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Stop seeing adult images, websites, and ads in Google Search
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If you don't want to see sexually explicit results in your Google search results, you can block it easily in your web browser and the Google mobile app. This wikiHow guide will teach you how to block porn from Google Search by enabling Filter mode in SafeSearch. We'll also show you how to report content that makes it past the filters.
Things You Should Know
- To block porn from Google Search, go to https://www.google.com/safesearch and select "Filter."
- In the Google mobile app, you can block porn in Settings > SafeSearch.
- You can prevent people who use your computer from disabling porn blocking in Google by adding SafeSearch to your hosts file.
Steps
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Blocking in the Google App
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Tap your profile photo in the Google mobile app. If you use the Google app on your phone or tablet, you can enable Safe Search in the app's settings. Your profile photo is at the top-right corner of the app.
- If you don't have a profile photo set, you'll see your initial instead.
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Tap Settings and select SafeSearch . This takes you to your Google SafeSearch settings, where you can easily block adult content.
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Tap Filter to block porn in Google Search. This removes explicit images, text, and websites from your search results.
- Alternatively, you can select Blur to blur pornographic images without affecting text and web links.
- Off disables SafeSearch, which allows porn to appear in Google Search.
- If you see a padlock icon at the top-right corner of the page, your SafeSearch settings have been locked by an administrator. This is usually because you're using a parent, employee, or student account, but may also happen if the network administrator has locked SafeSearch for all users.
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Blocking with Family Link
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Open the Family Link app. If you use Family Link to manage your child's Google account, you can block porn from their Google searches from the Family Link mobile app, or by accessing your family in a browser at https://myaccount.google.com/family/details . [2] X Research source
- If you manage a child's account, they should automatically be in SafeSearch Filter mode, which does a good job of blocking porn from Google Search. If you disabled this feature, this method will show you how to turn it back on.
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Select the account you want to manage. A list of options will appear.
- If you haven't already added your child's Google account to Family Link, you'll need to do so first. Just click or tap the menu, select Add child , and follow the on-screen instructions to do so. [3] X Research source
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Go to Controls > Content restrictions > Google Seach . This opens your child's SafeSearch settings.
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Select Filter to block porn from your child's search results. The changes will take effect immediately.
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Reporting Porn That Isn't Blocked
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Report a porn website. While explicit websites shouldn't appear in your Google search results when SafeSearch's Filter mode is enabled, sometimes a site will sneak past the filter. When this happens, you can report it to Google.
- Copy the site's URL that appears in your search results. To do so without opening the site, right-click, control + click, or long-tap the link, then select Copy link or Copy link address .
- Go to https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/safesearch .
- Right-click, long-tap, or control + click the URL the box and select Paste .
- Click Report content .
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Report a porn image. While SafeSearch blocks most porn from Google Search, it isn't 100% accurate. If an image sneaks past the filter when searching Google Images, you can report it easily.
- Click or tap the image in the search results.
- Click or tap the three vertical dots â‹® and select Report this result .
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Report a porn ad. While you shouldn't see porn ads in your search results with Filter mode enabled, you may come across one or two over time. When this happens, you can report it to improve the algorithm. Go to https://support.google.com/ads/troubleshooter/4578507?hl=en and follow the on-screen instructions to do so.
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QuestionHow do I block all porn on my Android phone?Jose DelgadoCommunity AnswerThere are apps such as App Block and Cold Turkey that are free and work well, especially if you put a random password that you don't know.
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QuestionWhat is to stop someone from going into incognito mode or signing out of their account and creating a new one? I do not want my kids making a new account just to get around this or using a different web browser and looking for photos there.Community AnswerYou will need to manually set up a block via your Internet provider's router; that will block all the traffic, regardless of account or device used.
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QuestionHow can I completely block porn from my Android phone?Community Answer
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Tips
- As long as you haven't disabled cookies, your SafeSearch settings will be saved to the current device. If you delete your cookies, you might have to turn SafeSearch back on again. [4] X Research sourceThanks
- Porn sites will only be filtered out from Google search results. Explicit content and images may still appear on your web browser if you use other search engines like Bing or DuckDuckGo.Thanks
- If you use parental control apps like Screen Time , Bark, or mSpy to manage your child's accounts, you can block porn websites in general—not just in Google search results.Thanks
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1. Open Google.
2. Tap the three-dot menu
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3. Tap Settings
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4. Tap General
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5. Tap to turn the switch on
next to "SafeSearch."
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