Today anyone has access to the internet in a simple way. More and more as children, children begin to use mobile devices and computers and access to the network is getting easier.
It is true that there are a series of parental controls that we can activate on our computers with:
- Parental Control Windows 10
- Parental control Mac
- Android control Google Play
- IPhone iOS control
Every precaution is little when it comes to our little ones, and that is why we may want to know how we can block certain types of web content or pages in the Chrome browser, to prevent them from visiting pages that we consider fit for their age or that your privacy may be at risk etc.
On several occasions we must take certain precautionary measures when we surf the internet since we know the amount of dangers we face with many pages that are camouflaged as valid but really contain viruses, malware and other components that can generate the following results
- Open unwanted advertising
- Identity theft, cyber extortion is in fashion today
- Installation of unauthorized or desired applications
It is not only interesting to prevent access to children, since in many companies they also need to block workers from accessing certain web pages from their computers. In this way we will have blocked certain websites, which will not be accessible from the Chrome browser.
1 . Block web pages with Block Site
Google Chrome has a number of extensions that can allow different interesting features within the browser. If we want to block a website directly for which access to it is completely denied, we have to download the Block Site extension for the Chrome browser.
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This extension will give us the possibility to block several pages automatically. Click on the Add to Chrome button to install the extension in Google Chrome. In the displayed message we select Add extension. We can see that the extension has been added correctly.
Step 1
Once we have this extension downloaded, we can block a website directly by clicking on the extension, and selecting “Settings”.
To do this we open the web page that we want to block and right click on any area of the page and select the Block site option and in the options displayed we choose Add current site to the blacklist
We will see the following unfold
Step 2
Once inside the configuration, we must place ourselves in the “blocked sites” section of the left side menu and paste the URL which we want to block.
Step 3
We have the option to also block words if we consider it necessary. For this we select in the side menu "Blocked words" and enter the words we want. We can also mark the option to block "Adult related" words.
Step 4
Another of the configuration options is that we select the days and hours in which we want these websites to be blocked. For this we select in the side menu "Active days and hours". Once here we can adjust both the days and the schedule according to our interests.
Step 5
If we wish to deactivate the extension we can do it from the top bar on the Site activation block tab by pressing the Off button. Another interesting option of the extension is that we can add a password to prevent another user from enabling blocked websites, for this we select the field Uninstall protection and enter the password in the field Set password
With this plugin we will be able to configure the blocking of the different websites that interest us in a simple and fast way. As we see this simple but useful extension gives us the possibility of blocking all those web pages that we consider dangerous or that for some reason we do not want to be open when you enter them, for example, if we have children we can block adult pages or that contain violence.
$config[ads_text6] not found2. Block search results with Personal BlockList
Google Chrome has a number of extensions that offer us the possibility of increasing browser functions. In this case, the Personal BlockList extension will allow us to block all those domains that we want to omit from the search results list.
In this way all those domains that we select, will be included in a list, giving Google authorization to not show these websites in their results. In order to use this extension, we must follow the steps below.
Step 1
First of all, we download the extension from the Chrome browser.
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Once downloaded, we will see that its icon appears on the right side of the browser. We have to select it.
Step 2
Now we must go to the "import" tab to click on it.
Step 3
Once the import button is selected, we will see that a box appears in which we must include those URLs that we want to remove from the Google results list. Once we have included it, press the import button to make the change effective.
3. Block websites for a limited period of time StayFocusd
Undoubtedly, many times we have found ourselves in the situation that for some reason, we do not want someone to be able to access a certain website for a certain time, or even ourselves because we want to focus on a certain task and do not want anything to distract us.$config[ads_text6] not found
With this Chrome extension, we will be able to assign time limits for certain websites. This means that we can decide how much of our time we want to allocate to a website such as Facebook, so as not to spend more minutes than necessary within the social network.
Step 1
The first thing we should do is download the extension for Chrome.
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Once downloaded, we will see that the icon appears on the right side of our browser.
Step 2
Now we must select "Settings", to access all the options it offers.
Step 3
Now we can configure the options to our liking. We have many options because it offers us the possibility to block entire sites, subdomains, routes or specific pages, specific content such as videos, games, images
4. Block websites by activating parental control WebFilter Pro
With this application we will be able to block all those websites that seem inappropriate, so that it will not matter if the URL is entered manually since the pages we decide will be inaccessible.
This can be a good option as a parental control utility, since in this way we will be preventing minors from accessing inappropriate content or accessing certain websites that can infect our computer.
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The first thing we should do is download the extension for Chrome.
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Once downloaded, we will see that the icon appears on the right side of our browser.
Step 2
Now we must press the icon to go to the "Settings" of the extension.
Step 3
Now we must make all the configurations we consider necessary. We have many options available to adjust the different locks to our liking.
- Block security: malware, viruses, fraud
- Block adult material: adult content
- Block drugs
- Block bandwidth: peer2peer, online storage like box.net
- Block games
- Block online game
- Block proxy server
- Block spam web server
- Block social networks, dating and streaming media like facebook.com, youtube.com
5 . Block images and JavaScript in Chrome
Step 1
The first thing we have to do is access Google Chrome. Once the browser is open, we have to go to the menu located in the upper right corner represented by three lines. In this drop-down menu, we have to select "Settings".
Step 2
Within the configuration, we will observe that the options are quite wide. We have to go to the bottom and select "Show advanced settings".
Step 3
Within the advanced configuration, we have to go to the "Privacy" section. Within this section, we will see a section that says "Content settings" which we must select.
Step 4
Now is the time to look for the "Images" and "JavaScript" section. In both cases we have to select the option “Manage exceptions”.
Step 5
Finally we have to add the URL of the website which we want to block this type of content and select in the section where it says “Block”
In this way you will be able to block the content of different websites without having to install any extension or any external program.
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