Block a Website on Internet Explorer

Have you ever wanted to know how to stop your children from viewing inappropriate websites? While there are a number of content blocking programs available, the best of these services tend to be expensive while the most cost-effective of them rarely work. As an alternative, you can block individual websites on Internet Explorer. Follow a few simple steps to make your child's web browsing experience safer.

Steps

Blocking Websites in Internet Explorer 11

  1. Find the Family Safety settings.[1]
    • In the charms menu (on the right side of the screen), click on the Search option.
    • Then type "Family Safety." Click on the Family Safety icon that appears.
  2. Create an account for all users. After clicking on the Family Safety icon, a control panel menu pertaining to the Family Safety settings will appear. Before you can adjust the Family Safety settings, you will have to create an account for all children users.
    • At least one user will have to be designated as a "child." When setting up a child's account, you will be asked whether you would like the account to be linked to an email address or have a security password. Make your selections and then click "Next" to finish.
    • Any account not designated as a child account will be treated as a "parent" account. As long as you are signed in to the parent account, you will be able to alter the Family Safety settings for any child user.
  3. Click on "Manage Settings on the Family Safety website". This will appear in the control panel window that you opened earlier, but only after at least one child account has been created.
    • You will be taken to a Microsoft website and asked to sign in. Use the email address and password associated with the parent account used on the computer.
  4. Select the name of the child user you would like to protect. It will be seen amongst a list of all the users of the machine, including the name of the parent account.
  5. Click "Web Filtering" on the menu that appears. This option is automatically set to "Off." Switch it to "On."
  6. Choose the item titled "Allow list". The Allow list is a list of all approved or disapproved websites. Enter the names of whatever websites you would like to make available for browsing and those which you would like to block entirely.
    • If you turn the settings to the highest security level, only websites that have been specifically allowed are viewable through the child account.
  7. Close the window when you are finished. The settings are automatically saved after you input them, and there is not button required to apply them.

Blocking Websites in Older Versions of Internet Explorer

  1. Open Internet Explorer. In older versions of Windows and Internet Explorer, the best way to block websites is to change the settings of the program itself.[2]
  2. In the "Tools" menu, click on "Internet Options".
  3. Find the Content Advisor settings. In the popup window, click on the "Content" tab, and then under "Content Advisor" click "Settings."
    • You may be asked to enter a password to prove you have administrator authority.
  4. Click on the tab marked "Approved Sites". This section will contain a list of sites that are both approved and specifically blocked.
  5. Type the URL of the website you would like to block. The box for entering the URL will appear under the words "Allow this website," but after entering the web address you can click on either "Always" or "Never." Click the latter option to block a website.
  6. Click the button marked "Apply" to save your settings. If you are finished, click "OK" and close the window.

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Sources and Citations

  1. ↑ http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/create-child-account
  2. ↑ http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/using-content-advisor-block-inappropriate-content#1TC=windows-7
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