Let’s have a look at the guide for How To Block Social Media Websites on PC that you can do either by using the simple tool that we are going to discuss in this guide or by using the simple host file editor method that will not require any method and will help you to block any of your websites. So have a look at complete guide discussed below to proceed.

Till now you must have read lots of guides that helped in lots of ways in technology, hacks and other things to stay update to date with the things around you. And today I’m again here with one cool method that can help you to block some unwanted websites on your PC. In this guide, I’m going to tell you the way by which you can block and social media sites on the PC, Many of you must be using the Social media sites daily on the PC and we all are addicted to this as the new updates and feeds on these websites keep on attracting us to use them again and again and can waste our lots of time. You must have tried lots of ways by which you can either stop them either for you or for your loved ones to save the time. But sadly you might be failed. So I’m here with some ways that can help you to make this possible as the methods that I’m going to explain right below will either temporarily or permanently block those websites access on your PC and that too simple and you just need one tool that will be doing this job. And also one other way that will not require any tool either. As in that, you will edit simple notepad file on your PC and that will block that website on your network. So have a look at the complete guide discussed below to proceed.

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How To Block Social Media Websites on PC (With Pictures)

The method is quite simple and straight and below I have explained 3 ways that are either temporary blocking the websites, permanently blocking the website and third using the host file. So follow all of them below.

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#1 Temporary Blocking Websites Using HT Employee Monitor

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This is one of the easiest methods that you can use to block. Follow the below step by step guide to the proceeding.

1. First of all, you need to launch the software in your PC after download it from this link.
2. Once the software is opened you need to go to the Website Limiting section to block the websites on the PC.

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3. Now you need to add the URL of the websites that you want to limit.
4. Once you have added all these sites simply click on the save option.

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5. There you can set the time and usage of these websites according to your wish.
6. That’s it you are done now these websites are blocked or say limited on your system.

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 #2 Permanently Blocking Websites Using HT Employee Monitor

1. First of all, download the tool and get it opened.
2. Once the software is opened you need to go to the Website Blocking section.

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3. Add there you need to Banned websites that you permanently want to block.
4. Once you are done with entering the websites URL simply click on the apply option.

   How To Block Social Media Websites on PC

5. That’s it you are done. Now you will see that website will be blocked on your PC.

#3 Blocking the Website By Editing the Host File

This is one of the simplest methods and will not require any third party tool to block the website. You just need to open the host file by pressing the Windows button and entering the below path in the explorer:

For Windows 2003/XP/Vista/7/8 and Windows 10, the host file path is: C:WINDOWSsystem32driversetc

For the Apple Mac OS X, the host file path is at:
/private/etc/hosts

Once the file is opened you just need to edit the file using any text editor of your operating system. Here I’m using Notepad editor and at the end of the file, you need to enter the URLs that you want to block with the IP address as displayed in the screenshot. You will see those websites will get blocked on your PC.

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