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[Unblocking] Youtube APP and GMAIL are blocked. I want to unblock them

zifoduk
Level 1
Level 1

Aim: I want to block all search engines and all videosharing sites except youtube, the youtube app, GMAIL, Google Maps, Google Accounts and Google translate.

Issue: I can block all search engines including the google searches. I can block all videosharing sites. I can access:
Gmail website under mail.google.com
youtube under youtube.com
google translate under translate.google.com
google maps under maps.google.com

But
- I cannot use the google map on the page. It's just a white screen with the map UI
- I cannot access the youtube APP on Android, says "unable to connect, check network"
- I cannot send an email out of google mail but can receive emails
- I cannot sign into google account on android devices

Open DNS Settings

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Please help

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rotblitz
Level 6
Level 6

You still have some domains blocked by your settings which are needed by the services you want to use.
Find the blocked domains here: https://dashboard.opendns.com/stats/all/blockeddomains

And no, nobody here can provide you with a list of domains to whitelist, because these are sometimes changed by Google.  You would have to find them out from time to time.
A tool you can use for this: https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/dns_query_sniffer.html

And you can try this: block the subdomain www.google.com (and maybe www.google.co.uk) only to block Google as a search engine.  Many other Google services should still work then.

Regarding YouTube and the YouTube app, try with whitelisting

  • googlevideo.com
  • ytimg.com
  • youtube.com
  • youtube-ui.l.google.com
  • ytimg.l.google.com
  • ytstatic.l.google.com

Especially to save whitelist entries: whiltelist only domains which are actually blocked by your settings. Whitelist them to the broadest level possible to save even more entries.  In your screen shot: ytimg.com covers this and all subdomains like s.ytimg.com.