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How do I configure allowlist/blocklist domains for Google Chrome?

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How do I configure allowlist/blocklist domains for Google Chrome?

To permit or block a selection of URLs in Chrome managed config, you need to add the URLs to the relevant list. The format for this is as follows:

[scheme://][.]host[:port][/path][@query]

Setting multiple URLs in succession would look like this:

["http://www.example.com", "https://www.example.com", "http://*", "https://example.com?sda"]

More format examples can be found here, but in a nutshell:

  • * targets everything. This is useful for preventing access to everything via a blocklist, then explicitly allowlisting certain domains or URLs
  • 192.0.2.1 targets this specific IP
  • .domain.com explicitly blocks the root domain, but not its subdomains
  • domain.com blocks everything in that domain

It's important to note that some EMMs require brackets for this to work properly, which is why I used them in the multiple URLs example. Google's documentation doesn't mention this, but it's a crucial step.

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