The Hosts File

If you're on Windows: an easy, but circumventable, solution to block websites is to mess with the hosts file. I take no legal responsibility for any damages caused by following the steps below.

For each computer:

1. Log into an administrator account with the appropriate permissions

2. Hit the windows key and type in "notepad"

3. Click "run as administrator", then "Yes" (might need to enter a password)

4. Hold down the control key "ctrl" and press "O"; a file window should pop up

5. Copy-paste "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts" and hit "enter"; a file should open

6. Hold "ctrl" and hit "end" to go to the end of the last line and hit "enter" twice

7. Type "127.0.0.1", make one space, and type the name of one website you want to block

8. Optional: hit "enter" and repeat step 7 as many times as needed

9. Hold "ctrl" and hit "S"; if you get a permissions error: make sure you're logged into an administrator account and launched notepad in administrator mode

10. Restart your browser

Example hosts file:

#
127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost

127.0.0.1 example.com
127.0.0.1 games.com

In order to lift the block:

1. Repeat steps 1-5 above

2. Either delete the line or add "#" in front of it; the latter is recommended if you want to re-instate the block later

3. Hold "ctrl" and hit "S"

4. Restart your browser

Install Software

If you don't want to mess with the hosts file: you can install software, although a lot of it's paid or locks features behind a paywall.

My school used to have software to block websites on each computer. I found a list of software through a DDG search, but I legally endorse none of them and provide no guarantee of user satisfaction.

Remote Desktop

Remote Desktop allows you to control other computers over a network connection, but requires a premium version of Windows to be installed on the computer you want to control, but not on the controlling computer. You can get free software, but I have yet to find any that aren't complete garbage.