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TLDR

Filters are blocklists. Toggle them ON and everything in that category will be blocked on Devices that enforce the Profile.

What are Filters?

Filters prevent websites and services that fall within the category from resolving on your device. There are 2 categories of Filters:

1. Native Filters - These are hand curated Filters maintained by Control D. These are highly effective in terms of the capabilities but should contain very few false positives.
2. 3rd Party Filters - These are popular community maintained blocklists. Control D does not control their contents and these should be used at own risk.

Modes

Some Filters have multiple modes, these Filters include:

• Ads & Trackers - See Ads & Trackers Modes
• Malware - See Malware Modes

To learn more about each mode, you can click the Info icon next to the relevant Filter.

How to Use Filters

To enable a Filter, simply toggle the relevant switch in the Profile you're editing. To disable a Filter, toggle it OFF. Also note that if you'd like to enable (for instance) Social filter to block social media sites, but still enjoy Twitter/X, you can enable the Service for Twitter/X and it will work while the others will be blocked.

Update Interval

All filters are rebuilt and deployed every 20 minutes or less.