How to Set Parental Controls on YouTube

Author: Iqbal | Guide: YouTube |

YouTube provide a huge number of contents daily. You see videos according to your choice. Some contents are not for the kids. You see few contents which are only for adults. Kids watch YouTube videos on their parent’s phone.

As a parents, you can set parental controls on YouTube, that your kids watch only good contents.

Let’s learn how you can set it on YouTube. You have one method which is the best one if you want your children to watch only selected contents on mobile.

Let’s understand the first method of set parental controls on YouTube.

How To Set Up YouTube Parental Controls

How to use of YouTube kids

YouTube have introduced an app specially for kids. Parents just need to download the app in their smartphones and their kids will watch only selected contents related to kids.

Now let’s see how you can use YouTube kids.

Download the app: First download the app which is available on both Android and IOS devices.
Open the app: Install it in your phone and open it.
Tap on next: Tap on next option to start a process.
Enter your birth year: Now enter your birth year to start your account. You need to verify that you are more than 18 years. Tap confirm to verify the age.
Tap next and read the guidelines: Now you will see 2-3 pages regularly with some guidelines.
Select the account: Now select the YouTube account in next page. Enter your account and tap continue.

Now your YouTube kids has been started. You can see all the kids related video there. You can search the video in search tab. That’s how you can set parental controls on YouTube.

How use of restricted mode

Now comes the next method which is restricted method. It can be used in desktop also.

How to set parental control on YouTube through desktop

Let’s learn the process with these quick steps:

Open YouTube: Open YouTube and sign in with your Gmail account.
Click on the profile picture: Click on your profile picture at the top right corner.

Click on ‘restricted mode’: Click on the option of ‘restricted mode’.
Activate restricted mode: Now you need to click on the right side of the ‘activate restricted mode’. The blue dot will appear.

That’s how you can use restricted mode on YouTube to set parental control. All the adult content will be disabled on your YouTube account.

How to set parental control on YouTube through mobile App

You can set parental control on YouTube on your mobile app. Just see quick steps:

Open YouTube: Open YouTube app and sign in with your Gmail account.
Tap on the profile picture: Tap on your profile picture at the top right corner.
Tap ‘settings’: Tap on the option of ‘settings’.
Tap on General:
Make restricted mode on: You will see restricted mode in the options. Swipe right the dot to on the restricted mode.