A lot of people are addicted to Facebook and they spend a lot of time in Facebook.While browsing Facebook they forget that they have some important things to do.I do not understand why they do not block Facebook.Students forget to go to class and use Facebook hours after hours.This is good that you are social and using those social networks.But everything has a limit and some cases you just do not want to use Facebook but still your fingers type Facebook and you log in to Facebook.

If you are in this kind of situation then i have some tips for you to limit your addiction and you will be able to block Facebook from your computer in some cases and hopefully it will save your valuable time.Let us go through the procedures to block Facebook in your PC.

1. “Facebook Disconnect” Extension For Google Chrome:

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Sometimes it is irritating to see the Facebook like buttons on blogs and websites.Sometimes they just drive you to like that page on Facebook.So, you need to log in to Facebook and after logging in just only liking the page you also check thousands of thing in Facebook which is a total waste of time.If you want to avoid this type of unwanted things happen then you can just add this add on to your Google chrome browser which is named as Facebook Disconnect.

2. Block Facebook By Changing Host File:

The system host file is responsible to tell your computer where one website is.You can change that to block Facebook from your computer.

Just press the Windows + R key and then wait to run dialogue to appear and then just copy this line :notepad C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

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Put the below two lines in the notepad:

127.0.0.1  facebook.com

127.0.0.1  www.facebook.com

If you do like above then Facebook should no longer load to your computer.Because  we have made Facebook.com refer to 127.0.0.1 which is your own computer.This is the trick.

3.Install StayFocused Extension To Block Facebook If your browse it more than 10 Minutes:

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This is another interesting way to block Facebook through StayFocused extension.This extension is workable for your Google chrome.It will block Facebook if you use Facebook for more than 10 minutes.You will also be able to fix the times.

Above are some ways through which you can control your Facebook usage in the web.There are more ways.If you know one then please let me know through comments.

Himadri Subrah Saha

Himadri is an ICT Professional who writes for his technology tips & tricks related blog TechnTechie. Though it is hard to balance time in between professional life and blogging, he still manages time to work for his own blog and writes almost regularly. The dashboard of this WordPress is the only place where he does not feel tired! Read my other blogs @ PetCare and Teleinfo

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