Set which countries, devices, operating systems and browsers should be recorded ![\"Copy](\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/themes\/uxtweak\/public\/assets\/images\/icons\/link.svg\")
<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n- Automatically screen out respondents based on the information that can be gained from their IP and user agent information<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- By default, all respondents are accepted in the study<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- You can screen out respondents by their location, device, operating system and browser<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Either select\u00a0<\/span>only record from allowed countries\/devices\/operating systems\/browsers\u00a0<\/span><\/b>to create a whitelist or select\u00a0<\/span>never record from blocked countries\/devices\/operating systems\/browsers\u00a0<\/span><\/b>to create a blacklist<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Click\u00a0<\/span>Select locations\/devices\/systems\/browsers\u00a0<\/span><\/b>to pick which ones should or shouldn’t be recorded (depending on what you chose in the previous step)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n \n
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\n \n \n Choose whom to target<\/h4>\n
For locations, devices, operating systems and browsers, you can select which ones you want to target in your study. You can target absolutely everyone, just a selection of them (whitelist), or everyone except for a selection of them (blacklist).<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n\n \n ![\"Creating](\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-84.png\")
\n \n \n Creating whitelists and blacklists<\/h4>\n
To pick locations, devices, operating systems or browsers to be or not to be targeted, simply check the right ones on the list.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\nBlock certain IP addresses from being recorded <\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n- Website Testing allows you to block certain IP addresses or IP ranges (e.g. if you want to block recording sessions from your own team)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Either insert an exact IP adress or define an IP range using wildcards (e.g. 192.168.1.*)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Click\u00a0<\/span>Add IP\u00a0<\/span><\/b>to insert another IP address\/range to block<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- For example: You can use this feature to add the IP address of your company router. By doing so, you can prevent recording of sessions coming from your own employees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n \n
![\"Blocking](\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-56.png\")
\n \n \n Blocking IPs<\/h4>\n
You block both IPs and whole IP ranges by adding them into the blocked IP list.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\nEnable recording of bot sessions <\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n- By default, Website Testing automatically recognizes bot sessions and filters them out\u00a0<\/span><\/b>(as they normally don’t tell you anything about real users and only waste your session quota)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- However, you can opt to record specific bots by checking which bots are blocked by clicking\u00a0<\/span>Select bots<\/b><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Alternatively, you can enable recording of all bots by unchecking\u00a0<\/span>do not record selected bots<\/b><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Don’t enable bot sessions unless you’re absolutely sure that you know what you’re doing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
Set recording rules for subdomains <\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n- Website Testing records all subdomains of your website\/web app by default<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- You can enable or disable session recording on subdomains (e.g. only record on production.example.com but not on staging.example.com)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Either select\u00a0<\/span>record individual subdomains\u00a0<\/span><\/b>to create a whitelist or select\u00a0<\/span>record all other subdomains except\u00a0<\/span><\/b>to create a blacklist<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Click\u00a0<\/span>Select subdomains\u00a0<\/span><\/b>and in the modal window that opens, write the subdomain you want to add to the whitelist\/blacklist (depending on which one you chose in the previous step)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- You can either enter an exact subdomain (e.g. staging.example.com) or use a wildcard to match all subdomains on that level (e.g. *.example.com)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- All subdomains need to have the study’s domain as their top domain (e.g. if your domain is example.com, staging.example.com is a valid subdomain, staging.examples.org is not)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\n Choose whom to target<\/h4>\n
For locations, devices, operating systems and browsers, you can select which ones you want to target in your study. You can target absolutely everyone, just a selection of them (whitelist), or everyone except for a selection of them (blacklist).<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
\n Creating whitelists and blacklists<\/h4>\n
To pick locations, devices, operating systems or browsers to be or not to be targeted, simply check the right ones on the list.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
Block certain IP addresses from being recorded <\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n- Website Testing allows you to block certain IP addresses or IP ranges (e.g. if you want to block recording sessions from your own team)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Either insert an exact IP adress or define an IP range using wildcards (e.g. 192.168.1.*)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Click\u00a0<\/span>Add IP\u00a0<\/span><\/b>to insert another IP address\/range to block<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- For example: You can use this feature to add the IP address of your company router. By doing so, you can prevent recording of sessions coming from your own employees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n
Blocking IPs<\/h4>\n
You block both IPs and whole IP ranges by adding them into the blocked IP list.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\nEnable recording of bot sessions <\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n- By default, Website Testing automatically recognizes bot sessions and filters them out\u00a0<\/span><\/b>(as they normally don’t tell you anything about real users and only waste your session quota)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- However, you can opt to record specific bots by checking which bots are blocked by clicking\u00a0<\/span>Select bots<\/b><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Alternatively, you can enable recording of all bots by unchecking\u00a0<\/span>do not record selected bots<\/b><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Don’t enable bot sessions unless you’re absolutely sure that you know what you’re doing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
Set recording rules for subdomains <\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n- Website Testing records all subdomains of your website\/web app by default<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- You can enable or disable session recording on subdomains (e.g. only record on production.example.com but not on staging.example.com)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Either select\u00a0<\/span>record individual subdomains\u00a0<\/span><\/b>to create a whitelist or select\u00a0<\/span>record all other subdomains except\u00a0<\/span><\/b>to create a blacklist<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Click\u00a0<\/span>Select subdomains\u00a0<\/span><\/b>and in the modal window that opens, write the subdomain you want to add to the whitelist\/blacklist (depending on which one you chose in the previous step)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- You can either enter an exact subdomain (e.g. staging.example.com) or use a wildcard to match all subdomains on that level (e.g. *.example.com)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- All subdomains need to have the study’s domain as their top domain (e.g. if your domain is example.com, staging.example.com is a valid subdomain, staging.examples.org is not)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\n Blocking IPs<\/h4>\n
You block both IPs and whole IP ranges by adding them into the blocked IP list.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
Enable recording of bot sessions <\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n- By default, Website Testing automatically recognizes bot sessions and filters them out\u00a0<\/span><\/b>(as they normally don’t tell you anything about real users and only waste your session quota)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- However, you can opt to record specific bots by checking which bots are blocked by clicking\u00a0<\/span>Select bots<\/b><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Alternatively, you can enable recording of all bots by unchecking\u00a0<\/span>do not record selected bots<\/b><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Don’t enable bot sessions unless you’re absolutely sure that you know what you’re doing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
Set recording rules for subdomains <\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n- Website Testing records all subdomains of your website\/web app by default<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- You can enable or disable session recording on subdomains (e.g. only record on production.example.com but not on staging.example.com)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Either select\u00a0<\/span>record individual subdomains\u00a0<\/span><\/b>to create a whitelist or select\u00a0<\/span>record all other subdomains except\u00a0<\/span><\/b>to create a blacklist<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Click\u00a0<\/span>Select subdomains\u00a0<\/span><\/b>and in the modal window that opens, write the subdomain you want to add to the whitelist\/blacklist (depending on which one you chose in the previous step)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- You can either enter an exact subdomain (e.g. staging.example.com) or use a wildcard to match all subdomains on that level (e.g. *.example.com)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- All subdomains need to have the study’s domain as their top domain (e.g. if your domain is example.com, staging.example.com is a valid subdomain, staging.examples.org is not)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Set recording rules for subdomains <\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n- Website Testing records all subdomains of your website\/web app by default<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- You can enable or disable session recording on subdomains (e.g. only record on production.example.com but not on staging.example.com)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Either select\u00a0<\/span>record individual subdomains\u00a0<\/span><\/b>to create a whitelist or select\u00a0<\/span>record all other subdomains except\u00a0<\/span><\/b>to create a blacklist<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Click\u00a0<\/span>Select subdomains\u00a0<\/span><\/b>and in the modal window that opens, write the subdomain you want to add to the whitelist\/blacklist (depending on which one you chose in the previous step)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- You can either enter an exact subdomain (e.g. staging.example.com) or use a wildcard to match all subdomains on that level (e.g. *.example.com)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- All subdomains need to have the study’s domain as their top domain (e.g. if your domain is example.com, staging.example.com is a valid subdomain, staging.examples.org is not)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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