Block youtube and other video websites on your Laptop for free

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Lets explore the easiest way to block youtube or other similar websites onyour laptop for free.

  1. Launch Command prompt using the command “cmd” , and “As an Administrator”
  3. Launch the hosts file using native notepad :
    • notepad c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
    • or
    • sudo nano /private/etc/hosts

3. Once the notepad is launched, paste the following items in the last line of that file :

127.0.0.1 www.youtube.com
127.0.0.1 https://www.youtube.com
127.0.0.1 https://youtube.com
127.0.0.1 https://*.youtube.com
127.0.0.1 m.youtube.com
127.0.0.1 youtube
127.0.0.1 www.youtube.co.in
127.0.0.1 youtube.com
127.0.0.1 youtu.be
127.0.0.1 www.youtu.be
127.0.0.1 youtube-nocookie.com
127.0.0.1 www.youtube-nocookie.com
127.0.0.1 https://studio.youtube.com/
127.0.0.1 studio.youtube.com
127.0.0.1 studio.youtube
127.0.0.1 studio.youtube.co.in
127.0.0.1 youtube.com
127.0.0.1 www.youtube.com
127.0.0.1 m.youtube.com
127.0.0.1 youtu.be
127.0.0.1 youtube-nocookie.com
127.0.0.1 youtube.co.in
127.0.0.1 youtube.co.uk
127.0.0.1 youtube.com.au
127.0.0.1 youtube.com.mx
127.0.0.1 youtube.com.br
127.0.0.1 youtube.com.de
127.0.0.1 youtube.com.fr
127.0.0.1 youtube.com.jp
127.0.0.1 youtube.com.ru
127.0.0.1 youtube.com.sg
127.0.0.1 youtube.com.hk
127.0.0.1 youtube.com.tw
127.0.0.1 youtube.com.tr
127.0.0.1 youtube.com.sa
127.0.0.1 youtube.com.ua
127.0.0.1 youtubeeducation
127.0.0.1 youtubekids
127.0.0.1 youtubegaming
127.0.0.1 youtubekids
127.0.0.1 youtubegaming
127.0.0.1 https://music.youtube.com/
127.0.0.1 music.youtube.com
127.0.0.1 music.youtube.co.in
127.0.0.1 music.youtube.co
127.0.0.1 music.youtube
127.0.0.1 https://www.youtubekids.com/
127.0.0.1 www.youtubekids.co.in
127.0.0.1 www.youtubekids.com
127.0.0.1 www.youtubekids
127.0.0.1 youtubekids
127.0.0.1 https://www.youtubekids.com/?source=youtube_web
127.0.0.1 http://www.youtubekids.com/
127.0.0.1 www.youtube.com
127.0.0.1 https://i.ytimg.com
127.0.0.1 https://i.ytimg.com/generate_204
127.0.0.1 i.ytimg
127.0.0.1 i.ytimg.com
127.0.0.1 youtube.googleapis.com
127.0.0.1 s.ytimg.com
127.0.0.1 youtube.com
127.0.0.1 https://i.ytimg.com/generate_204
127.0.0.1 https://encrypted-vtbn0.gstatic.com/video
127.0.0.1 encrypted-vtbn0
127.0.0.1 encrypted-vtbn0.gstatic.com/video
127.0.0.1 encrypted-vtbn0.gstatic.com
127.0.0.1 encrypted-vtbn0.gstatic.co.in
127.0.0.1 encrypted-vtbn0.gstatic
127.0.0.1 encrypted-vtbn0
127.0.0.1 youtube.com
127.0.0.1 i.ytimg.com
127.0.0.1 youtube.googleapis.com
127.0.0.1 s.ytimg.com
127.0.0.1 gstatic.com
127.0.0.1 gstatic.co
127.0.0.1 gstatic.co.in
127.0.0.1 https://th.bing.com/th/id/
127.0.0.1 https://th.bing.com/th
127.0.0.1 https://th.bing.com/
127.0.0.1 https://th.bing.com/th/
127.0.0.1 https://th.bing.com
127.0.0.1 https://th.bing.co.in
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/videos
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/video
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/video/
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/videos/
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo/
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/videos/
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/videos
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/videos/search
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/videos/search?
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/video
127.0.0.1 www.bing.com/video
127.0.0.1 www.bing.com/videos
127.0.0.1 www.bing.com/ck
127.0.0.1 bing.com/video
127.0.0.1 bing.com/videos
127.0.0.1 bing.com/ck
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/video/search
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/video/search/
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/ck
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/ck/
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/ck/a
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/web/xlsc.aspx?dl
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/web/xlsc.aspx
127.0.0.1 https://www.dailymotion.com/video
127.0.0.1 https://www.dailymotion.com
127.0.0.1 https://www.dailymotion.co.in
127.0.0.1 www.dailymotion.com
127.0.0.1 www.dailymotion.com
127.0.0.1 https://www.hotstar.com/
127.0.0.1 www.hotstar.com
127.0.0.1 https://www.blueyfriends.com/
127.0.0.1 www.blueyfriends.com
127.0.0.1 www.blueyfriends.co.in
127.0.0.1 blueyfriends
127.0.0.1 https://www.google.com/imgres
127.0.0.1 https://www.google.co.in/imgres
127.0.0.1 www.google.com/imgres
127.0.0.1 google.com/imgres
127.0.0.1 https://www.google.com/imgres/
127.0.0.1 www.gstatic.com/images/
127.0.0.1 www.gstatic.com/images
127.0.0.1 www.gstatic.com
127.0.0.1 www.gstatic.co.in
127.0.0.1 gstatic
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/images/
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.co.in/images/
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/videos/
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/videos
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/images/search
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/images

127.0.0.1 encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com
127.0.0.1 encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com
127.0.0.1 encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com
127.0.0.1 encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com
127.0.0.1 encrypted-tbn.l.google.com
127.0.0.1 encrypted-tbn.l.gstatic.com
127.0.0.1 tbn.l.google.com
127.0.0.1 tbn.l.gstatic.com
127.0.0.1 https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images
127.0.0.1 https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images
127.0.0.1 https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images
127.0.0.1 https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images
127.0.0.1 https://encrypted-tbn.1.gstatic.com/images
127.0.0.1 https://encrypted-tbn.2.gstatic.com/images
127.0.0.1 https://encrypted-tbn.3.gstatic.com/images
127.0.0.1 https://encrypted-tbn.2.gstatic.com/images
127.0.0.1 https://encrypted-tbn.l.google.com/images
127.0.0.1 https://encrypted-tbn.2.google.com/images
127.0.0.1 https://encrypted-tbn.3.google.com/images
127.0.0.1 https://encrypted-tbn.4.google.com/images
127.0.0.1 https://encrypted-tbn.5.google.com/images
127.0.0.1 https://www.google.com/imgres?q=
127.0.0.1 https://www.google.co.in/imgres?q=
127.0.0.1 www.google.com/imgres?q=
127.0.0.1 google.com/imgres?q=
127.0.0.1 https://www.google.com/imgres?q=
127.0.0.1 https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv
127.0.0.1 https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=
127.0.0.1 googleusercontent.com
127.0.0.1 www.netflix.com
127.0.0.1 nflxso.net
127.0.0.1 www.netflix.co.in
127.0.0.1 .jpg
127.0.0.1 .jpeg
127.0.0.1 .gif
127.0.0.1 .png

127.0.0.1 .jpg&imgrefurl=https
127.0.0.1 .jpeg&imgrefurl=https
127.0.0.1 .gif&imgrefurl=https
127.0.0.1 .png&imgrefurl=https

127.0.0.1 .jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.
127.0.0.1 .jpeg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.
127.0.0.1 .gif&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.
127.0.0.1 .png&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.

127.0.0.1 jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.
127.0.0.1 jpeg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.
127.0.0.1 gif&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.
127.0.0.1 png&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.

127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=nGccp
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/images/search?
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/images/search
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/images/
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/images
127.0.0.1 https://www.bing.com/images?
127.0.0.1 https://www.google.com/imgres?q=masha&imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.
127.0.0.1 imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.
127.0.0.1 https://www.google.com/imgres?q=
127.0.0.1 https://www.google.com/imgres?q
127.0.0.1 https://www.google.com/imgres?
127.0.0.1 https://www.google.com/imgres
127.0.0.1 imgurl=https
127.0.0.1 imgurl=http
127.0.0.1 imgurl=
127.0.0.1 google_widget
127.0.0.1 t3.gstatic.com
127.0.0.1 t1.gstatic.com
127.0.0.1 t2.gstatic.com
127.0.0.1 t0.gstatic.com
127.0.0.1 t1.gstatic.com
127.0.0.1 t2.gstatic.com
127.0.0.1 t3.gstatic.com
127.0.0.1 t0.gstatic
127.0.0.1 t1.gstatic
127.0.0.1 t2.gstatic
127.0.0.1 t3.gstatic

4. “Save” the file .

5. Post saving the file, run the following command :

ipconfig /flushdns

or

sudo dscacheutil -flushcache

sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

6. Just clear the cache of your browser and relaunch it 🙂

Do share your experiences.