How to Block Reddit on Chrome and Stop Endless Scrolling

Reddit is easy to open for one answer and hard to leave. The front page, r/all and comment threads are designed to pull you one click deeper. Redirect blocks Reddit, lets you keep specific useful communities, and sends you back to what you meant to do.

Add to Chrome, free to start

3 steps

Block Reddit in under a minute

1
Install Redirect
Add Redirect to Chrome from the Chrome Web Store. Blocking one site is free and needs no account.
2
Add a rule
Open the dashboard, choose whole site and enterreddit.com
3
Choose how pauses work
Pick pause lengths and a task to finish first. Type a paragraph. Copying a passage exactly takes a minute and gives you time to notice the urge.

Tips for Reddit

Make it stick

Add work subreddits as exceptions, for example reddit.com/r/learnprogramming, so research stays possible.
Use a pattern rule like *://*.reddit.com/r/all* to block only r/all and the popular feed if you want a lighter touch.
If you mostly land on Reddit from search results, keep the whole site blocked and pause for five minutes when you truly need a thread.

Redirect

reddit.comBlocking

Sends you to your Focus dashboard

Type a paragraph. Copying a passage exactly takes a minute and gives you time to notice the urge.