# Install and manage blocklists

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Install sources on **Blocklists**, then choose where they apply on **Protection**.

## Install a listed source

1. Open **Blocklists → Available**.
2. Search or filter by category. Read the source's description and compatibility guidance.
3. Choose **Install** for the source you want.
4. Wait for the download to finish.
5. Open **Installed** and check its status, entry count, and update time.
6. Open **Protection**, edit Home or a custom setup, select the list, and save.

Start with one general-purpose source and add specialized lists as needed. This makes unexpected blocking easier to trace.

## Add your own source

1. Choose **Add custom** on **Blocklists**.
2. Enter a name and the public URL of a hosts file or plain domain list.
3. Leave **Enable after installation** selected if you want it available immediately.
4. Choose **Add blocklist**.
5. Check it under **Installed**, then assign it under **Protection**.

Browser-extension filter lists can contain rules DNS cannot use. Use a hosts file or plain domain list.

## Update, pause, or remove a source

1. Open **Blocklists → Installed**.
2. Use **Update now** on a source to download it again.
3. Use its pause/resume control to disable or re-enable it.
4. To delete it, choose **Remove** and review the affected protection setups before confirming.

A shared source affects every setup using it. To change only one setup, deselect the list within that protection instead.

**You are done when:** the list is installed, enabled, and selected in the intended protection. Make a fresh lookup for one of its domains and inspect the result in **Activity**.