Block websites with bad content on iPhone Safari

If your children often use the iPhone or iPad, you can control the content that children can access when browsing the web in Safari. You can limit all adult content (prevent your child from accidentally clicking on the black link), block specific sites or block all sites except the site you put on the whitelist. You can do that with the iPhone Restrictions feature.

How to limit adult content in Safari for iPhone and iPad

If you are not too worried and just want to prevent your child from accessing links with adult content or blocking a few sites, you can use automatic settings and blacklist features.

1. Open the Settings / Settings app.
2. Click General / General settings .
3. Click Restrictions / Limit .

4. Click Enable Restrictions / Enable limit . (If this feature is enabled, go to step 6).
5. Enter a 4-digit password (your child cannot guess).
6. Re-enter the password to confirm.
7. Click Websites / Sites under Allowed Content / Content .
8. Click Limit Adult Content / Limit adult content .

This setting will block most websites containing adult content.

How to block specific websites in Safari on iPhone and iPad

If you happen to discover that a web address is still accessible after turning on the adult content limit, you can blacklist it.

1. Visit the Limit section.
2. Click Websites / Sites under Allowed Content / Content .
3. Click Limit Adult Content / Limit adult content .
4. Click Add a Website / Add website below NEVER ALLOW / NEVER ALLOW .
5. Enter the URL of the website you want to block.
6. Click Done / Done .

Repeat this process for all websites you want to block. Note that if some URLs have a mobile website, you need to block them in the following way: visit the website and copy the URL and paste it into the restricted section.

How to block all websites and create a list of websites that are specifically accessed in Safari for iPhone and iPad

For small children, or just want to access certain content allowed, you can disable everything and create a list of websites that are specifically accessible.

1. Access to the Enable limit section .
2. Click Websites / Website .
3. Click Specific Websites Only / Only specific pages .
4. Click Add a Website / Add website below Only allow the following websites .
5. Enter the URL of the site you allow access.
6. Click Done .

As with blacklists, you may need to copy and paste specific URLs for iPhone or iPad.

See more:

1. Block website access from Mac
2. How to enable redirection blocking to malicious websites on Google Chrome
3. Fix the error that Safari automatically exits on iPhone / iPad