Use Family Link to manage the apps available on your child's device:
- Block or limit access on your child's device
- Control their ability to view an app
- Limit content on a child's phone
To manage your child’s app permissions, your child must be using:
- 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 prevent your child from changing their app permissions.
Important: If you turn some permissions off, certain apps might not work correctly.
Choose permissions for a certain appIf your child uses multiple devices, repeat these steps to choose their permissions for each device.
- Open the Family Link app
.
- Select your child.
- On the "Apps installed" card, tap More.
- On the "Allowed" list, tap the app you want to change your child's permissions for.
- Tap App permissions.
- Switch the permission on or off.
- Open the Family Link app
- Select your child.
- On the "Device" card, tap Settings
App permissions.
- Tap a permission.
- Below your child's device, switch the permission on or off.
Tip: You can also manage your child's account when you click on your child's name at g.co/YourFamily.
Prevent your child from changing their own app permissions
- Open the Family Link app
- Select your child.
- On the "Device" card, tap View settings
- Tap a permission.
- Select 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 existing app. However, it doesn't change permissions that have already been granted.
Tip: You can also manage your child's account when you click on your child's name at g.co/YourFamily.