# Block List

> Use the Proxyman Block List to block or hide requests by domain, wildcard, regex, or app, so ads, analytics, and noisy pings stay out of your session.

## 1. What's it?

The Block List Tool is useful when you would like to **block or hide** certain domains during a debugging session.

For instance, you can use Block List in the following situations:

* Block all ad requests from particular domains
* Block all analytics requests that flood your workspace
* Block all annoying ping requests from your app, so fewer requests show in Proxyman
* Hide analytics traffic from your website without blocking it

For all blocked domains in the Block List, Proxyman **drops the connection.**

![Proxyman Block List window with rules that block a wildcard domain, Google Chrome and WhatsApp](https://proxyman.com/docs/assets/Screenshot%202025-09-05%20at%2021.11.17.png)

_Block certain requests by domain or client_

## 2. Block Actions

Block List supports a few block actions to suit your needs:

<table><thead><tr><th width="238.87890625">Block Action</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Block &#x26; Hide Request</td><td>Matched requests are blocked and don't show in the app.</td></tr><tr><td>Block &#x26; Display Requests</td><td>Matched requests are blocked, but the blocked requests still show in the app.</td></tr><tr><td>Hide, but not Block</td><td>Only hides the matched requests without blocking them. Useful when you want to hide annoying requests but not block them.</td></tr></tbody></table>

![Proxyman Block List rule editor with the Action menu: Block &#x26; Hide, Block &#x26; Display, and Hide, but not Block](https://proxyman.com/docs/assets/proxyman-block-list-rule-editor.jpg)

_Choose a block action_

## 3. How to use it?

* **Tools** Menu -> **Block List**
* Right-click on the requests or domains -> **Tools** -> **Block List...**

> **Tip:** **⌥⌘\[** to quickly open the Block List window

## 4. Block all traffic from a given App

* On Proxyman macOS 5.24.0 or later, you can select an app and block all of its traffic. In the rule editor, click **Select App…** next to **Block App**.

![Proxyman Block List rule editor with Block App set to Dropbox and the Block and Hide Request action](https://proxyman.com/docs/assets/Screenshot%202025-09-02%20at%2010.08.23.jpg)

_Block all traffic from an app_