Block a Website Category

In this guide, you’ll learn how to use 1Focus to block websites by category on your Mac, helping you minimize distractions and enhance productivity.

Discover how to block pornography, social media, and games with a simple checkmark across Safari, Chrome, Brave, Edge, Opera, and Arc.

How to Block a Website Category on Your Mac

Steps (2 Minutes):

1. Subscribe to 1Focus Pro.
2. Open 1Focus. You can reopen the 1Focus window by clicking its arrow icon in the top right of your screen.
3. Create or select a preset.
4. Under Websites → Blocked Categories, enable the checkmark next to the website category you want to block.
5. Optionally, you can make exceptions for specific websites.
6. Click the Schedule tab and enable blocking.

Done!

Available Categories

Here is the list of website categories that you can block using 1Focus:

• All Websites
• Anime, Manga and Comics
• Chat
• Dating
• Gambling
• Games
• Humor
• Music
• News
• Politics
• Pornography
• Proxies and VPN
• Shopping
• Social Media
• Sports
• Videos, Movies and Series

The All Websites category allows you to block access to every single website. After enabling this, you can selectively make exceptions for specific sites, creating your custom Allowlist.

Extend Categories

The website categories include popular websites and user suggestions, and we expand them over time. However, maintaining complete lists of websites is challenging because billions of websites exist, and hundreds of thousands of new ones appear every day.

If you find a website that is not blocked under the category you selected, you can extend the category. Here’s how:

How to Extend the Website Categories

• Add missing websites under Blocked Websites.
• Block keywords in the URL. This way, you can block many websites without having to enter them individually.
• Send us missing websites. Ideally, provide a list of 3 to 20 websites, and we will consider adding them.

How to Improve Porn Blocking

To improve the blocking of pornography sites, you can follow these additional steps:

1. Set up OpenDNS Family Shield (2 minutes).
2. Optionally, block the System Settings to prevent changes.
3. For more information, read our guide: How to block porn on Mac.

Troubleshooting

• Learn how to schedule the block sessions.
• Use a supported web browser. 1Focus can block websites across Safari, Chrome, Brave, Edge, Opera, and Arc. You can block unsupported browsers under 1Focus → Apps.
• Grant permission to block websites.
• Restart your computer.
• Uninstall 1Focus, permanently delete it from the Trash (important) and reinstall it from the Mac App Store. No data is lost.
• Optional: Prevent bypassing blocking.

For help, contact support.

Further Reading

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Recommended Guides:

• How to copy and paste website lists in 1Focus: Learn how to efficiently copy and paste website lists into 1Focus

• How to block URL Keywords on Mac: Find out how to block URLs containing specific keywords.

• How to pause 1Focus: Learn how to pause the blocking of apps and websites in 1Focus for a limited time in case of an emergency.