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title: Web content filter settings
slug: device-management-apple/web-content-filter-settings
createdAt: 2026-10-06T07:47:37.820Z
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Starting with iOS 7, supervised iOS devices support web content filtering. Web content filtering restricts the web sites that any browser on a supervised device can access. This feature is useful, for example, in fleet-based lock down environments, such as retail stores or schools.
Ivanti EPMM supports configuring web content filters on the Admin Portal. You can do one of the following:
- Block access to sites containing adult content.
- Configure the device’s set of accessible sites.
:::hint{type="info"}
This setting does not apply to tvOS devices.
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### Configuring the web content filter
**Procedure **
1. In the Admin Portal, go to Policies and Configs > Configurations.
2. Select Add New > iOS / tvOS > Web Content Filter. The New Web Content Configuration dialog box opens.
3. Use the following guidelines to create or edit a web content configuration:
Table: Web Content Filter Configuration Settings
| Item | Description |
| ----------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Name | Enter brief text that identifies this web content configuration. |
| Description | Enter additional text that clarifies the purpose of this web content configuration. |
| Allowed Websites | - Limit Adult Content - Select this option if you want to block access to web sites based on iOS automatic filters. These filters attempt, with a high degree of accuracy, to block websites with inappropriate content.
- Specific Web Sites Only - Select this option if you want to manually list the accessible web sites. |
| Permitted URLs | Available only if you selected Limit Adult Content.
These URLs are accessible even if the iOS automatic filters block them. |
| | To add a permitted URL, select +.
To delete a permitted URL, select -.
You can add up to 50 permitted URLs. |
| URL | Enter the permitted URL. The URL must begin with either:
- http\://
- https\://
If you want to permit both http\:// and https\:// for the same site, include a row for each URL.
All URLs for which the initial characters match the given permitted URL are accessible.
Example:
http\://www\.someCompanySite.com
permits access to the following:
http\://www\.someCompanySite.com
http\://www\.someCompanySite.com/jobs
http\://www\.someCompanySite.com/products |
| Description | Enter additional text that clarifies the purpose of this permitted URL. |
| Blacklisted URLs | Available only if you selected Limit Adult Content.
These URLs are blocked even if the iOS automatic filters allow them. |
| | To add a blacklisted URL, select +.
To delete a blacklisted URL, select -.
You can add up to 50 blacklisted URLs. |
| URL | Enter the blacklisted URL. The URL must begin with either:
- http\://
- https\://
If you want to block both http\:// and https\:// for the same site, include a row for each URL.
All URLs for which the initial characters match the given Blocklisted URL are blocked.
Example:
http\://www\.someCompanySite.com
blocks access to the following:
http\://www\.someCompanySite.com
http\://www\.someCompanySite.com/jobs |
| Description | Enter additional text that clarifies the purpose of this blacklisted URL. |
| Specific Websites | Available only if you selected Specific Web Sites Only.
These URLs are the only accessible sites. Any existing bookmarks on Safari are disabled. |
| | To add an accessible URL, select +.
To delete an accessible URL, select -. |
| URL | Enter the URL of a website you want to make accessible. The URL must begin with either:
- http\://
- https\://
If you want to make both http\:// and https\:// for the same site accessible, include a row for each URL.
If you are using the Apps\@Work or Secure Sign-in web clips, include an entry for the URL of Ivanti EPMM. Otherwise, these web clips will not work. |
| Name | The title of the bookmark in Safari. |
| Bookmark | Optionally enter the folder into which the bookmark should be added in Safari.
Example:
/Sales/Products/
If absent, the bookmark is added to the default bookmarks directory. |
| Description | Optionally enter additional text that clarifies the purpose of this URL. |
4. Select Save.
5. Select the web content configuration you just created.
6. Select Actions > Apply To Label.
7. Select the labels to which you want to apply this web content configuration.
8. Select Apply.
### Browser impact
The web content filter feature impacts *all browsers and web views* on the device including:
- Safari
When using the option “Specific Web Sites Only”, only Safari displays the bookmarks that you specify. Other browsers do not.
- Ivanti Web\@Work
- Apps\@Work
- the Secure Sign-in web clip
- other browsers and web views
Therefore, if you use the option “Specific Web Sites Only”, be sure to include the URL for your Ivanti EPMM so that the Apps\@Work and Secure Sign-in web clips work.
### Removing a Web content configuration from a device
A web content configuration is removed from a device when:
- You remove the label associated with the device from the setting, and the device checks in.
- You remove the web content configuration, and the device checks in.
- You retire the device.
### Multiple web content configurations on a device
If you apply multiple web content configurations to a device, web access works as follows:
- The URL is accessible only if *all *of the web content configurations on the device allow it and *none* of the web content configurations block it.
- The URL is blocked if *any* of the web content configurations block it.