Starter Blocklist

A free, ready-to-import blocklist for Cold Turkey Blocker: 11 categories, 106 sites and patterns, including the rules that close the routes people normally use to undo a block.

↓ Download the blocklist

Plain text, 6 KB, no signup. Import with Cold Turkey Blocker → File → Import.

Everything arrives switched off. All 11 categories import disabled and unlocked, so nothing blocks you the moment you load it and nothing can lock you out before you have read it. Turn on the categories you want, delete what you do not, adjust the allowances — and only then set a lock.

What is in it

Social media No allowance

facebook.cominstagram.comtiktok.comx.comreddit.comsnapchat.comthreads.combsky.apppinterest.comlinkedin.comdiscord.comquora.com+ 6 more

Video and streaming No allowance

youtube.comnetflix.comprimevideo.comdisneyplus.comhulu.commax.comtwitch.tvvimeo.comcrunchyroll.com+ 5 more

Short-form video No allowance

youtube.com/shortsinstagram.com/reelsfacebook.com/reeltiktok.com

Shopping 15 min per day

amazon.comebay.comaliexpress.comtemu.comshein.cometsy.comwalmart.comtarget.comasos.comzalando.com+ 6 more

Gaming No allowance

roblox.comchess.comlichess.orgstore.steampowered.comepicgames.comitch.iopoki.com+ 3 more

News and doomscrolling 10 min per day

news.google.comnews.ycombinator.comcnn.comnytimes.comtheguardian.comdailymail.co.ukbuzzfeed.com+ 3 more

Music and podcasts 5 min per day

spotify.comdeezer.comsoundcloud.compodcasts.apple.compandora.comtunein.com+ 2 more

Messaging (web) 10 min per 2 hours

web.whatsapp.comweb.telegram.orgmessenger.comdiscord.com/channels

Wikipedia and rabbit holes 5 min per 24 hours

*.wikipedia.orgfandom.comtvtropes.org

Adult content No allowance

12 of the largest domains. Listed in the file rather than on this page. Delete the category if you do not want it.

Protection rules No allowance

The part most starter lists leave out: this closes the routes back out of a block.

getcoldturkey.com/support/reinstall-instructionssearches for "cold turkey uninstall"searches for "bypass website blocker"Windows Store (app)

Before you lock it

This is a starting point, not a finished configuration. It is deliberately generic: the sites that actually cost you time are personal, and no downloaded list can know them. Add yours, and remove anything you need for work before you set a lock.

Locks are the part worth thinking about carefully. A long delay is what makes a block hold at the moment you most want to undo it — and the same delay applies when you had a good reason. Start shorter than feels right, then tighten once you know what breaks.

How to set it up Which blocker to use