How to block websites during work hours
Give a rule a schedule, Monday to Friday, nine to five, and the site is blocked only while you work. Each rule has its own hours, and overnight windows work too.
What the video shows
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In Redirect, open your rules and edit a site, like Netflix.
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Turn on Schedule. Pick your workdays, Monday to Friday, and your hours, for example nine to five.
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During those hours, the site sends you to your Focus page.
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Outside them, it opens as normal. No switching things on and off every day.
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Each rule has its own schedule, so news can be blocked all day, and YouTube only during work. Overnight windows work too.
Read the transcript
Want to block distracting sites only while you work, and use them freely after? Use a schedule. In Redirect, open your rules and edit a site, like Netflix. Turn on Schedule. Pick your workdays, Monday to Friday, and your hours, for example nine to five. During those hours, the site sends you to your Focus page. Outside them, it opens as normal. No switching things on and off every day. Each rule has its own schedule, so news can be blocked all day, and YouTube only during work. Overnight windows work too. Get Redirect at heyredirect.com.
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