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The whole point of FocusMe is that it blocks things even when you don’t want it to. Protection makes your plans tamper-resistant.

Protection settings in the Plan Wizard — choose your protection level

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Choose Your Protection Level

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The “Give Your Password Away” Strategy

  1. Set protection to Password
  2. Use a strong, random password
  3. Give the password to a trusted friend, partner, or family member
  4. Tell them: “Don’t give me the password unless it’s a genuine emergency”
You can still unlock the plan if you truly need to, but you have to ask someone — which adds social accountability.

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The “Random Characters” Strategy

Random characters challenge — type this string to disable the plan

  1. Set protection to Random Characters
  2. Set the length to 50+ characters
  3. When you try to disable the plan, you must type out a long random string
This doesn’t make it impossible, but it takes enough effort (and enough time to reconsider) that you’ll usually decide the distraction isn’t worth it.

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The “Nuclear” Strategy

  1. Set protection to Enforced on both Active and Standby contexts
  2. Use a Weekly Schedule with your desired blocking times
  3. Once the plan starts, it cannot be stopped, paused, edited, or deleted until the schedule allows it
Test your plan configuration thoroughly with no protection first. Once you enable Enforced mode, you’re locked in.

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Tips

  • Start mild, escalate gradually. Most people don’t need Enforced mode right away. Password + a trusted friend works surprisingly well.
  • Use pause limits as a middle ground. Allow 2-3 pauses per day, 10 minutes each. You can take breaks, but they’re rationed.
  • Set standby and disabled protection too. Without it, you can stop the plan, edit it to remove protection, and restart it. Set at least Password protection on standby and when disabled.