Cold Turkey Micromanager

When you want to increase your productivity, you need to identify the distractions and get rid of them.

This is exactly the main purpose of Cold Turkey Micromanager, as it blocks all the programs that you do not need to work and that are merely messing up your focus.

You need to start by analyzing all the applications currently running on your computer, so you can mark the ones that are actually useful.

If you remember some additional tools and launch them at a later time, you can update the programs displayed in this list by hitting the Refresh button.

A very important aspect within Cold Turkey Micromanager is setting a time limit for blocking all the banned apps. You can enter a fixed number of minutes, so you can fully focus on a certain task without any distractions.

Alternatively, you can keep the micromanagement in place until you reboot the computer - this can also come in handy when dealing with an emergency and you really need to open a program that is not found in the whitelist.

Once you start the micromanaging, you can be completely involved in your work until the time is up. You can choose whether you want the blacklisted apps to be automatically closed or simply minimized to the taskbar.

It is also worth mentioning that purchasing a license unlock an important feature, that of adding breaks along the way. In other words, for brief periods of time, you are allowed to open any software you want, even if it does not belong in the whitelist.

Cold Turkey Micromanager can help you become more productive and efficient by somewhat forcing you to only access work-related apps for a user-specified amount of time.