How do I turn on Escape's Safari blocker?

Install Escape, then enable its Safari extension in Settings, then Safari, then Extensions. On iOS 18 and later the path is Settings, then Apps, then Safari, then Extensions. Turn Escape on, and the blocker is live in Safari. No account, nothing to pay.

Is Escape's Safari blocker really free?

Yes. Blocking adult sites in Safari is free and stays free, with no account and no email. The paid upgrade adds the recovery side, the urge tool, the courses, and your own custom blocks.

How do I know it is working?

Try visiting a known adult site in Safari. Instead of the page you will see a simple page-blocked message, with no branding that tells anyone which app blocked it.

The blocker is not working, what do I check?

Make sure the Escape extension is enabled in Settings, then Safari, then Extensions, then restart Safari. If the toggle is greyed out and cannot be tapped, that is Deep Block holding it on, not a fault.

Guide August 18, 2026 3 min read

How to set up Escape's free Safari blocker

Turning on Escape's free Safari blocker takes about a minute, and once it is on, it quietly blocks tens of thousands of adult sites in Safari. Here are the exact steps, how to check it is working, and what you get without paying anything.

The setup, step by step

Four steps and you are done.

Get Escape from the App Store and open it once.
Open Settings, then Safari, then Extensions. On iOS 18 and later the path is Settings, then Apps, then Safari, then Extensions.
Turn Escape on, and allow it when Safari asks.
That is it. The blocker is now live in Safari.

No account, no email, and nothing to pay for this part.

What it blocks

Once it is on, Escape blocks more than 40,000 known adult sites in Safari, and it stays on in private windows too. When you try to open one, you get a plain page-blocked message with nothing on screen announcing which app did it or why. That discretion is on purpose, so a blocked page never becomes an awkward moment in front of someone.

How to check it is working

Open Safari and try a site you know is adult. If you see the blocked message instead of the page, it is working. If the page still loads, go back to Settings, then Safari, then Extensions, confirm Escape is switched on, and restart Safari. If that still does not do it, the blocker-not-working guide walks through the rest.

What is free, and what is not

The Safari blocking is free and stays free, with no account required. The paid upgrade adds the recovery side, the 90-second urge tool, the panic button, the courses, and the option to add your own sites to block. You can start with just the free Safari blocker and never pay a cent if that is all you want. If you are curious why the blocking is free at all, here is the reason.

Escape blocks porn in Safari for free, extends to every browser with Deep Block, and adds a 90-second urge ritual, practice games that retrain how you meet an urge, and 27 short courses on identity and the long arc of recovery. No account, no personal tracking.

Rated 4.8 on the App Store

More on this topic in Blocking porn on iPhone and iPad, or go deeper with the You grew up on this course.

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