HOW TO BLOCK YOUTUBE APP ON ANDROID AND IOS DEVICES?

[Prince]

Good day! May I know if anyone in here has successfully blocked the Youtube application on android and iOs devices? We had a Meraki MX84. We can block Youtube on browser of desktops and laptops through content filtering and Layer 7 firewall rule. However, when we use phones, we can still play videos on Youtube app. Thanks in advance

[ww]

You could try this, not sure if its still valid

https://community.meraki.com/t5/Security-SD-WAN/blocking-Youtube-completely/m-p/206462

[alemabrahao]

It's not an easy task, but try blocking UDP ports 80 and 443 (that's right) for YouTube since, if I'm not mistaken, the APP uses the QUIC protocol.

[PhilipDAth]

I would aim to attack this at the DNS layer.  Try creating a layer 3 rule to block all access to *.youtube.com.  Also block the "Filter Avoidance" category in content filtering - to block DNS over HTTPS..

Once you have done that, reboot the device (to ensure the DNS cache is cleared) and see if that works.

[JoachimSunnanbo]

After adding m.youtube.com I also managed to lock out the app. At least on Iphone.