How do I block YouTube on my phone?

• By Cliff Weitzman
• Dyslexia & Accessibility Advocate, CEO/Founder of Speechify

• in Blockers, Productivity
• on November 26, 2022

How to block YouTube on a computer or phoneYouTube is a platform with plenty of valuable content. However, the website can also distract many users and affect productivity. For this reason, many people opt to block YouTube on their or their children’s devices. Here, we’ll explain how to block YouTube on computers and mobile devices.

How to block YouTube on your phone

Blocking YouTube on iPhone

Use Screen Time settings

1. Go to Settings and tap “Screen Time.”
2. Choose “Content & Privacy Restrictions.”
3. Enable Content & Privacy Restrictions and go to “Content Restrictions.”
4. Choose “Apps” and set the age limit to 12 and under.

Delete the YouTube app and block new installations

1. Find the YouTube app and press and hold the app’s icon.
2. Choose “Remove app,” tap “Delete App,” and select “Delete.”
3. Go to Settings and find “Screen Time.”
4. Tap “Content & Privacy Restrictions” and enable them.
5. Select “iTunes & App Store Purchases.”
6. Choose “Installing Apps” and tap “Don’t Allow.”

Blocking YouTube on Android devices

Use an app-blocking app

1. Go to Google Play Store, type “Freedom” in the search bar and press “Install” at the top-right corner.
2. Open the app and select the badge icon (blocklists) at the bottom of the screen.
3. Tap “Manage.”
4. Allow access to the installed apps.
5. Here, you can customize which apps to block. Find the YouTube app and switch the toggle button next to it.

1. Open the app and tap the badge icon.
2. Select the plus icon at the bottom-right corner.
3. Locate “YouTube” and switch the toggle button next to it.
4. Repeat the steps if you want to block websites other than YouTube.

How to block YouTube on your computer

Use Cold Turkey

1. Open your browser (Google Chrome browser, Mozilla Firefox, or a different one) and enter “Cold Turkey” in the search bar.
2. Download the Cold Turkey app and follow the on-screen instructions to set it up.
3. Go to “Blocks” and select “Add a new block.”
4. Select “Add Windows 10 app” and choose “YouTube” from the drop-down menu.
5. Press “Save.”

Use Microsoft Family Safety

1. Open the Start menu and press the gear icon to access settings.
2. Choose “Accounts.”
3. Select “Family & other users.”
4. Press “Add someone else to this PC” and create a new account.
5. Go to your administrator account, enter the account you just created, and press “App, games & media.”
6. Press “Limit apps, games, and media from the Store” and add the YouTube app to the list.

Block YouTube using host files

1. Open the Start menu, search for the Notepad app, and run it as administrator.
2. Select “File” and press “Open.”
3. When the pop-up dialogue box appears, go to Local Disk C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc and press “hosts.”
4. Type “127.0.0.1 youtube.com” and “127.0.0.1 www.youtube.com” at the end of the text.
5. Press “File” and choose “Save.”

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