How to Block Facebook Website on Personal Computer

How to block Facebook on a computer Manually

-You can always buy software’s which let you set parental control or block access to certain sites or complete social networking sites group. Though, I prefer using manual way to block Facebook or similar sites. It may be little geeky for many, but I’m sure you might not like the idea to open your Windows hosts file regularly to play block and unblock game.

-In the manual method, you will be making some changes to the ‘hosts’ file present in your computer system, by using a notepad.

-These ‘hosts’ file is present in different locations depending on the OS your computer has;

              1.For Windows NT/2000/2003/XP/Vita and 7,8.1,10 the file is in C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\

              2.If you have Unix or Linux, it is at /etc/hosts

              3.Go to System Folder and then Preferences, if you have Mac OS 9 For the Mac OS X, the file is at /private/etc/hosts

     -Though the location of the ‘hosts’ file is different, the method of blocking a website on your PC is the same.

     -Open the hosts file in notepad and at the end of the script, simply add the lines:

• 127.0.0.1 facebook.com
127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 login.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 www.login.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 fbcdn.net
127.0.0.1 www.fbcdn.net
127.0.0.1 fbcdn.com
127.0.0.1 www.fbcdn.com
127.0.0.1 static.ak.fbcdn.net
127.0.0.1 static.ak.connect.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 connect.facebook.net
127.0.0.1 www.connect.facebook.net
127.0.0.1 apps.facebook.com
# Block Facebook IPv6
#fe80::1%lo0 localhost
::1 facebook.com
::1 www.facebook.com
::1 login.facebook.com
::1 www.login.facebook.com
::1 fbcdn.net
::1 www.fbcdn.net
::1 fbcdn.com
::1 www.fbcdn.com
::1 static.ak.fbcdn.net
::1 static.ak.connect.facebook.com
::1 connect.facebook.net
::1 www.connect.facebook.net
::1 apps.facebook.com
::1 edge-star6-shv-02-ams2.facebook.com

     -Now, save the changes that you have made, and you will see that your computer won’t open Facebook when you try to access it.

     -If you have Windows 7, then you can’t edit the ‘hosts’ file, so just follow the method below;

        1.  Right-click the hosts file and go to the file properties and then move to the Security tab, select Users under Group or the user names and then select the ‘edit’ button. ‘Permission for Host Window’ will now open.

        2.  Select Users account and grant the permission in ‘Permission for SYSTEM’ by clicking all the checkboxes under ‘Allow’ Name and then press OK. Keep in mind that you are not to check any of the ‘Deny’ checkboxes you see.

       -I have told you two methods through which you can know how to block Facebook website on Personal Computer. Knowing these methods is a good way if you don’t want Facebook distracting you from your work or anyone else who might be using your computer system.

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