[Can't Miss] How to Block Facebook on Phone and Computer in 2023?

Are you looking for a legitimate way on how to block Facebook on your phone or computer to stop your social media addiction? Do you want to block Facebook on your kid's phone to keep him away from meeting strangers and potential social media dangers?

Facebook is undoubtedly beneficial in so many different ways in today's world. But there are times when its negative effects can outweigh its advantages.

Therefore, in case you are wondering if it is possible to block Facebook completely on a certain device, the answer is yes.

In this article, we will illustrate how to block Facebook on different devices in simple steps.

• Part 1. Why You Might Want to Block Facebook?
• Part 2. How to Block Facebook on Android?
• Part 3. How to Block Facebook on iPhone?
• Part 4. How to Block Facebook on Windows?
• Part 5. How to Block Facebook on Mac?

Part 1. Why You Might Want to Block Facebook?

There are various valid reasons to block Facebook completely on a device. If any of the following reasons matches with your current life scenario, you should go for Facebook block immediately.

Facebook Addiction:

Getting addicted to Facebook is a very common complaint. Not just teens, even adults get addicted to Facebook.

Starting from checking out others' profiles and updates every hour and chatting with strangers for hours to playing Facebook games and checking out Facebook videos and pages, there is no dearth of activities to get addicted to Facebook.

The only way to get out of this addiction is by blocking Facebook on the device.

Facebook Dangers:

Facebook is a favorite platform for hackers and scammers. Kids and elderly people are their main targets. No matter how much you make your kid aware of the potential dangers, hackers and scammers have innovative ways to trick kids into falling into the traps.

This leads to hacking your Facebook account, getting your information such as personal details, account credentials and getting intimate photos to blackmail and extort money, and whatnot.

The only way to stop your kid from accessing Facebook is by blocking the app on his device.

Distraction and Depression:

Facebook has always been a distraction for kids as they waste their valuable time being active on the platform for doing things that add no value to their lives.

Besides, Facebook is a social platform where cyberbullying, abusing language, body-shaming, and showing off are quite common. All these lead to depression in kids and teens which leads to negative effects on all aspects of their lives.

Part 2. How to Block Facebook on Android?

Uninstalling the Facebook app is not a solution when you want your kid to stop using Facebook completely. This is because he can install the app secretly on his phone and start using Facebook in your absence.

Therefore, you have to block Facebook so that he cannot use the app whatsoever. To block Facebook app, we recommend you use KidsGuard parental control app. KidsGuard app lets you block apps and websites as well as monitor your kid's online activities remotely.

Here are the steps on how to block Facebook on Android:

Step 1. Install KidsGuard App On Your (Parent) Device

Go to Play Store and install KidsGuard app. If you are using an iOS device, you can install KidsGuard app from App Store. Or you can directly click the "Google Play" and "Apple Store" buttons below to download KidsGuard.

Step 2. Register A KidsGuard Account

After installing the app, open the app and create a KidsGuard account with a valid email address, username, and password. Thereafter, you can log into your KidsGuard account.

Step 3. Install KidsGuard Jr App on Your Kid's Device

Get access to your kid's device, following the instructions on your (parent) device and install KidsGuard Jr app on your kid's phone. After installing the app, log in with your KidsGuard account credentials.

Note: KidsGuard Jr app is available only for Android devices now. The iOS version will be released soon.

Step 4. Block Facebook App and Facebook Website

Come back to the parent device and open KidsGuard app. Make sure you are logged into your KidsGuard account.

Go to App Block option and block Facebook app. Similarly, go to Web Block option and block www.facebook.com.

What You Can Do with KidsGuard?

Here are all the parental monitoring and control features KidsGuard offers you.

• Monitoring Kid's Online Activity

KidsGuard app generates daily reports based on your kid's online activities so that you can review them and understand what your kid is doing online.

Apart from daily reports, the app generates weekly and monthly reports to get an overall view of your kid's online activities and take actions promptly such as blocking social media apps and websites.

• Filter Inappropriate Webs

You can check your kid's browser history and block all the inappropriate websites that he generally visits. In fact, you can block Facebook and other social media websites.

Besides, you can turn on filters like violence, adult, drugs, and others so that all the websites that have content on these topics are blocked automatically.

• Block Apps

You can block any inappropriate app including social media and gaming apps. If you do not want to block any app entirely, you can set a fixed access time for individual apps so that your kid can use those apps only in the set time interval. This will ensure no addiction to any app as well as perfect utilization of time.



• Track Kid's Real-Time Location

KidsGuard app lets you track your kid's real-time location any time you want from anywhere you are. This is useful whenever your kid goes out alone so that you can track if he is using the usual route and reaching the intended destination.

Moreover, you can track your kid's location history to check if he visited where he was supposed to be.

• Geo-Fencing

For all practical purposes, it is not possible for parents to track their kid's real-time location every single time their kid goes out alone. That is why KidsGuard allows you to set a Geofence which is a defined virtual area.

Whenever your kid leaves this virtual fence, you will get an Geofence alert notification on your phone so that you can call up your kid and ask about his whereabouts.

• Capture/Lock Screen

Kids can easily outsmart their parents and access the phone in their parents' absence. Similarly, they can play games and watch videos while pretending to the studying online.

That is why KidsGuard lets the parents monitor their kid's phone activities by taking a screenshot remotely. Accordingly, parents can lock the screen of their kid remotely so that their kid cannot access the phone beyond a defined time.

Part 3. How to Block Facebook on iPhone?

If your kid has an iPhone and you want to block Facebook app on his device, here are the steps to follow.

1. Blocking Facebook App

First of all, uninstall Facebook app on your kid's phone. Thereafter, take the following steps to prevent him from installing Facebook app or any app for that matter.

Step 1: Open Settings app.

Step 2: Tap on Screen Time.

Step 3: Tao on Content & Privacy Restrictions option.

Step 4: Tap on iTunes and App Store Purchases option.

Step 5: Go to Installing Apps option and toggle it off. This will prevent your kid from installing any app from App Store. So, he cannot install Facebook app even if he wants to in your absence.

Step 6: Go to Require Password section on the same screen and turn on the Always Require option. Enter a unique passcode so that your kid cannot access the restrictions area without the passcode.



2. Blocking Facebook Website

Step 1: Open Settings app.

Step 2: Tap on Screen Time.

Step 3: Tap on Content & Privacy Restrictions option.

Step 4: Tap on Content Restrictions.

Step 5: Tap on Web Content option.

Step 6: Tap on Add Website and enter www.facebook.com.



Instead of knowing how to block someone on Facebook, especially strangers, you should block Facebook app and website on your kid's iPhone.

Part 4. How to Block Facebook on Windows?

If your kid is using a Windows computer for online activities, you have to block Facebook website so that he cannot open it from any web browser.

You may be wondering, "Can you block Facebook on a computer as well?" You can always block Facebook website from individual web browsers, but your kid can install a new web browser and access Facebook secretly. Therefore, you have to block Facebook from the root.

Step 1: Open Windows Explorer.

Step 2: Go to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts.



Step 3: Double-click on hosts file and open with Notepad.

Step 4: Once hosts file opens, go to the end of the file.

Step 5: Type "127.0.0.1 facebook.com".



Step 6: Go to File ＞ Save option.

Step 7: Close the file and restart the computer.

Open the web browser and see if you can access Facebook website.

Part 5. How to Block Facebook on Mac?

If your kid has a Mac, here are the steps you have to take to block Facebook website.

Step 1: Go to Applications ＞ Utilities.

Step 2: Click on Terminal to open it.



Step 3: Once Terminal opens, type "Sudo open /etc/hosts" and press Enter key.



Step 4: If prompted, enter the admin password.

Step 5: The host file will open. Go to the end of the file and type "127.0.0.1 facebook.com".



Step 6: Save the file by the shortcuts Ctrl+X and then Y.

Step 7: You will be back at Terminal. Type "dscacheutil-flushcache" and press Enter key to flush DNS cache so that the changes can be reflected in action.

Finally, restart the computer and then other the web browser to check if Facebook website is truly blocked.

Conclusion

You can always make your kid learn how to block on Facebook as far as disturbing individuals and inappropriate pages are concerned. However, the best move will be to block Facebook on your kid's device to stop Facebook from becoming an addiction and facing Facebook dangers that we have already discussed.

The best way to block Facebook app and website on your kid's device is through KidsGuard app. Besides, you can always monitor your kid's online activities and control his phone remotely.