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Block user-agents from the Website Security firewall

The Website Security firewall can block access from visitors with a specific user-agent.

A user-agent refers to the application that is connecting to your site. For example it could be the browser that a normal visitor is using or the name of a bot that is crawling your site.

  Required: If your dashboard looks different, you’re seeing the new version which does not have the ability to block requests by user-agent.
  1. Go to your GoDaddy product page.
  2. Under Website Security and Backups, next to the Website Security account you want to manage, select Manage.
  3. Under Firewall, select Details.
  4. Select Settings.
  5. Select Access Control.
  6. Select Block User-Agents.
  7. Type the user-agent into the text box.
  8. Select Block to add the user-agent to the list.
  9. Block user-agent
Note: It's helpful to clear the cache after blocking a user-agent.

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