How to Safe-list or block URLs with the Chrome app?

Modified on Tue, 8 Jul at 8:24 PM

This article explains how to block or allow some specific URLs with the Chrome app, using its Managed Configuration.

 

>> To access the Chrome Managed Configuration:

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From your WizyEMM dashboard:

  • Go to the Public Applications tab, under Application Management
  • Search for the Chrome application, and select it for management
  • Go to the Profile with which you have enrolled your devices, under Profile Management
  • In the Applications tab on your Profile, click on Configuration next to the Chrome app

 

>> To block URLs

To block an URL or a list of URLs, locate the Block access to a list of URLs entry, using the search engine. Enter the list of URLs following this pattern:

["blocklist1.com","blocklist2.org","anothersite.net"]

If you want to block all URLs, enter this:

["*"]
 
 

>> To authorize URLs 

If you want to only authorize URLs, locate the Allow access to a list of URLs, using the search engine. Enter the list of URLs following the same pattern as above:

["wikipedia.org","google.com"]

Do not use wildcards * in the URL (except to block everything), else it won’t work. For example, blocking all Facebook sites by specifying ["*.facebook.com"] won’t work. Simple use ["facebook.com"] instead.

 

Example - We only safelist the Wikipedia URL

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