HT201304: Use Restrictions on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
Learn about Use Restrictions on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
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Feb 22, 2014 10:22 PM in response to starkewjby JimHdk,★HelpfulThe restrictions for websites can be set to only allow access to a set of websites so you list the allowed websites and everything else is restricted.
See Settings > General > Restrictions > Allowed Content > Websites > Specific Websites Only
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Feb 22, 2014 10:25 PM in response to JimHdkby starkewj,Thanks JimHdk. I am hoping there is a way to block tumblr.com completely without having to turn that setting on.
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Dec 11, 2014 9:23 PM in response to starkewjby syversen,I also have this EXACT same question. I've searched the Internet and can't find anything.
The closest I found was this page on managed domains that seems to give some hints at how Apple _manages_ domains:
https://help.apple.com/deployment/ios/#/ior25b981c12
But that implies that if you include "never allow" for *.tumblr.com and tumblr.com, that you're set. I've got those, and m.tumblr.com and www.tumblr.com and in testing subdomains still are usually not blocked. What the heck? How do you need to enter it to get EVERYTHING from a domain blocked?
Jason
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Dec 12, 2014 12:33 PM in response to CraftyZAby syversen,That's what I tried. But that doesn't work if you go to a subdomain that Tumblr hosts. Go delete the restriction and browse Tumblr for a little while to find some sub domains. (hotstuff.tumblr.com or whatever). Then turn the restrictions on and try to go to the sites you identified. You'll find that some will go through fine and others might be blocked, no clear formula in play that I can deduce. It's ridiculous, you'd think the asterisk would actually do something useful.
Jason
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Dec 14, 2014 9:41 PM in response to syversenby CraftyZA,I'm sure this needs to be reported as a bug. This cannot be by design?
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Jan 1, 2015 10:00 PM in response to syversenby Smokey77,I'm having the same problem on a family members phone. I've tried everything I can think of (*.tumblr.com, www.tumblr.com, tumblr.com, http://tumblr.com, etc.) and havn't been able to block tumblr sub domains (something.tumblr.com) either.. please let us know if you find anything else. Apple needs to take a look at this, seems like a bug to me.
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Jan 2, 2015 12:01 AM in response to starkewjby Hypernova225,What you could do is block tumblr in your router's control panel. I personally don't think blocking website's does anything good though.