Guides to staying focused online.
How to block the sites that pull you in, why most blockers get switched off, and what actually works. Plus honest comparisons.
Guides
How to Block Websites on Brave, Edge, Opera GX, Arc and Vivaldi
Most popular browsers besides Firefox and Safari are built on Chromium, so they can run the same Chrome extensions. Here is what each one offers on its own, and how to add a real site blocker to any of them.
Read the guide →How to Block Websites on a Chromebook, for Kids or for Yourself
A Chromebook gives you two very different kinds of blocking. One is control someone else holds over the device. The other is a nudge you set for yourself. Pick the one that matches who the block is for.
Read the guide →How to Block Websites on Chrome While Studying
You need the internet to study, which is exactly the problem. Here is a Chrome setup that keeps your lectures and notes open and closes the feeds that eat your evening.
Read the guide →How to Block All of YouTube Except One Channel
You need one lecture series, one coding channel or one workout playlist. You do not need the rest of YouTube. Here is how to whitelist channels and redirect everything else.
Read the guide →Focus Mode for Chrome: How to Build One That Blocks Distractions
Chrome can silence a tab and simplify an article, but it will not stop you from opening YouTube. Here is how to build a focus mode that does, in about five minutes.
Read the guide →How to Stop Mindless Scrolling and Start Doing
Most scrolling is not a choice you make. It is a reflex that fires before you notice. You stop it by working on the reflex, not by trying harder.
Read the guide →How to Stop Scrolling at Night (and Get to Bed on Time)
The feed does not get less interesting at midnight, you just get worse at closing it. Here is how to set a cutoff on your laptop that holds, plus honest phone basics.
Read the guide →How to Limit Time on Websites in Chrome
Desktop Chrome will not stop you after an hour on a site. An extension can. Here are the honest options, including when a pure time budget tool fits better than ours.
Read the guide →How to Block Websites During Work Hours in Chrome
Block distracting sites while you work and get them back when you are done. A step by step schedule setup for Chrome, with a sample week you can copy.
Read the guide →How to Block the YouTube Homepage and Land on Subscriptions
The YouTube home page is where most unplanned watching starts. Here is how to skip it entirely, keep search and subscriptions, and pick between hiding and redirecting.
Read the guide →How to Quit Reddit (or Just Stop Checking It So Much)
Reddit is useful when you search for an answer and a time sink when you open the front page. Here is how to keep the first and lose the second.
Read the guide →How to Stop Doomscrolling (When Willpower Keeps Losing)
Endless feeds are built so there is never a natural place to stop. The fix is to put stopping points back in, on purpose.
Read the guide →How to Stop Procrastinating on the Internet
Online procrastination is mostly about feelings, not time management. Here is what the research says, and a practical setup that works with it.
Read the guide →How to Stop Scrolling With ADHD: A Setup That Sticks
With ADHD the problem is rarely knowing what you should do. It is the half second between the urge and the click. A good blocker works in that half second, without making you feel like a failure.
Read the guide →How to Stop the YouTube Rabbit Hole Without Quitting YouTube
YouTube is built to hand you the next video. Here is how to keep the useful parts and close the doors that lead to three lost hours.
Read the guide →How to Stop Watching YouTube Shorts: Break the Habit, Keep YouTube
This is the habit guide: why Shorts are hard to stop, how to catch the urge, and what to do instead. You do not have to give up YouTube, just break the loop at the right spot.
Read the guide →Is Redirect safe? What the extension can do, and who makes it
Redirect is a focus extension that sends distracting sites to your goals. Here is exactly what it can access, what it never does, and how to check you installed the real one.
Read the guide →How to Limit Your YouTube Time on Chrome
There are two kinds of YouTube limits: a cap on minutes and a cutoff at a certain time. Here is how to set up either on Chrome, and which tool fits which goal.
Read the guide →Website Blocker With a Password: What Works on Chrome, and What Does Not
A password is a great lock when someone else holds the key. When you hold it yourself, it is mostly a speed bump. Here is how to pick the setup that fits.
Read the guide →Website Blocker With a Typing Challenge (and Five Other Pauses)
The best barrier is one you can get through, but only on purpose. Here is how effort-based pauses work, and how to pick the right one for each site.
Read the guide →Why Website Blockers Don't Work, and What Actually Does
If you keep switching your blocker off, it is not a willpower problem. It is a design problem, and the research on why is surprisingly clear.
Read the guide →Comparisons
The best website blockers for ADHD in 2026
For ADHD, the best blocker is not the strictest one. It is the one that catches the impulsive click, costs a little effort to get past, and does not make you feel bad for trying.
Read the comparison →The 7 best website blockers for Chrome in 2026
Seven Chrome website blockers, checked against their official sites and Chrome Web Store listings, with honest notes on who each one is for.
Read the comparison →The best BlockSite alternatives for Chrome
BlockSite is popular for good reasons, but it is not the only option. Here are six alternatives, including free ones, checked against their official listings.
Read the comparison →The best Cold Turkey alternatives in 2026
Cold Turkey Blocker is the toughest blocker we checked. If it is too much, too little, or not on your platform, these are the honest alternatives.
Read the comparison →Freedom vs Cold Turkey
Two of the best-known distraction blockers, built on different ideas: Freedom syncs one session across all your devices, Cold Turkey locks down one computer hard.
Read the comparison →The best one sec alternatives for Chrome in 2026
one sec made the mindful pause popular on phones, and it has a free Chrome extension too. Here is what it does well, and the desktop alternatives worth a look if it is not quite right for you.
Read the comparison →Redirect vs LeechBlock NG
LeechBlock NG is a free, open source blocker with a huge set of options. Redirect focuses on the moment you want back in. Here is how they compare.
Read the comparison →Redirect vs StayFocusd
StayFocusd limits your time on distracting sites and offers a Nuclear Option. Redirect sends you to your goals and makes each break cost a small effort. Here is the fair version.
Read the comparison →