Block one website—or allow
only the sites you choose.

Quick path: Settings > Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions > App Store, Media, Web, & Games > Web Content. Choose Limit Adult Websites, then add a URL under Never Allow.

Despite its name, Limit Adult Websites is also the setting Apple uses to create a custom Never Allow list. For a tightly controlled child device, choose Only Approved Websites instead.

1. Turn on Screen Time. Open Settings > Screen Time and enable App & Website Activity if needed.

2. Protect the settings. Tap Lock Screen Time Settings and create a four-digit passcode. For a child, manage Screen Time from the Family organizer's device.

3. Enable Content & Privacy Restrictions. Open App Store, Media, Web, & Games, then Web Content.

4. Select Limit Adult Websites. Under Never Allow, tap Add Website and enter the full domain or URL.

5. Test the result. Try Safari, every installed browser, links opened inside social or email apps, and both Wi-Fi and cellular connections.

Choose Only Approved Websites when a short allowlist is safer than maintaining a long blocklist. Add school, work, family, or reference sites that should remain available.

This is much more restrictive than blocking one distracting domain. Sites may rely on separate login, payment, video, image, help, or content-delivery domains, so legitimate pages can break until those supporting domains are approved.

Use an allowlist primarily for managed child devices or a deliberately narrow setup. For an adult's everyday phone, a targeted Never Allow list is usually easier to maintain.

The site has several addresses. Add relevant www, mobile, regional, and subdomain versions. Blocking example.com may not cover every unrelated domain the service uses.

An old tab is still loaded. Close tabs, clear relevant website data when appropriate, and retest a fresh request.

The restriction was paused. Confirm the main Content & Privacy Restrictions switch is on. Turning it off pauses everything inside it.

The passcode is known. A self-managed setting can be reversed. For accountability, have a trusted person set and retain the Screen Time passcode, with recovery details handled carefully.

The content is inside an app. Blocking a website does not automatically block a native app for the same service. Add an App Limit or app blocker separately.