Allowing and Restricting Websites

You can use Jamf Parent to choose which websites your child can access on their school-issued device by configuring an allowed websites list or a blocked websites list.

Note:

This feature may not be supported on your Jamf Parent app depending on the software your school uses to manage your child's school-issued device.

Allowed websites —The child's device can access only the listed websites.
Blocked websites —The child's device can access all websites except for the listed websites.

Requirements

Ensure that Safari is configured as an allowed app. For more information about configuring allowed apps, see Allowing Apps.

Tap the child's device you want to apply website restrictions to.
Tap Websites.
Enable the Websites filtering switch.
Under Websites filtering method, tap Allow to enable the child's device to access only listed websites or tap Block to block the child's device from accessing all listed websites.
Enter the URL of the website you want to either allow or block, depending on your website filtering selection, then tap + Add website.
Best Practice:
Some websites may automatically redirect users to a URL that is different from the one originally entered. For example, if a child enters www.bbc.co.uk, they may be automatically redirected to www.bbc.com. To ensure the child can access the intended website or that the intended website is blocked, add both the original website URL and the redirect website URL to the list.
Repeat step 5 as needed to add more websites to the list.

The specified list of allowed or blocked websites is applied to the child's device.

If a child's device is offline, the settings will be applied the next time the device is online.

To remove a website from the allowed or blocked website list, tap the trash button next to the website.