This article provides the available Content Modifications, some with links to configuration instructions.
If your setup is:
- Hybrid: Switch from managing Content Modifications in On-Premise Appliance to Cloud Filter.
- Cloud-only or On-Premise Appliance-only: You can set any Content Modification that works for your setup.
Content Modification is not supported for the Filter App for Android. Smoothwall Browser only supports Force SafeSearch Content Modification.
| Name | Category for On-Premise Appliance | Works with policies applied via On-Premise appliance? | Works with policies applied via Cloud Filter extension? | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBC iPlayer - Enforce parental guidance lock | BBC iPlayer |
Yes |
Yes |
Enforces BBC iPlayer's parental lock. |
| Bing - Hide Bing AI Overview | Bing |
Yes |
Yes |
Removes the AI Overview from Bing search results |
| Bing - Hide Bing Adverts | Bing |
Yes |
Yes |
Removes adverts so users can’t click through. |
| Blogger - Comments removal | Everything |
Yes |
Yes |
Removes comments from Blogspot and Blogger websites. |
| Britannica - Hide Britannica Chatbot | Encyclopedia Britannica |
Yes |
Yes |
Hides the chatbot on the Britannica website. |
| Disqus - Comments removal | Everything |
Yes |
Yes |
Removes Disqus comments from websites. |
| Enforce Google Image Licensing | Google Search |
Yes |
Yes |
Google Image search, thumbnails or search suggestions could show inappropriate images even when SafeSearch is enforced. This modification restricts search results to only images with Creative Commons licenses activated. |
| Force SafeSearch | Everything |
Yes |
Yes |
Changes the URL to automatically turn on Safe Search for most search engines. |
| Google & Bing - Remove translation from search results | Search Engines or Google or Bing |
Yes |
Yes |
Removes Google and Bing Translate from search results. |
| Google - Block Google Doodles | Google Search |
Yes |
Yes |
Removes games such as Snake or Tic Tac Toe from search results. |
| Google - Hide Google AI Overview | Google Search |
Yes |
No - Not available in Cloud Filter |
Removes the AI Overview from Google search results. |
| Google - Hide Google Adverts | Google Search |
Yes |
Yes |
Removes adverts so users cannot click through. |
| Google - Hide lyrics from search results | N/A |
Yes |
Yes |
Removes song lyrics from search results. |
| Google - Hide YouTube videos from search results | Google Search |
Yes |
Yes Inline links in the Videos tab aren't removed. |
Removes the YouTube videos section from Google search result pages. |
| Google - Web search (basic mode) | Google Search |
Yes |
Yes |
Removes non-search items from the search results page, including YouTube videos, advertisements, translations, AI summaries. |
| ITV Player - Enforce parental guidance lock | N/A |
No |
Yes |
Enforces ITV iPlayer's parental lock. |
| Hide QUIC Header | Everything |
Yes |
No |
Removes alternate-protocol response header. |
| Reddit - Hide Reddit Login | Yes |
Yes |
Hides the login option for signed out users. | |
| SafeSearch via CONNECT header | Everything |
Yes |
No |
Enforces SafeSearch via a CONNECT header rewrite for Google, DuckDuckGo, Bing, Brave, Ecosia and Pixabay. |
| Snapchat URL Rewrite | Snapchat |
Yes |
No |
Modifies the CONNECT header of URLs used by Snapchat to allow them. |
| Vimeo - Force mature content filter | Vimeo |
Yes |
Yes |
Forces 'Mature Content Filter' when browsing Vimeo. This prevents videos marked as mature from being played or shown in Vimeo's search results. |
| WordPress - Comments removal | Everything |
Yes |
Yes |
Removes comments from WordPress websites. |
| YouTube - Remove adverts | YouTube |
Can be selected, but using it has no effect. Use Cloud Filter instead. |
Yes |
Prevents advertisements from appearing at the start, during or after the video. |
| YouTube - Hide YouTube Comments | YouTube |
Yes |
Yes |
Removes comments from all YouTube videos |
| YouTube - Hide YouTube Menu | YouTube |
Yes |
Yes |
Hides parts of the left navigation menu |
| YouTube - Hide Playables | YouTube |
Yes |
No - Not available in Cloud Filter. |
Removes Playables from the YouTube homepage, menu and search results. |
| YouTube - Hide YouTube Recommended Videos | YouTube |
Yes |
Yes |
Removes recommended videos. |
| YouTube - Disable YouTube Autoplay | YouTube |
Yes |
Yes |
Disables YouTube’s autoplay feature. |
| YouTube - Remove Shorts | YouTube |
Yes |
No - Not available in Cloud Filter. |
Prevents users from seeing or watching YouTube shorts. |
| YouTube - Restricted mode via CONNECT header | YouTube |
Yes |
No |
Rewrites the CONNECT header for YouTube domains to 'restrictmoderate.youtube.com' or 'restrict.youtube.com'. Has a Strict or Moderate version defined by Google. |
| YouTube - Restricted mode via HTTP header | YouTube |
Yes |
No |
Rewrites the HTTPS header for YouTube domains to 'restrictmoderate.youtube.com' or 'restrict.youtube.com'. Has a Strict or Moderate version defined by Google. |
| YouTube - SafetyMode cookie | YouTube |
Yes |
Yes |
Inserts a cookie that enforces Restricted YouTube. |