How To Put Parental Controls On YouTube?

YT is the largest video streaming service in the world. With over 122 million daily active users, it accounts for about 1 billion hours of watch time each day. Given that more than 2.2 billion children are globally, one can only imagine blocking YouTube access for kids. It’s practically not possible. And given the stats, it won’t be feasible for YouTube either.

Given the variety of content on the platform, it’s critical to have stringent moderation controls to provide kids worldwide with safer access to the network. Which brings us to the question of the hour, how to put parental controls on YouTube?

How To Set Up Parental Controls On YouTube? (Method 1)

 

Install YouTube Kids – the safest bet for your kids

We will start with the easiest way to solve your problem. If you have kids at home who probably don’t have a phone of their own, chances are they rely on your smartphone to browse the internet. In which case, installing YouTube kids on your smartphone would be your safest bet.

• Install YouTube kids on your smartphone (download it from here – app store/play store) and open the app.
• YouTube Kids will ask you to get a parent to unlock the app.
• Click I’m a Parent. (if you are one!)
• The app will ask you to verify your age. You must be 18 years old to sign in to YouTube Kids.
• Once confirmed, YouTube will ask if you wish to sign in. Signing in will give you access to a wide range of parental controls, handpicked recommendations, the ability to create multiple children profiles, and more.

Benefits of YouTube Kids

• YouTube Kids is programmed to make the world of YouTube safer and simpler for children. Videos displayed on YouTube kids are customised to benefit children of all age groups.
• A whole suite of parental controls so you can tailor the experience as per your family’s needs.
• Modules to help your children acquire new skills.
• No harmful or adult content to excite violence or emotional stress.
• Personal recommendations based on your playlists and previously watched videos.

How Do I Put Parental Controls On YouTube? (Method 2)

Enable the in-app Restricted Mode – the best alternative to YouTube Kids

Through this step, we will tell you how to set up the parental control feature “inside the YouTube app.” You don’t need to download any secondary app (like YouTube kids) for this to work.

• Install the latest version of YouTube from the app store/play store.
• Open YouTube and sign in to your google account.
• In the top left corner, tap your profile, then Settings.
• Under general settings on top, scroll down to view the restricted mode.
• Enable the restricted mode to set up parental control on your YouTube app.

Keep in mind that this option hides potentially mature videos. It’s a filter that blocks violent and harmful videos to appear on your home feed. This includes – but is limited to sexual and graphic content, animal cruelty, videos provoking caste, religion, gender or other political beliefs. In short, it does not run the same algorithm as that of YouTube Kids and hence can’t be one hundred reliable.

Disabling the YouTube restricted mode is quite simple, so figuring it out won’t be too difficult for your kid once they set out to do it. But until then the restricted mode will keep your kids protected from offensive and inappropriate content.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q1. How Do I Restrict Bad Content On YouTube?

Turn on the restricted mode on YouTube to restrict bad content your children shouldn’t watch.

Q2. How Do I Block Child Content On YouTube?

You cannot block a genre of content on YouTube. You will have to block all the YouTube channels you don’t want to see.

Q3. Is There A Way To Block Videos On YouTube?

No. If you wish to avoid certain videos on YouTube, you will have to block those creators.

Q4. Can You Block A YouTube Channel From Search Results?

No. But when you block a YouTube channel, you won’t see it in your search results.

Conclusion

YouTube is a social media platform, yes, but before that, it’s a video streaming and sharing platform. And given all the informative and enlightening videos people upload here, it only makes sense to allow people of all groups to have a good time. And now that you know how to put parental controls on YouTube, here’s how you can supervise your child’s Instagram activity.

So just to recap, there are two ways you can put parental controls over your child’s YouTube activity. First, you can install YouTube kids app, and second, you can turn on the restricted mode on YouTube.