Surfshark adds Windows-only allowed websites list to web content blocker

The web content blocker is Surfshark's category-based filtering tool for Surfshark One and One+ subscribers. It automatically blocks whole categories of websites and does not require the VPN to remain turned on. The feature currently filters seven categories of content, including pornography, gambling, weapons, drugs, and malware.

Until the allowed websites list, blocking a category was an all-or-nothing arrangement. If a legitimate site was swept up in a broad filter, the only option was to disable the entire blocker. With the new list, any site a user adds stays reachable while the rest of its category remains filtered. On Windows, users open the Surfshark app, click the settings cogwheel icon in the left navigation menu, navigate to Web content blocker, scroll down to Allowed websites, press Add, and enter the specific website URLs. The blocker can still be toggled on or off at any time.

Surfshark first introduced the web content blocker on Android and iOS in October 2025 and later expanded it to desktop. The company designed the tool to safeguard users without surveilling them. Justas Pukys, a senior product manager at Surfshark, has said the blocker "helps users protect their family members from seeing malicious content or websites" without monitoring the sites they visit. That means no screen time limits, no app blocking, and no activity logs, consistent with Surfshark's independently audited no-logs stance.

Surfshark One starts from the equivalent of $2.79 a month and adds the web content blocker, antivirus, a data breach monitor, and an alternative ID tool. The two-year Starter plan works out at $2.49 a month plus tax. In TechRadar's VPN rankings, Surfshark is the pick for the best cheap VPN, and the publication describes the allowed websites list as a quality-of-life refinement.