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When To Block This Site?


Site:

Load block list from public URL (Here are some samples)

Time Tracker

Number of sites that are displayed in Time Tracker page:

Do not track the following site:

Tip: This option is useful to exclude your home page from the time tracking results since you would likely spend a lot of time on it and it would skew the chart. You may use patterns such as "*.google.com".

Remove all historical data recorded by Time Tracker and start over. Note: The time quota used for blocking purpose will not be affected.

Block List

Web sites that are to be blocked. (How to add sites?)
Click to customize per-site settings. Click to remove a site from the list. You may re-order the list by drag-n-drop.

Add site(s) in the text box below or "Load from URL", then click "Add Blocked Site(s)".
Some examples: *.facebook.com, *.youtube.com, etc.

Tips

  • To block multiple sites, add one per line.
  • You may use asterisk as wildcard in any part of URL
  • Preceding http:// can be ommited if you don't want to be protocol specific.
  • The order of sites matters if you use per-site settings.
  • You may also add blocked sites using context menu while you are browsing.

Examples

  • *.foo.com matches any subdomain of "foo.com", such as finance.foo.com or news.foo.com
  • foo*.com matches any site that starts with "foo" and ends with ".com", such as foobar.com or foo.xyz.com
  • foo.*.com matches any site that starts with "foo." and ends with ".com", such as foo.com or foo.xyz.com but it doesn't match foobar.com
  • foo.com/path matches any url under "foo.com/path", such as foo.com/path, foo.com/path/xyz, but it doesn't match foo.com/pathxyz.
  • https://foo.com matches any url under HTTPS site foo.com
  • */search?q=cache: matches any url that has path "search" and query string starting with "q=cache:". It effectively matches Google cache URLs.

Allow List

Web sites that should be allowed, which takes precedence over Block List. (How to add sites?)
Click to remove a site from the list.

Add site(s) in the text box below, then click "Add Allowed Site(s)".
Some examples: *.google.com, *.wsj.com, etc.

Tips

  • To allow multiple sites, add one per line.
  • You may use asterisk as wildcard in any part of URL
  • Preceding http:// can be ommited if you don't want to be protocol specific.
  • The order of the sites you added does not matter.

Examples

  • *.foo.com matches any subdomain of "foo.com", such as finance.foo.com or news.foo.com
  • foo*.com matches any site that starts with "foo" and ends with ".com", such as foobar.com or foo.xyz.com
  • foo.*.com matches any site that starts with "foo." and ends with ".com", such as foo.com or foo.xyz.com but it doesn't match foobar.com
  • foo.com/path matches any url under "foo.com/path", such as foo.com/path, foo.com/path/xyz, but it doesn't match foo.com/pathxyz.
  • https://foo.com matches any url under HTTPS site foo.com
  • */search?q=cache: matches any url that has path "search" and query string starting with "q=cache:". It effectively matches Google cache URLs.

Time Allowed - Global Quota

Set the maximum amount of time per day that you will be allowed to browse sites on the block list. To customize time allowed on per-site basis go to Block List page.

Define Work Hours:
Time Allowed Per Day:
  • Within Work Hours minutes
  • Outside Work Hours minutes
Time Allowed Per Day:
minutes

Days that this extension is active:

Advanced Settings

Enable In Private Browsing
(Google Chrome: You also need to check Allow in Incognito in Extensions page)

Idle detection

1 min 8 hours

Stop timers when the browser has been idle for minute(s).

Block Landing Page

When a site is blocked,



  • Note: This redirect URL itself becomes reserved and can't be blocked.

Warning Message

Display a warning message minutes before a site is to be blocked.

Challenge

When you are blocked by the time quota you set, you will likely be tempted to add more time or remove a blocked site. This option helps you fight against that urge :-)

When you attempt to edit settings next time,

Import or Export Settings

Import Settings

Import settings from a file. The settings file needs to be previously exported from WasteNoTime. The imported settings won't take effect until you click "Apply Settings" button.

Export Settings

Export current settings to a file. Any pending changes are not included. The file is saved in Downloads folder by browser. It can be copied to other machines and used by multiple browsers.

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