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YouTube Kids provides a more contained environment for kids to explore YouTube and makes it easier for parents and caregivers to guide their journey.
- Overview
- What you need
- How YouTube Kids works
- With the Family Link app
- With the YouTube app
- Option 2: YouTube supervised experience
- How YouTube supervised experiences work
- Related resources
When you use Family Link to manage a Google Account for your child, you can set up parental controls on:
YouTube Kids: If available in your location. Learn where YouTube Kids is available.
YouTube: With a supervised experience. Learn where supervised experiences on YouTube are available.
Content settings for families using supervised experiences
To give your child access to YouTube Kids or a supervised experience on YouTube, you need to create a Google Account for them.
The YouTube Kids app and web experience includes popular children's videos and new content, delivered in a way that’s safe and easy to use for children.
You'll need to set up YouTube Kids for your child before they can use it.
Through Family Link, you can:
• Choose a content level setting
• Choose to let your child use the search function in YouTube Kids
• Unblock videos
To go to this setting directly in the app, tap the button below:
1. On your device, open the Family Link app .
2. Select your child.
3. Tap Controls Content restrictions YouTube.
4. Under “YouTube Kids Settings,” you can:
• Update content level settings.
1. On your device, open the YouTube app .
2. At the top right, tap your profile picture or initial.
3. Tap Settings Parent settings.
4. Select your child.
5. Under “YouTube Kids Settings,” you can:
• Update content level settings
Important: If your child is over 13 years old (or the applicable age in your country or region) and chooses to manage their own account, you won't be able to supervise their experience on YouTube with these controls. If you add supervision to their account, you can use Restricted Mode to filter out potentially mature content.
Important: Some features on YouTube aren’t currently available for children under 13 years old (or the applicable age in your country or region) with a supervised Google Account.
Supervised experiences on YouTube let your child transition from YouTube Kids to YouTube with parental controls. With a supervised account, you can choose how much access to give your child on YouTube, filter out unwanted content, and manage your child’s screen time.
Through Family Link, you can:
• Choose between 3 YouTube content level settings: Explore, Explore more, or Most of YouTube.
• Pause Watch or Search history.
• Unblock videos: Clear the selection of videos and channels you blocked on YouTube Kids.
• FAQ for parents about supervised accounts
• What is a supervised experience on YouTube?
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