On a Windows PC
What a blocked site does is set on the Consequences page. The default sends the browser to Google. You can instead show Kellet’s blocked page, close the tab or close the browser.
The blocked page reads Blocked by Kellet, says which rule matched and since when, and, if you have a partner, that they can see blocked attempts on this PC. If you have turned on the Let me through button, it can start the cooldown on unblocking that site from the page itself.
An explicit image on a page you are allowed on is blurred or removed, depending on your Consequences. A blocked app is closed.
On an Android phone
A site blocked by name fails to load. In a supported browser, Kellet steps back from the page and shows That page is blocked., or closes the browser if the page stays on screen. A blocked app is sent back to the Home screen.
How quickly a change arrives
Every change is sent to your devices the moment it takes effect: categories, Always blocked and Always allowed, single blocked pages, schedules, detection settings, consequences, Shorts and Reels, app blocks, and anything you apply from the queue. Devices also check in every fifteen minutes as a backstop, in case one missed the message.
A device that is switched off picks up everything the next time it comes online.
Searches and single-page sites
On a PC, Kellet checks every address change inside sites like YouTube and Facebook, not only full page loads, so a keyword rule also catches a search typed inside them.
Limits worth knowing
- On a phone, most apps are filtered by whole site.URL, Keyword and Regex entries work in the major browsers; elsewhere a phone sees which site an app connects to, not the page.
- On-screen detection on a phone samples the screen.It looks roughly every thirty seconds, and has to be allowed on the phone itself.
- Some Windows apps ignore the system proxy.Those still respect Domain entries, but not URL or Keyword entries.