Manage your child's app permissions (2024)

Use Family Link to manage the apps available on your child's device:

  • Block or limit access on your child'sdevice
  • Control their ability to view an app
  • Limit content on a child's phone

To manage your child’s app permissions, your child must use:

  • An Android device (running Android 6.0 or higher)
  • A Chromebook (running Chrome OS version 71 or higher)

Both parents and your child can manage app permissions. If you want, you can set it so only parents can give app permissions on your child’s device.Purchase approval settings only apply to purchases made through Google Play’s billing system.

Important: If you turn some permissions off, certainapps might not work correctly.

Choose permissions for a certain app

If your child uses multiple devices, repeat these steps to choose their permissions for each device.

  1. Open the Family Link app Manage your child's app permissions (1).
  2. Select your child.
  3. Tap Controls Manage your child's app permissions (2) App limits.
  4. Select the app you want to change your child's permissions for.
  5. Tap App details Manage your child's app permissions (3) Permissions.
  6. Switch the permission on or off.

Change a permission across multiple apps

  1. Open the Family Link app Manage your child's app permissions (4).
  2. Select your child.
  3. Tap Controls Manage your child's app permissions (5)Devices.
  4. Select your child's device Manage your child's app permissions (6)App permissions.
  5. Select a permission.
  6. Below your child's device, switch the permission on or off.

Tips:

  • Whether or not your child can control their own account settings doesn't change the settings themselves. We recommend parents make sure the settings are correct after they change this control.
  • You can also manage your child's account when you click on your child's name at g.co/YourFamily.

Make it so only parents can give app permissions on your child’s device

  1. Open the Family Link app Manage your child's app permissions (7).
  2. Select your child.
  3. Tap Controls Manage your child's app permissions (8) Device.
  4. Select your child's device Manage your child's app permissions (9) App permissions.
  5. Select a permission Manage your child's app permissions (10) Only parents or Your child and parents.
    • If you select "Only parents," your child won't be able to give that permission for any new or current app. However, this selection doesn't change permissions that have already been granted.

Tips:

  • Whether or not your child can control their own account settings doesn't change the settings themselves. We recommend parents make sure the settings are correct after they change this control.
  • You can also manage your child's account when you click on your child's name at g.co/YourFamily.

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Manage your child's app permissions (2024)

FAQs

How do I turn off ask permission for apps as a kid? ›

Android devices
  1. Open the Family Link App.
  2. Select “Notifications” in the top right, then hit “Settings.”
  3. Select “New apps.”
  4. For each child, turn notifications on or off.
Jul 19, 2023

How to get rid of parental app approval? ›

Permissions.
  1. Open the Family Link app .
  2. Select your child.
  3. Tap Controls. Devices.
  4. Select your child's device. App permissions.
  5. Select a permission.
  6. Below your child's device, switch the permission on or off.

How to manage this child's access to third party apps for your account? ›

Manage access to third-party sites & apps
  1. Select your child.
  2. Tap Controls Account settings Controls for third-party apps.
  3. Select the level of control for third-party apps.
  4. To review which sites and apps have access, select Manage third-party app access.

How do I give permission for my child to download an app? ›

  1. On your device, open the Family Link app .
  2. Tap your child Content restrictions Google Play.
  3. Under "Purchases & download approvals," tap Require approval for.
  4. Select the type of purchase approval that you want to give: All content. Only paid content. Only in-app purchases. No approval required.

Why can't I turn off ask permission for apps? ›

Please note that only the organizer of the Family Sharing group can enable or disable the "Ask to Buy" feature for other family members. If you're not the organizer, you won't be able to remove ask for permission on app store.

How do I turn off ask permission for apps on Android? ›

Change app permissions
  1. On your device, open the Settings app.
  2. Tap Apps.
  3. Tap the app you want to change. If you can't find it, tap See all apps. ...
  4. Tap Permissions. If you allowed or denied any permissions for the app, you'll find them here.
  5. To change a permission setting, tap it, then choose Allow or Don't allow.

How to override parental controls? ›

How to remove parental controls on Android
  1. On your Family Link app, open your desired child's profile and tap Content Restrictions. (Image credit: Future)
  2. Next, from the list of apps, select anything that you wish to change. ...
  3. Here, either tap Rated for 18+ or Allow all.
Jan 5, 2024

How do I disable parental controls? ›

Important: To stop supervision on your child's device, it must have Android 7.0 or higher.
  1. On your child's device, open Settings . ...
  2. At the top right, tap More Stop supervision.
  3. To verify you are a parent, sign in or use your Parent Access Code.
  4. To turn off supervision, follow the on-screen instructions.

How to get past family link? ›

How Kids Bypass Family Link
  1. Configuring the Accessibility Menu: Within Android settings, children can activate an Accessibility Menu intended to assist users with disabilities. ...
  2. Creating Secure Folders: Children can access a secure folder feature that Google Family Link doesn't restrict on Samsung devices.
Apr 3, 2024

How to delete parental controls without password? ›

You can do this by enabling Google Play's 'Parental Controls' feature. This will allow you to disable or remove parental controls without needing to know the password. To turn on the Parental Controls feature, open the Google Play app on your Android phone and go to Settings.

What happens when you remove access to third-party apps? ›

Important: If you delete the connection between your Google Account and a third-party app or service, the app or service may keep the data you've already shared with them. To delete data shared with the third-party app or service, visit the website for the app or service for details.

Where do I approve my child's app request on iPhone? ›

On your iPhone or iPad
  1. Open the Settings app.
  2. Tap your name.
  3. Tap Family Sharing.
  4. Tap your family member's name, then tap Ask to Buy. In iOS 15 or earlier, tap Ask to Buy then tap your family member's name.
  5. Turn on or off Require Purchase Approval.
Apr 10, 2024

Why is the Family Sharing not working? ›

Check your Family Sharing settings

Make sure that you're using the same Apple ID for Family Sharing and Media & Purchases. And make sure that purchase sharing is turned on. Then ask your family members to check their settings too.

How do I allow app permission? ›

How to change app permissions on Android
  1. Open the Settings app on your phone. Scroll down and select “Apps”. (Image credit: Future)
  2. Tap “App management”. (Image credit: Future)
  3. Tap the app you'd like to manage, then tap “Permissions”. (Image credit: Future)
  4. Tap the permission you'd like to manage.
Jul 8, 2022

How do I turn off parental controls? ›

Important: To stop supervision on your child's device, it must have Android 7.0 or higher.
  1. On your child's device, open Settings . ...
  2. At the top right, tap More Stop supervision.
  3. To verify you are a parent, sign in or use your Parent Access Code.
  4. To turn off supervision, follow the on-screen instructions.

How do I turn off restrictions on my iPhone? ›

Things to Know About Disabling iPhone Restrictions

Go to Settings > Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions to disable restrictions. You can disable/modify individual restrictions in the Content & Privacy Restrictions menu.

How do I turn off restrictions on the App Store? ›

Return to your iPhone/iPad main screen. Tap the Settings Icon, then tap General. Two-thirds of the way down the General settings page is Restrictions. Check whether it is marked as On or Off.

Why am I not getting my child's ask to buy notifications? ›

Notifications show up at the top of Notification Center. If you still don't see your Ask to Buy requests, check your Family Sharing settings, check which Apple ID you're signed in with, and make sure that you're on a supported device.

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