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Rich Williams
Rich Williams

Reputation: 1713

Blocking all of tumblr from hosts file

I am trying to block tumblr, and all it's pages, using my hosts file. Usually I would just add an entry like 

127.0.0.1 tumblr.com

to my file, but tumblr has websites in the format " sitename.tumblr.com"

I have tried 

127.0.0.1 *.tumblr.com
127.0.0.1 http://*.tumbr.com

And neither work either. Does anyone know how to block tumblr without installing bulky software?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2795

Answers (2)

tumblrhostsfile
tumblrhostsfile

Reputation: 21

You can block static.tumblr.com and 78.media.tumblr.com and render the site basically unusable.

Upvotes: 2

hostsfile
hostsfile

Reputation: 11

I was searching and trying to block this shitty website and finally found the solution. There is nothing you can do with hosts file, except blocking the regular form of www addresses. Personally, I recommend to use Avast blocking sites tool. It works great and blocks all the tumblr subdomains. You have to add 

http://*.tumblr.com*

in your "Blocked URL address list" and enable it.

Upvotes: 1

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