- You can block a website on a Windows 10 computer using the Microsoft Edge browser.
- To block pages through Microsoft Edge, go to Microsoft’s Family Safety website and sign in with your adult Microsoft account.
- Adult Microsoft accounts cannot block websites, so you will need to create a child account.
- With the Family Safety app, you can block websites on Windows 10, Xbox One, and Android devices, at the same time.
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Windows 10 has built-in parental controls that you can use to block unusual web pages through the Microsoft Edge web browser. This can help keep your children safe when they use your computer without supervision.
But to block websites, your child will need to have their own Windows user account and login on their own – they will not be able to use your account simply because your websites will not be able to block adult ads.
Here’s how to set up a Windows account for your kids and use it to block websites on Windows 10. Note that you can configure this with any Internet browser, but once you do, the pages will be blocked only in Microsoft Edge – no other browser will be affected.
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How can you block websites on Windows 10?
Set up a Windows account for kids
If your child can already log in to their Windows 10 account with their own account, skip to the next section. If not, you should start by adding a child account to your PC so that Windows knows when they are logged in.
1 Create an outlook.com email address for your kids. After the account is created and your child knows how to sign in to check his or her email, add your child’s account to your Windows 10 PC. Start by clicking the Start button and selecting the customizable settings icon.
2 Click “Accounts” and then click “Family and other users.”
3 Click “Add a family member” and follow the instructions to “add a member” and enter your child’s email address.
4. After adding your child’s account, click on the Family & Other Users page and click “Can You Sign Up.”
Have your child sign in to their computer using their own Microsoft account.
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Block websites through the Microsoft website
1 In a web browser, go to family.microsoft.com and sign in with your adult Microsoft account.
2 Find your child’s account on the “Your Family” page. Click “More Options” under its name, and then click “Content Restrictions.”
Check website access from the “Content Restrictions” page.
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3 In the section labeled “Web browsing”, enable “Block invalid web pages” by sliding the link to the right. You should now see controls for blocking and allowing specific websites.
4. To block a webpage, click on “Add a webpage you want to block” and then type or paste in the URL. You should see it appear in a list below the text box.
If you prefer, you can choose to block all pages except for a few that you specifically approve. To do this, click “Allow only these web pages” and enter the pages you want to allow, at the same time, in the text box labeled “Add a web page you want to allow.”
Add any page you want to block at a time.
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How to block websites across Windows 10, Xbox One and Android devices
Microsoft offers a way to block unusual websites, no matter where your child is – as long as they use a Windows 10, Xbox One, or Android phone.
Microsoft’s Family Safety app is an Android app that you can use to filter the content that your kids can access on their devices.
1 To get started, install Family Safety on your Android phone and sign in with your adult Microsoft account.
To get started, tap on your child’s account on the home page.
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2 On the home page, tap the name of your child, then tap “Content Filters.”
3 Tap “Web and Search.”
4. To block a page, type or paste a URL in the “Add a web page” field in the “Never allowed” section. It will appear in the list in the “Never Allowed” section.
5 Tap “Save” on the right side of the screen.
You can also choose to block all pages, except for a few that you specifically approve. To do so, toggle “Allow only webpages to be used” by swiping the button to the right and then entering the pages you want to allow at the same time in the “Add a webpage” field.
On the “Web and Search” page, you can add pages to block one at a time, but be sure to save your changes.
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These websites will now be blocked or allowed on any device that is logged into your child’s Microsoft account.
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