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YouTube: Activate parental controls

Answer 1

Activate YouTube parental controls in the browser

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Activate YouTube parental controls in the app

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Brief instructions: Activate YouTube parental controls in the browser
Brief instructions: Activate YouTube parental controls in the app

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Do you want to block videos and content that are not suitable for children on YouTube? We'll show you how to activate parental controls in the app and browser..

To protect your children from certain content on YouTube, you can set up parental controls that you can activate both in the browser and in the app on the smartphone. Once parental controls have been activated, YouTube will filter out all videos whose video titles, descriptions and metadata contain potentially dangerous content for children. In addition, the creator can directly rate their video as "age restricted content", which means that these videos are hidden from the child. In our tips + tricks, we will show you how to activate the parental controls.

• Activate YouTube parental controls in the browser
• Activate YouTube parental controls in the app

Activate YouTube parental controls in the browser

Follow our step-by-step instructions , the quick start guide or the explanatory video .

1st step:

Call YouTube.de on and log in via " Login " field.

2nd step:

Click on your profile picture in the upper right corner and select " Restricted Mode: Disabled ".

3rd step:

Now click the slider to enable restricted mode so that your child can no longer access all of the videos. Check in the settings of your account whether it says " Restricted mode: activated ".

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Activate YouTube parental controls in the app

Follow our step-by-step instructions or take a look at the brief instructions ..

Note: Our instructions were carried out on an Android device, but work the same on the iPhone.

1st step

Open the YouTube app on your iPhone or Android smartphone and tap on the profile picture in the top right corner.

2nd step:

Now select " Settings ".

3rd step:

Tap on General . This step is not necessary for iOS devices.

4th step:

Activate the slider to activate " Restricted Mode ". Your child will no longer be able to watch videos that have an age restriction.

Brief instructions: Activate YouTube parental controls in the browser

1. Open YouTube and sign in.
2. Click on your profile picture and select " Restricted Mode: Disabled ".
3. Activate the function by clicking on the slider .

Brief instructions: Activate YouTube parental controls in the app

1. Open the YouTube app on your smartphone.
2. At the top right, tap your profile picture and select " Settings ".
3. On Android you now have to tap on " General ", on iOS devices this step is not necessary.
4. Enable " Restricted Mode ".

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