Free DNS Filtering

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Block adult, obscene and other pornographic content using the free CleanBrowsing DNS Filters. Offering three filters (Security, Adult, and Family).

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Family Filter

Blocks access to all adult, pornographic and explicit sites. It also blocks proxy and VPN domains that are used to bypass the filters. Mixed content sites (like Reddit) are also blocked. Google, Bing and Youtube are set to the Safe Mode. Malicious and Phishing domains are blocked.

Operation Description
IPv4
  • 185.228.168.168
  • 185.228.169.168
IPv6

    Truncated

  • 2a0d:2a00:1::
  • 2a0d:2a00:2::

    Expanded

  • 2a0d:2a00:0001:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000
  • 2a0d:2a00:0002:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000
HostName family-filter-dns.cleanbrowsing.org
DNS-Over-HTTPS (DOH) https://doh.cleanbrowsing.org/doh/family-filter/
DNS-Over-TLS (DOT) family-filter-dns.cleanbrowsing.org
iOS Mobile-Config Download Config

Adult Filter

Blocks access to all adult, pornographic and explicit sites. It does not block proxy or VPNs, nor mixed-content sites. Sites like Reddit are allowed. Google and Bing are set to the Safe Mode. Malicious and Phishing domains are blocked.

Operation Description
IPv4
  • 185.228.168.10
  • 185.228.169.11
IPv6

    Truncated

  • 2a0d:2a00:1::1
  • 2a0d:2a00:2::1

    Expanded

  • 2a0d:2a00:0001:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001
  • 2a0d:2a00:0002:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001
HostName adult-filter-dns.cleanbrowsing.org
DNS-Over-HTTPS (DOH) https://doh.cleanbrowsing.org/doh/adult-filter/
DNS-Over-TLS (DOT) adult-filter-dns.cleanbrowsing.org
iOS Mobile-Config Download Config

Security Filter

Blocks access to phishing, spam, malware and malicious domains. Our database of malicious domains is updated hourly and considered to be one of the best in the industry. Note that it does not block adult content.

Operation Description
IPv4
  • 185.228.168.9
  • 185.228.169.9
IPv6

    Truncated

  • 2a0d:2a00:1::2
  • 2a0d:2a00:2::2

    Expanded

  • 2a0d:2a00:0001:0000:0000:0000:0000:0002
  • 2a0d:2a00:0002:0000:0000:0000:0000:0002
HostName security-filter-dns.cleanbrowsing.org
DNS-Over-HTTPS (DOH) https://doh.cleanbrowsing.org/doh/security-filter/
DNS-Over-TLS (DOT) security-filter-dns.cleanbrowsing.org

CleanBrowsing is a DNS Filtering technology that creates safe browsing experiences on your network.

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