Block access to a Website on your iPhone or iPad – without an App!

I was looking for a quick and easy way to block – or limit – access to a set of websites on my iPhone. The goal: to help protecting myself from wasting unnecessary time browsing 😉

After unsuccessfully trying to block websites on my router, and after looking for an App to help with that – again unsuccessfully, I finally found a built-in solution in iOS to achieve this! And with iCloud Sync it’s even cross-device compatible.

The solution: use a low «App (Time) Limit» for websites!

So in a nutshell, the approach is as follows:

Using Apple’s «Screen Time» setting – particularly the «App Limit» functionality: add the website(s) you want to strictly limit from accessing. The OS will then do the rest…

Setup «Screen Time» to block website(s)

1. On your device, go to Settings » Screen Time » App Limits

2. If not enabled yet, enable «App Limits» – and click on «Add Limit»

3. Scroll to the bottom of the list & expand Other » Websites

4. Again scroll to the bottom. Click «Add Website» & type the website’s address (Domain).
   (repeat this step to block multiple websites with different URLs)

Just to keep my reputation here: of course I don’t even need an App Limit to NOT read 20 Minuten!!! That’s just common sense.

5. When ready click «Next» & now set the lowest time limit possible: 0 hours 1 minute
   Confirm by clicking «Add» – and that’s it!

Enjoy not wasting your time anymore on nonsense websites – or at least not more than 1 minute per day 😊

Pro tip: while at it, also add a strict time limit for these addictive social media apps… Cheers!