Porn is bad for children, teens and even adults. However, porn is easily accessible online, which is bad news for parents and those who are prone to porn addiction. Blocking access to online porn can help with the situation. This article shows you how to block porn on Google Chrome on computer and phone easily using porn blockers.
This part talks about three different porn blockers for Chrome: one app and two Chrome extensions. They all can work on both Mac and Windows PC. Below you can find step-by-step instructions for each.
Cisdem AppCrypt can block websites and lock apps on Mac and Windows PC. It’s easy to use and hard to bypass.
As a Chrome porn blocker, it can do the following things.
In addition to Chrome, it supports Safari, Edge, Firefox (on Windows only), Opera and Brave. It can lock any unsupported browser with a password.
Below are the steps.
1. Download and install AppCrypt.
Free Download macOS 10.12 or later Free Download Windows 11/10/8/7
2. When you open it for the first time, set a password. It’s recommended to select the Launch at System Startup checkbox.
3. On a Mac, click the lock icon in the menu bar to choose Open Main Window. On a Windows PC, click the AppCrypt icon in the taskbar.
4. Enter the password to access the main window.
5. Under the Web Block tab, click Exceptions.
6. Under the Always Block tab, do one or some of the following:
Note: This note is for Windows users. In step 5, when you go to the Web Block tab for the first time, you will be prompted to install an extension on Chrome. Install this extension and then select the Block Porn checkbox in this extension, which will automatically block all porn sites. You can ignore the rest steps.
Now the porn content is blocked on Chrome (and any other supported browser) permanently as long as AppCrypt is running. When one tries to open a blocked porn site or page, it won’t open.
There are 2 ways to unblock blocked porn on Chrome: removing the sites/keywords from the block list, or quitting AppCrypt. They all require the password.
Tip 1: To block porn from yourself, you can ask a trusted person (like a family member or a friend) to set the password in step 2. Without knowing the password, you won’t be able to bypass the blocking.
Tip 2: If you want, you can block access to all web content except certain sites (like sites needed for work or study). To do so, turn on Block all websites, click Exceptions, and then add these sites under the Always Allow tab. This way, all porn content will be inaccessible.
Tip 3: If you want to block a website (like youtube.com) at certain times instead of permanently, add this site under the Web Block tab instead.
This porn blocker Chrome extension can do the following things.
Below are the steps.
1. Open Chrome browser. Go to Chrome Web Store.
2. Search for PorNo! Add it to your Chrome.
3. Click the Extensions icon in your Chrome toolbar. Click the 3-dot icon next to the extension. Select Manage Extension. Turn on Allow in Incognito on the page that appears.
This Chrome porn blocker extension will automatically block a lot of porn/adult websites.
If a certain porn site isn’t automatically blocked by this extension, you can manually add it. To do so, first click the Extensions icon in your Chrome toolbar and pin this extension. And the extension’s icon will appear in the toolbar. Now open this specific site, click the said icon, click Ban this site, turn on Block this entire site, and then click Block this site.
Tip: You can save some of your favorite websites, music, articles, etc. that inspire you on PorNo! When you feel that you could not overcome your porn addiction, click the EMERGENCY button on this Chrome porn blocker. It will open all you saved links.
This extension works a bit differently, but is as useful as the above one when it comes to blocking adult content on Chrome. It can do the following things.
Below are the steps.
1. Add Netfencer Porn Block to your Chrome.
2. Click the Extensions icon in the toolbar. Pin this extension.
3. Click its icon in the toolbar and click the settings icon .
4. On the left, choose Block Sites. Add adult or other inappropriate websites to the Blocked Site list one by one.
5. On the left, choose Blocked Keywords. You can add new keywords and remove default keywords based on your needs.
6. On the left, choose Trusted Sites. Add the websites (like Wikipedia) that you don’t want this porn blocker to work on.
The last step is optional but recommended. If sex-related content or words are shown in an educational, news, or other non-porn context, it’s likely that you don’t want to get the content blocked.
I’d also like to share a few quick facts that you may find useful.
I tested three popular porn blocker apps in the Google Play Store and picked BlockerHero. BlockerHero is compatible with Android 6.0 and up. It can do the following things.
Below are the steps.
1. Install BlockerHero from the Play Store.
2. Open it. Tap Agree & Continue. Allow this app to use the Accessibility service.
3. Tap Blocking at the bottom of your screen and then do the following:
4. This step is optional. Tap Blocking at the bottom of your screen. Under the BLOCKLIST tab, tap the Add button to add specific adult sites or porn-related keywords.
Adding an Accountability Partner is also optional but is strongly recommended. Without adding it, you can’t turn on Uninstall & Settings Protection. Turning on the protection makes the porn block harder to bypass.
If there isn’t an Accountability Partner, BlockerHero helps strengthen your willpower to quit porn by asking you to manually type a long sentence (mainly saying that you won’t watch porn) when you want to turn off an option.
Screen Time is a built-in app on iOS12 or later. It has a feature called Content & Privacy Restrictions, which helps limit adult websites on Safari, but not on Google Chrome. To block porn on Chrome using Screen Time, there is a workaround that may work. It’s not very efficient though. It can do the following things:
1. Go to Settings on iPhone.
2. Tap Screen Time. Turn it on.
3. Tap App Limits and then Add Limit.
4. In the Choose Apps screen, scroll down to find Websites.
5. Tap Websites and then Add Website.
6. Add a specific porn site that you want to block. Tap Next.
7. Set the time limit to be 1 min Every Day. Tap Add.
Repeat steps 6 and 7 to block more sites.
This way, Chrome only allows one-minute access to an added site every day. But note that this workaround stops supporting Chrome sometimes. All in all, it’s not a very good solution.
This article shows you how to block porn on Chrome browser with different porn blockers on different devices. Some blockers only support Chrome, and some also support some other browsers. Some blockers are relatively easy to bypass, and some are more effective. The article also briefly talks about other possible ways to do the blocking.
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Jan Vits
It’s a really useful article. The recommended app is wonderful and it stopped my porn addition. This is also a perfect tool if you have children as it helps block inappropriate content on computer.