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title: "How do I turn a block off, and how hard is that?"
description: "Five escalating levels: PIN, cooldown delay, accountability partner, passphrase, and lock-until-a-date. You choose the friction up front."
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# How do I turn a block off, and how hard is that?

That is up to you. When you start, you choose one of five escalating difficulty levels: PIN (easy), cooldown delay (medium), accountability partner (hard), passphrase (hard), and lock until a date, which is Nuclear Mode. The harder the level, the more friction stands between you and giving up.

## Specifics

- The level is chosen at the start of a session, not during it. That is what makes it work.
- Gentle levels can be stopped early; hard and Nuclear levels cannot.
- Match the level to the habit rather than to your mood: pick for the version of you who will want out.

## Related questions

- [How does the PIN unlock work?](https://www.welock.in/hi/faq/unlock-difficulty-levels/pin-unlock)
- [What's the cooldown delay?](https://www.welock.in/hi/faq/unlock-difficulty-levels/cooldown-delay)
- [What is Welockin?](https://www.welock.in/hi/faq/getting-started/what-is-welockin)
- [How does Welockin actually work?](https://www.welock.in/hi/faq/getting-started/how-it-works)
- [Who is Welockin for?](https://www.welock.in/hi/faq/getting-started/who-is-it-for)

Part of [Unlock difficulty levels](https://www.welock.in/hi/faq/unlock-difficulty-levels).

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