How to block Manus
How to block Manus on every device
Manus is an autonomous AI agent that browses, researches, and completes multi-step tasks on its own. Below: how to block Manus in the browser, on phones and tablets, on your home or school network, and on managed devices.
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manus.imBlocked1 hostname in the Nullgen catalog
Every entry also covers its subdomains, so the Manus app and API are blocked too.
What Manus connects to
These are the hostnames Manus uses for its website, its apps, and its API. Each entry is matched as a suffix — blocking manus.im also blocks every subdomain of it — so the Manus app cannot slip through on a hostname that is not listed. Shared hosts that other products need are deliberately left out.
| Hostname | Role |
|---|---|
| manus.im | Main website |
Block Manus in the browser
Free: the Nullgen browser extension
The free extension blocks Manus and every other tool in the catalog in Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari. It works on the page itself — no DNS change, no policy — and updates as the catalog grows.
Managed browsers: block the sites by policy
On a school or company fleet, push the hostnames as a browser policy so Manus is blocked even when someone uninstalls extensions. These snippets use the official Chrome, Edge, and Firefox policy names and the same hosts listed above.
Chrome and Edge — URLBlocklist
{
"URLBlocklist": [
"manus.im"
]
}Firefox — policies.json
{
"policies": {
"WebsiteFilter": {
"Block": [
"*://manus.im/*",
"*://*.manus.im/*"
]
}
}
}Chrome and Edge treat a bare hostname as the host plus every subdomain. Firefox needs both the apex and the wildcard pattern.
Need every AI tool in one file, or a .reg or macOS profile?
Open the free policy generatorBlock the Manus app on phones and tablets
Nullgen mobile app
The Nullgen app blocks Manus and 100+ other AI apps and sites on the whole device with an on-device filter — the app, the website, and the API, on any network, with no DNS server to run. Included with Nullgen Pro.
Without Nullgen: Screen Time on iPhone and iPad
- 1Open Settings → Screen Time → Content & Privacy Restrictions and turn restrictions on. This covers Manus in Safari and in apps that use Apple’s web filter.
- 2Under Web Content, choose Limit Adult Websites — the setting that lets you deny manus.im by name.
- 3Under Never Allow, add manus.im. Safari and apps that use Apple’s web filter will refuse it.
- 4To keep the Manus app off the device entirely, delete it and set Installing Apps to Don’t Allow, or use Ask to Buy on a child’s Apple Account.
Without Nullgen: Family Link on Android
- 1Open Family Link, choose the child, then Controls → Content restrictions → Google Chrome — where Manus can be blocked by site.
- 2Choose Only allow approved sites, or add manus.im under Blocked sites.
- 3Under Controls → App limits, block the Manus app, or require approval for new installs from Google Play.
Block Manus on your home or school network
A DNS blocker such as Pi-hole, AdGuard Home, NextDNS, or pfBlockerNG blocks Manus for every device on the network — laptops, phones, consoles, and the Manus app — without installing anything on them. Subscribe to the Manus file from the public blocklist, or paste the rules directly.
Subscribe to the Manus list
AdGuard Home, uBlock Origin, and Brave rules
||manus.im^DNS blocking cannot see inside a VPN or a phone on mobile data. For a block that follows the device, use the Nullgen apps or an MDM profile.
Block Manus on managed devices
Schools and companies can block Manus on every managed iPhone, iPad, laptop, and Chromebook from the MDM they already run — Intune, Jamf, Kandji, or Google Workspace — with per-person policies and an approval flow for legitimate use. Nullgen Pro provides the profiles and the dashboard; these guides walk through the setup.
Questions about blocking Manus
Does the free Nullgen extension block Manus?
Yes. The free extension blocks prompts on Manus and every other AI tool in the catalog in Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari. It works on the page itself, so it needs no policy and no DNS change.
Will blocking Manus break other websites?
No. Every hostname on this page belongs to Manus alone. Shared websites that other products depend on are never on the list — which is also why AI features built into those products stay reachable.
Can someone get around a Manus block?
A browser-only block can be bypassed with another browser or the Manus app, and a network block can be bypassed with a VPN or a phone on mobile data. A block on the device itself — the Nullgen apps, Screen Time, or an MDM profile — follows the device wherever it goes.
Does this block the Manus app, not just the website?
A DNS or device-level block does. The app talks to the same hostnames listed above, and every entry covers its subdomains, so the app cannot slip through on a hostname that is not listed. A browser policy or extension only covers the browser.
What happens when Manus adds a new hostname?
The catalog is updated as vendors change, and the Nullgen apps, the extension, and the public blocklist all read from it, so a new hostname reaches every device without anyone editing a list by hand.
Block Manus today
Start with the free browser extension. Add Nullgen Pro when you need the Manus app blocked on phones, tablets, and desktops, with approvals for the people who really need it.