Guides

Practical ways to block the sites that pull you away, and to keep your focus without fighting yourself.

• How to block YouTube during work hours (and still use it for work)Block YouTube in Chrome during your working hours without losing it for tutorials: a scheduled pause, a search-only mode, or a full block.
• How to hide YouTube recommendations, Shorts and the home feedThree ways to hide YouTube recommendations, Shorts and the home feed on a computer, and keep search for the videos you actually came for.
• How to block Reddit on Chrome when you need to focusReddit has no built-in time limit. Here’s how to block or pause Reddit in Chrome during work, including old.reddit.com, and how to cut the triggers that pull you back.
• How to block Instagram on your computerInstagram’s own reminders only nudge you. Here’s how to actually block or pause instagram.com on a computer in Chrome, with or without an extension.
• How to block websites on Chrome: 5 ways comparedChrome has no built-in website blocker for regular accounts. Here are the five ways to block a site in Chrome, who each one is for, and how they compare.