through Chrome's native webNavigation API, so there's no per-page script overhead. It's effectively invisible until you try to open a blocked site.
Can I use this for parental control?
Yes. Combine the category packs (Social Media, Games, Video) with adult-related keywords in the keyword filter and password protection so kids can't disable the blocker. See the parental control setup guide →

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