How to Block Website on Chrome mobile for Android Devices, Chrome, & Firefox
Websites have become an easy go for us. When we need any information then we go for web pages but there are instances where we must know how to block websites on Chrome Android Devices. While surfing on the internet, we came come across some websites that are either annoying or suspicious and cause doubt about them being a virus or malicious code carriers. The better way to keep protected ourselves is to just stay away from them by blocking them.
There are various reasons why we block websites in chrome android:
- By blocking a website, it saves children from harmful or inappropriate content.
- It also saves you from distractions from other tasks while visiting a website.
- Block websites that are slowing down your internet speed.
Now, we will discuss here how to block websites on search engines:
- Chrome
- Chrome mobile for Android devices
- Firefox
- Opera
How to block a website on Chrome at Desktop
There are so many extensions available in marketing that are providing a service to block websites such as Adblocker, and VPNs. Block site and so on. But in this tutorial, we have mentioned a way to block a website by using a block site extension.
Follow the below steps to block a website on Chrome, firstly mandatory to go to Google add-ons to add an extension:
- Just type in “BlockSite Extension” on your Chrome browser.
- Select the links that say ‘Block Site-Website Blocker for Chrome or click on “BlockSite: Block Websites & Stay Focused“.
- Click on the blue box “Add to Chrome“.
- Now you will see a new pop-up window and select ‘Add extension’.
- Now, you can decide whether to accept or skip blocking a website.
- Finally, you can enter the website link you want to block on a box.
How to Block Websites on Android Chrome
There is so many extension available in marketing that is providing a service to block websites such as Adblocker, and VPNs. Block site and so on. But in this tutorial, we have mentioned how to block websites on Google Chrome android by using the BlockSite extension.
Follow the below steps to block the website on Chrome android device:
- Go to ‘Google Play Store’ on your phone and open it.
- Select and search for the ‘BlockSite – Avoid Distractions’ and click on the ‘Install’.
- When completing the installing process click on the ‘open’.
- Then you will need to accept Ts & Cs by clicking ‘Accept’.
- Now, you should click on the ‘Permit Access’. It will give you the accessibility screen for apps on your phone.
- You can choose ‘BlockSite’ and a new screen display then click on the ‘Accept’.
- If you want to login with another email id then choose another email id and proceed or ignore this step by closing the window and the app will still work.
- In the next screen, the app asks if you want any upgrade. It is not necessary so close this screen and now you will be able to block websites.
How to Block Websites in Google Chrome on Android Phones Without Using an App
Without using third-party apps you can not block specific websites but it helps to block notifications and pop-ups. Google Chrome’s internal settings do not allow users to directly block websites on Android, but merely content. The steps are given below.
- On your android open Google Chrome.
- Navigate to the website that you want to block.
- On the right side of the address bar, there are three vertical dots top on them and then select the info icon.
- Click on-site settings.
- You may adjust the Permissions and prevent media, pop-ups, and other things by taping a setting.
How to enable Google’s Safe Search to block websites
Any unsuitable adult websites on the device will be blocked if the “Safe Search” option is enabled. However, the option would only be available on Google’s native search and when the filter is activated, Google will only show relevant results by filtering out any pornographic content.
- Go to Google settings then click on Accounts & Privacy.
- You only need to go to the “Search & Now” function now.
- Now you enable the Safe Search Filter.
How to block a website on Firefox
Follow the below steps to block a website on Mozilla Firefox:
- Just open your Firefox browser.
- Click on the three dots in the top-right corner.
- Choose ‘Add-ons’. Which will bring you a new page.
- You can type ‘BlockSite’ in the search bar.
- Next, you can select from the results a number of site blocking add-ons.
- In the results, you should select the first one because it has the highest star rating from users.
- You can simply click on the name to add and then click on the ‘Add to Firefox’.
- Now, a pop-up box displays permissions and you need to click on ‘Add’ to continue.
- You will see that it has been added on the top-right corner and now you can start blocking the websites.
How to block a website on Opera
Follow the below steps to block a website on Opera.
- Open the Opera browser on your PC.
- Click on Settings and go to Preferences by clicking the keyboard shortcut key Ctrl + F12.
- Go to the Advanced tab, select Content, and then select the Blocked Content button.
- Click on the Add button and enter the URL of the website you want to block or would prefer not to see.
- After this you have to click on the Close button, the websites you added to the block list will appear under “All blocked sites.”
- You can remove any website from the list of blocked websites by using the Delete option.
- You will get a blocked notification and instructions on how to unblock a website if you open one that you added to your block list.
Last Word!!
As we saw in this article that while surfing the net you will come across a few websites that could be suspicious or annoying. Ignoring this can be quite risk-taking. Blocking these types of websites is the ultimate option to stay away from these sites. We believe that all the above steps will help to block websites on Chrome, Chrome mobile for Android devices, and Firefox. If you still have any issues use Mighty PC Cleaner and contact our Technical Support Team to fix any issues.