How to Block News Sites on Chrome and Stop Doomscrolling

Refreshing the news feels responsible, but checking every hour rarely tells you anything new. Redirect lets you block the news sites you refresh most and read them on your own schedule.

Add to Chrome, free to start

3 steps

Block News sites in under a minute

1
Install Redirect
Add Redirect to Chrome from the Chrome Web Store. Blocking one site is free and needs no account.
2
Add a rule
Open the dashboard, choose whole site and entercnn.com
3
Choose how pauses work
Pick pause lengths and a task to finish first. Breathe. News checking is often anxiety driven, and a breathing cycle helps with both.

Tips for News sites

Make it stick

Add one rule per news site you check most, like cnn.com, bbc.com or nytimes.com.
Use a schedule that leaves a morning and evening window free for reading the news.
Point these rules at a custom URL, like a weekly news digest you trust, instead of the Focus dashboard.

Redirect

cnn.comBlocking

Sends you to your Focus dashboard

Breathe. News checking is often anxiety driven, and a breathing cycle helps with both.