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Starting a block session

This article describes how to start a block session on Mac, Windows, Android, and iOS devices.

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Written by Freedom
Updated over 3 months ago

Follow the instructions in this document to create a one-time Start Now block session. To learn more about scheduling a block session in advance, see Start Later and Recurring Sessions.

To learn about creating your own custom blocklist, or adding to an existing blocklist, see Adding custom websites to a blocklist and How to create or edit a blocklist.


How to start a session

Start session using the dashboard

1. Launch the Freedom app on your computer.

2. Open your browser and visit freedom.to/log-in to access your Freedom dashboard or select Launch Dashboard from the Freedom app menu

3. From the dashboard, create blocklists for the websites you want to block. For help making and editing blocklists, see Adding custom websites to a blocklist and How to create or edit a blocklist.

4. Under Add Session, select Start Now at the top of your dashboard and enter how many hours and minutes you want the block to last.

5. Select the blocklist you want to use under Block these distractions.

6. Select what devices you want to include in your block.

7. Select Start.

Start session using the desktop app

Once you have created a few blocklists and installed Freedom on your desktop computer, you can also start a Freedom session directly from the app in your menu bar (Mac) or taskbar (Windows).

1. Click the Freedom butterfly icon in your menu bar or taskbar to reveal the app menu

2. Select Devices

Select Device

3. Select Blocklists

Select blocklists

4. Select Start a Session and choose a session length.

Start Session

5. Your session will begin when you select the desired length.


Start session using the iOS app

1. Launch the Freedom app on your device and log in.

2. Select the Start session tab at the bottom

3. Select which devices you’d like to include in your block session.

4. Select which blocklists you'd like to include in your block session

5. Set the Session Length

6. Name the session if desired

7. Select Start the Session


Start session using the Android app

1. Launch the Freedom app on your device and log in.

2. Select the New session tab at the bottom

3. Select Start Now

4. Select which blocklists you would like to include in your block session

5. Select which devices you would like to include in your block session

6. Select session duration

6. Select Start Session


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