Block social media during work hours

Set a schedule in three steps

1. In the dashboard, on the Blocked sites page, click “Schedule”, above the list.
2. Pick a template, for example Office, or your own days and time ranges, then save.
3. In the Social media category's menu, choose “Scheduled”. Add the category first with “Add” if it isn't in your list.

The four templates

• Office: Monday to Friday, 9 am to 12:30 pm and 1:30 pm to 6 pm.
• Morning: Monday to Friday, 8 am to noon.
• Evening: every day, 8 pm to 11 pm.
• Night: every day, 10 pm to 7 am.

A schedule holds up to 5 time ranges, the same for every day you pick. It follows the computer's clock.

What happens then

1. During a range, Instagram or TikTok show Claryda's page: “instagram.com is blocked during this time.”
2. Outside the ranges, they open as usual, and no visit is counted.
3. A Pomodoro started outside a range counts as one: the category shuts during work.
4. Loosening the schedule asks for a confirmation, as an unblock does; tightening it applies at once.

Keep LinkedIn open

The Social media category holds 12 sites, LinkedIn included. If you need it for work, open the category and click “Copy as my own category”, remove LinkedIn from the copy and put the copy on “Scheduled”, then remove the original category. Your own categories are a Pro feature.

Without Pro

• Block the category all the time: Social media stays shut, evenings included; you can unblock it whenever you like, after a confirmation.
• Give one site a time a day: for example 30 minutes of Instagram, then blocked until midnight. See Limit YouTube to 30 minutes a day.
• A Pomodoro shuts that limited site during each work phase: see Block YouTube while you study.

With Pro

• With Pro: the schedule, your own categories, strict mode and a password. 7-day trial, no card. See pricing

Questions

Does the schedule also block my other sites?

Only the ones you set to “Scheduled”; the others stay on “Always”.

What happens to the schedule if Pro ends?

Scheduled sites and categories go to “Always”: they stay blocked, since Claryda never unblocks anything on its own.

Does it work on a phone?

No, on computers only.