YouTube closes for
exam week. Nothing else does.
Select YouTube, set a routine for exam week, and only YouTube locks. Notes, messaging, and study apps keep working normally.
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YouTube closes for
"One revision video" on YouTube rarely stays one video, and exam week is exactly the stretch where losing an hour to recommendations costs the most. If it's YouTube, not the whole phone, that pulls you away during revision, blocking everything is more than the problem calls for. Fella lets you select just YouTube and set the days, nothing else changes.
Select YouTube, set exam week, done
Selection in Fella is per app. Choose YouTube on its own and leave messaging, notes, and study apps untouched.
Build a routine for the days school runs exams, and it starts the block itself every one of those days, so there is nothing to remember at 8am with a paper at 10.
Fella blocks the whole app, not one tab inside it
Be clear about what this actually does. Fella blocks the entire YouTube app during a session. It does not distinguish a revision video from a recommended one or from the Shorts feed, because those all live inside the same app.
If keeping long-form YouTube available while removing just Shorts matters more, see our block YouTube Shorts guide.
Still reachable, still bounded
Exam week is exactly when a blocker with no way through would be a problem. Each session includes one 5-minute emergency unlock, enough to check the one thing that matters, then YouTube locks again automatically for the rest of the day.
If it's more than just YouTube
If other apps are also part of exam-week distraction, see our broader block apps during exams page. For blocking YouTube outside exam season too, see how to block YouTube on iPhone.
Fella, up close.
- Built with Apple’s Screen Time controls.
- One 5-minute emergency unlock per session.
- Apps stay blocked by default.
Everything you need to stay focused, right from Home.
Blocking YouTube during exams: FAQ
Yes. Selection in Fella is per app, so a routine can block YouTube for the days of exam week while leaving messaging, notes, and any study apps untouched.
No. Fella blocks the entire YouTube app, not one tab inside it. If keeping long-form video available while removing Shorts specifically matters more, see our YouTube Shorts guide for that narrower option.
Yes, with a routine. Set it to the days and hours you're revising or sitting exams, and it starts the block itself each of those days without needing to be turned on.
Each session includes one 5-minute emergency unlock. Use it if something genuinely needs checking, and YouTube locks again automatically once the five minutes end.
If YouTube specifically is what pulls you away and other apps aren't the problem, blocking just that one keeps the setup simple and leaves everything else exactly as useful as it was.
