Enabling/disabling application blocking | Administration Guide (2024)

6.2.0

Enabling/disabling application blocking

If you wish to disable the blocking of all the applications that are under a specific policy, we recommend simply disabling the blocklist rule of that policy. Alternatively, in order to temporarily block only specific applications, then we recommend enabling/disabling each application separately. If an application no longer needs to be on the blocklist, then we recommend deleting it using the Delete button in the right-most column or in the toolbar.

To enable/disable the blocking of specific applications:

1. Select SECURITY SETTINGS > Application Control to display the Application Control Manager. Each row represents an application to be blocked.
2. Select the application(s) to block. To block all applications in a specific group, select the group instead.
3. In the STATUS column on the right, toggle the value between Enabled and Disabled. Alternatively, you can check the checkboxes of the desired application rows, and then select the Enabled or the Disabled option from the Set State dropdown.

   

   Newly added applications are set to be disabled by default, which means they are not blocked. To change the default state of new applications to enabled (so that they are blocked by default), enable the Enable Default application state option in the Application Control Manager Central Manager build 6.2.0.0451 section under Administration > Tools.