100% local · nothing ever leaves your browser

Block websites on Chrome.
Stay in control.

Website Blacklist is a chrome site block extension that blocks the sites that eat your time — with schedules, a focus mode for deep work, and an optional password so a weak moment can't undo your rules.

Free · No account · Works entirely offline

Manage your entire blacklist from one place — search, edit, and organize.
Features

Everything a serious website blacklist needs

Not just a list of banned domains — a full toolkit for staying focused on your terms.

Block a website in one click

Click the toolbar icon and blacklist whatever tab you're on instantly — the fastest way to block sites on Chrome, or add any site by hand.

Flexible matching

Blacklist a whole domain and its subdomains, a keyword anywhere in the URL, or write a custom pattern — covers how to block site in Chrome for URLs, not just domains.

Schedules

Answers how to restrict websites on Chrome during work hours or weekdays only — outside the window, sites unblock automatically.

Focus sessions

Start a 25-, 50-, or 90-minute focus session that blocks everything on your list immediately, Pomodoro-style.

Password protection

Lock down the actions that matter — turning off blocking, deleting a site, editing the schedule — behind a password.

Import & export

Back up your website blacklist as a JSON file, move it to another computer, or share a curated blacklist with a friend.

Stats that keep you honest

See exactly how many times each site tried to pull you back in, and how that trends over time.

Private by design

No accounts, no analytics, no network requests. Your website blacklist lives only in your browser's local storage.

Take a look

Clean, familiar, and fast

Built with Chrome's own design language, so it feels right at home.

Manage your entire blacklist from one place — search, edit, and organize.
Manage your entire blacklist from one place — search, edit, and organize.
Block whatever site you're on right now, in a single click.
Block whatever site you're on right now, in a single click.
Restrict blocking to work hours, or start a focus session on demand.
Restrict blocking to work hours, or start a focus session on demand.
Add a password so impulse can't undo your rules.
Add a password so impulse can't undo your rules.
See which sites you visit most — and watch the number go down.
See which sites you visit most — and watch the number go down.
A calm blocked page reminds you why you set the rule in the first place.
A calm blocked page reminds you why you set the rule in the first place.
How it works

How to block websites on Chrome in under a minute

Install the extension

Add Website Blacklist, a chrome site block extension, from the Chrome Web Store — no account or sign-up required.

Add the sites you want gone

Click the toolbar icon on any site to blacklist it, or add domains and patterns from the settings page — the quickest way to block sites on Chrome.

Optionally lock it down

Set a password, a schedule, or start a focus session — and let the extension hold the line for you.

Your data never leaves your browser

Website Blacklist works entirely offline. There's no backend, no account, and no analytics SDK — the extension simply can't see your browsing history even if it wanted to.

  • Blacklist, schedule, and stats stored locally via chrome.storage
  • Zero network requests made by the extension itself
  • Password is hashed on-device — it's never transmitted anywhere
  • Minimal permissions — only what's needed to match and redirect blocked pages

Open about permissions

Website Blacklist asks for the minimum Chrome permissions needed to intercept and redirect page loads. No permission is used to read page content — only to match and redirect the URLs you've blocked.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

How do I block a website on Chrome?

Install Website Blacklist, click the toolbar icon on the page you want gone, and it's added to your blacklist immediately — no settings menu required for the basic case.

How to restrict websites on Chrome during work hours only?

Open the schedule tab and pick the days and hours to enforce. Outside that window every blacklisted site loads normally, automatically.

How to block site in Chrome by keyword, not just by domain?

Yes. Use “Domain” to blacklist a site and all its subdomains, “Contains” to block any URL containing specific text (like a path such as /shorts), or “Custom” to write your own pattern — this chrome site block extension supports all three.

Is my browsing data sent anywhere?

No. Website Blacklist makes no network requests of its own. Your blacklist, schedule, and stats are stored locally in Chrome's extension storage and never leave your device.

Can I really not just turn it off when I want to?

You can — password protection is a speed bump for impulse, not a hard lock. Anyone with access to the device could still remove the extension. It's designed to stop a moment of weakness, not a determined workaround.

Will it slow down my browsing?

No. Blocking runs on Chrome's native declarativeNetRequest engine, the same fast, built-in system ad blockers use — nothing inspects every request in the background.

Ready to take distraction off the table?

Install Website Blacklist and set up your first website blacklist in under a minute.

Chrome Web Store

Listing pending review.

Coming soon

Try it now, unpacked

Build the extension folder and load it locally in developer mode — see the project README for exact steps.