Block a Website in Chrome to allow its access further. But, Google Chrome doesn’t have any website blocking feature or settings or blocking tool. However, there are plenty of chrome Extensions that can be installed to allow you to block a website. Block site, a website blocker, is chrome extension to block websites of your choice. To block the site, simply copy the website URL from the address bar and paste it into the list of blocked sites in the Block site chrome extension options. This enables to block a website using chrome browser extension BlockSite.
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Websites can be blocked with the help of several options available. These include, blocking websites in Internet Explorer (Firefox, Chrome Browser), block a website using external software, block a website using the command prompt, block a website using family safety, block a website using windows. Consider the one that best works for your needs.
There are several reasons to block a certain website on your computer. The reasons may be some websites contains explicit content, spreading the virus or trying to steal your personal data, prevent children from accessing prohibited sites. Though you are genuine in avoiding such websites, but intruders cannot standout true in accessing such sites. So blocking websites can be the true remedy.
Here are several extensions that can help you block websites on Chrome.
Google chrome’s Chrome Web Store contains handful of extensions to block a website on Chrome.
Launch Chrome Web Store:
Before getting Block site, a website blocker, extension to google chrome browser to block websites, you have to launch Chrome Web Store.
Step1. Click on the three horizontal line on the top-left corner to customize and control Google Chrome and click settings.
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Step2. Click Extensions and scroll down and select Get more extensions.
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Step3. Now, Chrome Web Store is launched.
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Procedure to add block site extension to chrome browser
After launching Chrome Web Store, Search for Block site, a website blocker in chrome, in the search field and add that Block site as chrome browser extension.
Step1. Type Block site in the search box, check Extensions and press enter. Scroll down to find Block site extension.
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Step2. Click ADD TO CHROME on the right side.
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Step3. Add "Block site" pop-up, click add extension. Block site extension will be added to the chrome browser.
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Method1: Procedure to block a website using Block site in chrome browser
After adding Block site extension, now it’s time for you to block websites using this chrome extension.
Step1. Now open the website, you want to block, in chrome browser and right click anywhere on the website.
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Step2. Select Block site and click options.
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Step3. Add any website to the list of blocked sites. Click add page.
For Example, Here I tried to block www.alwaysgoinnovative.com by adding this URL to the list of blocked sites.
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Now, if you try to open the website you have blocked in chrome with Block site extension, it will show like this.
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Step4. Like this, you can block any number of websites by adding websites to the list of blocked sites.
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Step5. If you want to set another redirect page for your blocked sites, you can do it for each website separately and click Set.
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You can even set default redirect page for all the blocked websites.
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Method2: Block any website in chrome browser with Block site
You can simply block any website in chrome with Block site extension by following the procedure.
Step1. Now open the website, you want to block, in chrome browser and right click anywhere on the website.
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Step2. Select Block site and click Add current site to the blacklist.
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This adds the web URL to the list of blocked sites and website will be blocked.
This is the simple way of blocking websites on chrome with Block site extension.
You can unblock the websites that are blocked by Block site, by clicking on the Red Cross (X) letter, a pop-up appears and click OK. The website will be unblocked.
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You can also block or unblock the blocked websites by switching between blacklist and whitelist. Choose switch to OFF beside enable Block site to unblock the Websites.
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Blocking a site in Chrome Browser using Block site chrome extension only blocks the particular site in chrome browser itself. Any other browser on the computer, as well as any computer, phone, or tablet connected to your home network, can still access the site you are blocking.
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