# IP Address Block **URL:** \ **Category:** Elfsight Dashboard\ **Tags:** Gathering-Feedback\ **Created:** [July 10, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/ip-address-block/6413 "2020-07-10T18:13:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ashley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.elfsight.com/ashley/32/1039_2.png) [@Ashley](https://community.elfsight.com/u/Ashley)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/ip-address-block/6413/1 "2020-07-10T18:13:41Z")
It would be GREAT if there was an option to block your own IP address, that way of your own employees go to your website, it won’t affect the “views” every widget gets. ---
**Author:** ![Helga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.elfsight.com/helga/32/1155_2.png) [@Helga](https://community.elfsight.com/u/Helga)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/ip-address-block/6413/2 "2022-10-11T00:00:00Z")
Folks, our former Wishlist portal, where our users shared their requests and suggestions, was transferred to this forum. You’re most welcome to vote, add new ideas, and leave your comments here — we surely will consider them all! 🤩 Original Votes: 10 ---
**Author:** ![ElfsightBot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecd19e/32.png) [@ElfsightBot](https://community.elfsight.com/u/ElfsightBot)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/ip-address-block/6413/3 "2022-02-26T00:00:00Z")
Original comment from Jay Burgess transferred from the previous Wishlist portal: > [@](#): > > Definitely! ---
**Author:** ![ElfsightBot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecd19e/32.png) [@ElfsightBot](https://community.elfsight.com/u/ElfsightBot)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/ip-address-block/6413/4 "2022-03-25T00:00:00Z")
Original comment from Little John Bikes transferred from the previous Wishlist portal: > [@](#): > > Should be implemented definitely. Really necessary! ---
**Author:** ![ElfsightBot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecd19e/32.png) [@ElfsightBot](https://community.elfsight.com/u/ElfsightBot)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/ip-address-block/6413/5 "2022-03-28T00:00:00Z")
Original comment transferred from the previous Wishlist portal: > [@](#): > > Just upvoting this one, we’ve used heaps of views just from our team & website update, plus setting up any changes …rather annoying really need IP blocking! ---
**Author:** ![Knapsack](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.elfsight.com/knapsack/32/53954_2.png) [@Knapsack](https://community.elfsight.com/u/Knapsack)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/ip-address-block/6413/6 "2022-08-08T16:58:06Z")
It would be great if we could exclude our internal company views/site visits by submitting our IP addresses, similar to how it works in Google Analytics and Hotjar. ---
**Author:** ![user1003](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecc23a/32.png) [@user1003](https://community.elfsight.com/u/user1003)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/ip-address-block/6413/7 "2022-11-02T15:17:45Z")
+1 preferabely asap ---
**Author:** ![Roman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Roman1](https://community.elfsight.com/u/Roman1)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 9:17am UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/ip-address-block/6413/8 "2022-11-11T09:17:31Z")
HI One more vote for option to exclude own IP from views counting Roman ---
**Author:** ![Helga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.elfsight.com/helga/32/1155_2.png) [@Helga](https://community.elfsight.com/u/Helga)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 9:55am UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/ip-address-block/6413/9 "2022-11-11T09:55:55Z")
@Roman1 thanks for the comment, Roman! Don’t forget to vote for this idea to bump it to top and stimulate others to vote for it 🙂 ![Screenshot 11-11-2022 12.54.19](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/elfsight/original/2X/f/f2b3250be9a77063cf95a643ddd40efeabf56371.png) Really glad to welcome you on the forum, by the way! ---
**Author:** ![Irene\_Ob](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.elfsight.com/irene_ob/32/6840_2.png) [@Irene\_Ob](https://community.elfsight.com/u/Irene_Ob)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/ip-address-block/6413/10 "2023-08-11T19:59:51Z")
As an additional option, it would be good to have something like e.g. testkey’s or tokens that we can use when connecting to Elfsight with the widgets. This will save the views when the widget’s are just getting tested ---
**Author:** ![Helga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.elfsight.com/helga/32/1155_2.png) [@Helga](https://community.elfsight.com/u/Helga)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 7:09am UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/ip-address-block/6413/11 "2023-08-14T07:09:07Z")
Sounds smart, thank you for sharing @Irene_Ob! Just in case I’d love to mention that views do not get counted for you as an account owner, so could you please elaborate on possible scenarios when such a testkey could be used? Many thanks for your help! ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Krulikoski](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.elfsight.com/dan_krulikoski/32/20526_2.png) [@Dan\_Krulikoski](https://community.elfsight.com/u/Dan_Krulikoski)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/ip-address-block/6413/12 "2024-03-22T13:45:38Z")
This is a must, especially for lower tier plans. Give the people a chance to not expire themselves, lol. ---
**Author:** ![Max](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.elfsight.com/max/32/710_2.png) [@Max](https://community.elfsight.com/u/Max)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/ip-address-block/6413/13 "2024-03-22T15:40:26Z")
Hey there @Dan_Krulikoski 👋 Thank you for sharing your feedback! We see how useful this option might be for our users, so we’ll try our best to consider it for the widget in future updates. I’ll keep you posted here 🙂 As for the “chance to not expire themselves” you mean prevent counting your own views, am I right? In this case, I am glad to tell you that you can do this. To do that, you need to make sure you’re logged in to your Elfsight account on the same device and browser that you use to work with your website. ---
**Author:** ![Info\_Oxygenic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.elfsight.com/info_oxygenic/32/72221_2.png) [@Info\_Oxygenic](https://community.elfsight.com/u/Info_Oxygenic)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/ip-address-block/6413/14 "2025-07-15T13:20:04Z")
Blocking your own IP address to prevent widget views while working on the website would be a fantastic and, I believe, very necessary feature. It would definitely be beneficial for all users, and I’m fully in favor of having this option added to the admin panel. ---
**Author:** ![Max](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.elfsight.com/max/32/710_2.png) [@Max](https://community.elfsight.com/u/Max)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/ip-address-block/6413/15 "2025-07-15T14:54:10Z")
Hi there, @Info_Oxygenic 👋 Got you, thank you so much for the feedback! Just in case, I’d like to note that your own views won’t be counted if you stay logged in to your Elfsight account when working 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Suchanda](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.elfsight.com/suchanda/32/70054_2.png) [@Suchanda](https://community.elfsight.com/u/Suchanda)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/ip-address-block/6413/16 "2025-07-29T15:37:36Z")
I work on my site multiple times a day, and it’s not practical for me to remember to open Elfsight in a separate tab every time. Could you please consider a more streamlined solution? Perhaps primary devices used to log in could be exempted by their device IDs or IP addresses. Given that there would only be a few such devices, it would be very helpful if Elfsight could automatically exempt the last three to five devices/IP addresses whenever it’s loaded. This would prevent inflated view counts without requiring manual intervention on our end. ---
**Author:** ![Max](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.elfsight.com/max/32/710_2.png) [@Max](https://community.elfsight.com/u/Max)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/ip-address-block/6413/17 "2025-07-29T15:58:13Z")
Hi there, @Suchanda 👋 Thank you for the feedback! We’ll try to think about the IP address block option in the future. Just wanted to clarify that you don’t need to keep the Elfsight dashboard tab open all the time. Once you’ve logged into the dashboard in your browser, you can safely close the tab. Your session data stays stored in the browser, so your own visits won’t be counted in the stats 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Gibbon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.elfsight.com/steve_gibbon/32/50722_2.png) [@Steve\_Gibbon](https://community.elfsight.com/u/Steve_Gibbon)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 10:37am UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/ip-address-block/6413/18 "2025-08-05T10:37:03Z")
We need to be able to block anyone by ip address where there is malicious use of the bot which wastes valuable visits on the plan. ---
**Author:** ![Helga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.elfsight.com/helga/32/1155_2.png) [@Helga](https://community.elfsight.com/u/Helga)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 11:41am UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/ip-address-block/6413/19 "2025-08-05T11:41:35Z")
Thank you for supporting this request, @Steve_Gibbon, and welcome to the community! 😊 ---
**Author:** ![Suchanda](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.elfsight.com/suchanda/32/70054_2.png) [@Suchanda](https://community.elfsight.com/u/Suchanda)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 8:14am UTC](https://community.elfsight.com/t/ip-address-block/6413/20 "2025-08-26T08:14:24Z")
Re: “Your session data stays stored in the browser”. Ok, for how long? Do we have to log in daily, or weekly, or…? [Next page](https://community.elfsight.com/t/ip-address-block/6413.md?page=2)