Switch off, edit or delete Web Filter Policies and Folders

Smoothwall’s Web Filtering functionality allows you to block or allow access to different web content.

If you have a Hybrid setup (both Cloud and On-Premise Appliance), you can manage your Custom Categories and Web Filter Policies in either place and they will sync.

On-Premise Appliance

Switch policies or folders on and off

1. Go to Guardian > Web Filter > Manage Policies.
2. Select the toggle in the Enabled column.
3. Select Save.

Edit a policy or folder

1. Go to Guardian > Web Filter > Manage Policies.
2. Select the pencil icon to edit the policy or folder.
3. Edit the configuration of the Who, What, Where, When and Action fields.
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and select Confirm to save your changes.

If you edit any of the Who, What, Where and When fields for the Policy folder, this will apply to the Policies within the folder. Only the items you defined when creating your Policy folder can be edited once policies have been added to the Policy folder.

Delete a policy or folder

1. Go to Guardian > Web Filter > Manage Policies.
2. Select the icon with an X symbol to delete the policy or folder.

Cloud Filter

Switch policies or folders on and off

1. Go to Filter > Policies.
2. Select the toggle in the Status column.
3. Once updated, go to Filter > Publishing and select Publish.

Edit a policy or folder

Once a policy has been added to a Policy folder, you can’t edit anything for the Policy folder aside from the name. You would need to delete the Policy folder and add a new one.

1. Go to Filter > Policies.
2. Select the policy or folder to edit.
3. Make changes to the fields and the changes are automatically saved.
4. Go to Filter > Publishing and select Publish.

Delete a policy or folder

1. Go to Filter > Policies.
2. Right-click on the policy or folder.
3. Select Delete.
4. Go to Filter > Publishing and select Publish.