In this guide, you will learn how to use 1Focus to block websites by category on your Mac, helping you minimize distractions and enhance productivity.
Learn 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):
- Subscribe to 1Focus Pro.
- Open 1Focus. You can reopen the 1Focus window by clicking its arrow icon in the top right of your screen.
- Under Websites → Blocked Categories, enable the checkmark next to a website category.
- Optionally, you can make exceptions for specific websites.
- Start blocking.
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 contain popular websites and user suggestions. We expand them over time. However, maintaining complete lists of websites is very difficult because billions of websites exist, and hundreds of thousands of new ones appear every day.
How to Extend the Website Categories
- Add missing websites under Blocked Websites.
- Block URL keywords. This way, you can block many websites without having to enter them individually.
- You can send us missing websites, and we will consider adding them. Ideally, send between 3 and 20 websites.
How to Improve Porn Blocking
- Set up OpenDNS Family Shield (2 minutes).
- Optionally, block the System Settings to prevent changes.
Troubleshooting
- Start blocking.
- Use a supported web browser. 1Focus can block websites across Safari, Chrome, Brave, Edge, Opera, and Arc.
- 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.
