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[Mac App] How to block websites on your Mac using Jomo?

On Jomo for Mac, you can block apps, keywords, or websites. Take back control of your devices with just a few clicks.

🔒 How to block a website?

With Jomo, you can block any website. Just follow these steps to create a blocking rule:

Open Jomo by clicking on the icon in your Mac's menu bar, then select Open Jomo.
Click on New Rule at the bottom of the screen.
Choose the type of rule you want, then select Apps & Websites.
Click on Websites.
In the Websites section, type in the site or paste the URL, then press Enter (or click Add).
To remove a site from the list, check the box next to the site’s name.
Confirm by clicking Save, finish setting up your rule, and you’re all set!

To make sure the blocking is working, try opening one of the sites you just blocked. You should see a blocking screen like this:

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🔎 How to block a specific page or subdomain?

It’s easy! For example, instead of blocking the entire youtube.com site, you can block just the specific page or subdomain you want:

youtube.com/shorts if you only want to block the Shorts section of YouTube.
music.youtube.com if you want to block YouTube’s Music service.

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✳️ How to use the `*` wildcard to block sites more effectively?

The * wildcard represents any text. If you want to block all sites with "chat" in the URL, you can add *chat* to your blocked websites list. If you only want to block Google searches for "cat," you can add: google.com/*q=*chat*.

Be careful when blocking short words with this method! Many URLs contain long strings of random characters, which could lead to unintentional blocking.

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📦 How to block an entire category of websites?

Want to save time by blocking an entire category of websites? Here’s how to do it:

Create your blocking rule.
Click on Apps & Websites, then Websites.
In the Categories section, click on the category you want to add it to the block list.
If any sites are missing, you can add them under the Websites section by following Step 1 of this guide.
Finish setting up your rule and confirm!

If you want to see which sites are blocked in detail within a category, click on the small "i" at the end of the line. Jomo will show you which sites will be blocked.

💡 Want to exclude certain sites from the list? We explain how to do that in this article.

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⬆️ How to import/export a list of sites to block?

In the Websites screen, click the More button next to the search bar for websites. To import, click Import websites from file. To export, click Export selection.

⚠️ The file must be a plain text file (.txt) with one website per line.

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🌐 Which browsers are supported by Jomo?

The supported web browsers are: Safari, Arc, Chrome, Opera, Opera GX, Brave, Edge, Vivaldi, Orion. Firefox is not yet supported, but we’re working on integrating it.

💡 Your browser isn’t on the list? You can request for it to be added in future versions of Jomo.

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🛠️ My websites aren’t being blocked by Jomo?

Having trouble with blocking? Check out our dedicated article for help.

Updated on: 29/06/2025

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