Disable New Software Installation
Blocks new software installations across multiple layers - stopping every type of Windows Installer package and closing the per-user side-load path.
Software Block Protection
Block specific apps, installers, file types and tools from launching on the PC by name and signature.
36 features
Disable 3D Viewer
Blocks the Microsoft 3D Viewer UWP app (formerly Mixed Reality Viewer).
Disable Media Player
Blocks every media-playback app that ships with Windows - the legacy Windows Media Player, the modern Media Player / Groove Music app, and the Movies & TV app.
Disable Microsoft Clipchamp
Blocks the Microsoft Clipchamp video-editor UWP app (bundled by default in Win11 22H2+).
Disable Microsoft To Do
Blocks the Microsoft To Do task / checklist app (a rebrand of Wunderlist) so it exits immediately on launch.
Disable Paint 3D
Blocks the Microsoft Paint 3D app so it exits immediately on launch.
Disable UC Browser
Blocks UC Browser, an Alibaba-owned Chromium-based browser with a multi-year track record of shipping with hostile telemetry and unwanted bundled components.
Disable Opera
Blocks Opera Browser, a Chromium fork that ships with a built-in free unlimited VPN/proxy that bypasses corporate egress controls.
Disable Vivaldi
Blocks Vivaldi Browser (Vivaldi Technologies AS - Norway-based Chromium fork founded by ex-Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner after the Opera CN ownership change).
Disable Brave
Blocks Brave Browser, the largest Chromium fork by install base after Chrome, Edge and Opera, marketed as a privacy-focused browser.
Disable Mozilla Firefox
Blocks Mozilla Firefox, the largest non-Chromium third-party browser on Windows and Microsoft's documented managed-alternative when Edge is locked down.
Disable Microsoft Edge
Blocks Microsoft Edge (Microsoft-shipped Chromium-based web browser that REPLACED Internet Explorer as Windows default browser starting Win10 1507/Win11 21H2, ONLY browser pre-installed on every shipping Windows 10/11/Server 2019/2022/2025 box).
Disable Apple Safari
Blocks Apple Safari for Windows (Apple-shipped WebKit-based web browser).
Disable Google Chrome
Blocks Google Chrome (Google-shipped Chromium-based web browser - most-deployed third-party browser on Windows).
Disable WhatsApp
Blocks WhatsApp (Meta/Facebook end-to-end-encrypted consumer messaging product).
Disable Microsoft Teams
Blocks Microsoft Teams (unified Teams chat/video/collaboration product, fka Lync, fka Skype for Business).
Disable Google Meet
Blocks Google Meet (browser-based G Suite / Google Workspace video conferencing product, fka Google Hangouts Meet, fka Google Duo for groups).
Disable Zoom
Blocks every shipped Zoom Video Communications desktop app so any launch attempt fails.
Disable LinkedIn
Blocks the LinkedIn app and the LinkedIn website - feed, jobs, messaging and profiles - in Chrome and Edge.
Disable Pinterest
Blocks Pinterest (the Pinterest Inc. visual-discovery / image-bookmark social network, >500 M monthly active users).
Disable Snapchat
Blocks Snapchat (the Snap Inc. ephemeral-messaging / Stories / Spotlight short-form video network, >400 M daily active users).
Disable TikTok
Blocks TikTok (the ByteDance short-form video network, >150 M U.S. monthly users + >1 B global).
Disable Reddit
Blocks Reddit (the link-aggregator / discussion-forum site, >100 M daily active users post-IPO 2024).
Disable Threads
Blocks Meta's Threads, the microblogging service spun out of Instagram. Threads has no Windows desktop app - it is web-only - so this blocks the Threads website in Chrome and Edge.
Disable Midori Browser
Blocks Midori Browser, a lightweight WebKitGTK-based browser originally created in 2007 for the Xfce desktop environment.
Disable Dolphin Browser
Blocks Dolphin Browser, a gesture-driven mobile browser from Dolphin Browser Inc. (formerly MoboTap) primarily distributed for Android and iOS.
Disable Comodo Dragon
Blocks Comodo Dragon, a Chromium-based browser from Comodo Group (now reorganised under Xcitium Inc.) marketed for security-conscious users.
Disable Epic Privacy Browser
Blocks Epic Privacy Browser, a Chromium fork from Hidden Reflex Sales Pvt. Ltd. marketed as a privacy-first 'always-on private browsing' browser.
Disable Chromium
Blocks the upstream Chromium open-source browser, the codebase from which Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi, Yandex Browser, Comodo Dragon, SRWare Iron and Epic Privacy Browser are all built.
Disable Telegram
Prevents the Telegram desktop and Microsoft Store apps from opening, and blocks the Telegram website in Chrome and Edge so the web version cannot be used either.
Disable Facebook
Prevents the Facebook and Messenger apps from opening and blocks the Facebook and Messenger websites in Chrome and Edge, so the whole Meta surface is unavailable.
Disable Facebook Messenger
Prevents the Messenger app from opening and blocks the Messenger website in Chrome and Edge.
Disable Python
Prevents any Python interpreter - including the launcher, IPython and Conda - from running.
Disable Tor Browser
Prevents the Tor Browser and its bundled connection helpers from launching, so users cannot use Tor to bypass web controls.
Disable Pale Moon
Prevents the Pale Moon browser, including its portable version, from launching.
Disable Puffin Browser
Prevents the Puffin browser from launching and blocks its installer and updater so it cannot reinstall itself.