How To Block Sites Manually Using Notepad

There are easy ways that can be done to block certain sites without installing third party applications. Utilize Notepad, you can restrict access to these sites. But because the process is using Notepad, then blocking applies only to computers that you use only and does not apply to other computers in the same network.

How To Block Sites Manually Using Notepad

1. Open Notepad

Open the Notepad application using administrator privileges.

2. Browsing file

Browse files located in the folder C: windowssystem32driversetc. Select File Name with hostnames. Do not forget to change the file to All Files option. Click Open to open it.

3. Add the command

Once the file is opened will perform a script where each computer has a different view. At the end of the line, add the command followed by the sites that you want blocked. For example if you want to block www.google.com then on the bottom line add 127.0.0.1 www.google.com. If you want to add another site blocking, press Enter to create a new line and type in the same way.

4. mobile version

With that command, you can not access the desktop version of the website www.google.com. If they have a mobile version of the address, you also have to block it by adding another command as in the previous step. Enter the address of the mobile version, for example 127.0.0.1 m.google.com.

5. Perform test

Close notepad and Save. Open the browser (supports all popular browsers) and try to enter the site address to prove that the site has been blocked. If you want to restore to its original state, you just delete the command line that was made earlier.

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