Block websites during work or study hours
You don’t want a site gone forever, just not while you’re working. A weekly schedule blocks it for the hours you choose and opens it again when they end.
Set a schedule
Open Plainware Focus’s Settings and make a list, for example “Work”. Add the sites you want blocked.
Choose On a schedule.
Pick the days and the start and end times. A list can have several windows, so you could block 09:00 to 17:00 on weekdays and 20:00 to 22:00 on Sundays.
For a night-time rule, set a window that runs past midnight, such as 22:00 to 06:00. It ends the next morning.
Allow Plainware Focus on each site when Chrome asks, so you see its block page, with the time the site opens again.
How it behaves
- The block page says which list blocked the site and until what time.
- When a block starts, tabs you already have open on that site get a one-minute grace, with a badge countdown, before they move to the block page. You can turn this off.
- If the schedule ends while the block page is open, the page says the site is open again and offers a Continue button. It doesn’t redirect by itself.
- Schedules use your computer’s clock and time zone. Changing the clock changes the schedule, which is why Pro’s strict mode is a speed bump and not a lock.
Going further
- Focus sessions: a list can also block while a Pomodoro or stopwatch session is running. This is free.
- Different sets for different times (Work, Study, Weekend) are Pro’s Profiles, which can switch on their own weekly windows.
- Strict mode (Pro): protected lists can only get stronger until you ask to unlock and wait 5 to 60 minutes. It never hides settings and never waits more than an hour.