I have been trying to block youtube.com and youtube.com/shorts

[madhav288]

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What is the domain name?
youtube

Have you searched for an answer?
Yes

Please share your search results url:
I can’t share the URL here.

When you tested your domain, what were the results?
Not applicable

Describe the issue you are having:
I have been trying to block youtube and youtube shorts
These rules in the HTTP polciies section. Tried adding it as application in addtion to the URL, URL Path, URI. None of them worked.
After configuration, I can still access youtube in my Chrome browser.

What error message or number are you receiving?
There was no error message.

What steps have you taken to resolve the issue?

1. Tried adding youtube URLs as application in addition to the URL, URL Path, URI. None of them worked.

Was the site working with SSL prior to adding it to Cloudflare?
Not applicable.

What are the steps to reproduce the error:

1. It is not blocking the URLs

Have you tried from another browser and/or incognito mode?
Yes. Not a relevant question.

Please attach a screenshot of the error:
Here are the screenshots

[madhav288]

Damn it is allowing me to add image links

[sjr]

Try blocking YouTube under applications in DNS policies instead of HTTP policies and see if that works for you.

[madhav288]

Thank you. Also, I enabled the Proxy mode for the Warp client. I am able to block specific URLs now.
For some reason Brave browser is escaping the filtering.