Best Way to Toggle YouTube Blocking via AdGuard in Home Assistant

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I’m trying to create a toggle switch in my Home Assistant dashboard that allows me to enable/disable YouTube blocking through AdGuard Home. However, I’m struggling to find the best method to implement this reliably.

I can block the services in the Adguard settings, but I wanted to create a switch so I can block/unblock them from my dashboard. I was hoping to create a conditional card that would appear on my dashboard if blocked so I know what’s blocking access.

Can anyone advise on the best method, please?

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Create a toggle switch in Home Assistant to block/unblock YouTube via AdGuard Home:

  1. Add a Helper Switch (input_boolean.youtube_block).
  2. Use an Automation to toggle AdGuard filtering:

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alias: Toggle YouTube Block  
trigger:  
  - platform: state  
    entity_id: input_boolean.youtube_block  
action:  
  - service: adguard.filtering.enable  
    condition: "{{ is_state('input_boolean.youtube_block', 'on') }}"  
  - service: adguard.filtering.disable  
    condition: "{{ is_state('input_boolean.youtube_block', 'off') }}"
  1. Use a Conditional Card to show status.

This works just like **Freecine, making control seamless.

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Thank you for the reply.

For some reason, this doesn’t seem to work for me. Switching the block on or off does not seem to affect the switch.

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