How to Block Websites on iPhone and iPad TechRadar
If you’re wondering how to block websites on iPhone and iPad, chances are you’ve come across a site you’d rather not see again. Either that or you have kids you’d like to keep safe online. After all, there is a lot of great content, but also a lot of bad stuff!
Stick with Safari as your browser of choice, though, and you can easily filter out unwanted websites. In addition to blocking adult content, you can ensure that specific sites cannot be accessed. You can also go the other way by making sure there is a blanket ban on all but a handful of websites. These are based on a list that you can adapt to your situation.
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Either way, the website blocking features are located within Screen Time. So, to use one of the three functions explained below, you will need to follow these four steps first.
1. Launch the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad and tap Screen Time.
2. Select Enable screen time if it is not already enabled and follow the on-screen instructions to set it up. Other, tap Content & Privacy Restrictions.
3. Enable the Content & Privacy Restrictions button to the “on” (green) position.
4. Tap Web Content.
Now that you know how to access web content settings, you can start blocking websites.
The easiest option is to use Apple’s own list of adult websites. This will prevent you (or anyone else) from using Safari on an iPhone or iPad to view adult material.
1. Follow the steps above (regarding web content settings) and tap Restrict Adult Websites.
2. If you find that this limits certain websites that you want to keep, tap Add Website below Always allow.
3. You can then type the url of the site you want to see. Tap Done and tap Web Content to return to the previous screen.
You can also go further and select specific websites that you want to block. These will be added to the list of adult websites gathered by Apple.
1. Follow the steps above (regarding web content settings) then tap Restrict Adult Websites.
2. Now tap Add Website below never allow.
3. Type the URL of the site you do not want to see and tap Done. You can then tap Web Content to return to the previous screen.
The third way to restrict access to online content is to block almost all website, before then authorizing the consultation of some of them.
1. Follow the steps above (regarding web content settings) and tap Allowed websites only.
2. Now, under the list of websites Apple will automatically allow, tap Add Website.
3. Enter the website title you want to allow and enter website url. Tap Done and tap Web Content to return to the previous screen.
And that’s all. You should now be able to determine which approach works best for you. If you want to use another browser, see how to block a website in chrome. You can also say goodbye to irritating ads with the best ad blockerslearn how to disable pop-up blocker in your browserand, for good measure, understand how to block unwanted calls on iphone.
