Parental control on the computer using system tools. Parental control on mobile devices based on Android, iOS, Windows Phone

Parental Controls– a convenient function for parents that appeared in latest versions OS from Microsoft. With it you can remove unwanted content, make the browser safer for children, and you can also block the launch certain applications or limit the time children spend on the PC.

For the first time, the Parental Control function was built into previous versions of the operating system and was implemented at the local level. When introduced, parental controls for Windows XP were very limited and did not allow many settings to be controlled through accounts. The restrictions concerned only Windows Player And Internet Explorer. In later operating systems, developers went further. And in Windows 10, all controls for this function were transferred to .

Child account with standard settings. Creation

User account – parameters that determine which computer resources the user has access to, restrictions imposed on the use of the PC, etc. She is also responsible for desktop design and other personalization settings.

Before setting up, you should make a new account; to do this, you will need to open the add user menu by doing the following:

1. Go to “Options” through the menu or using the Win + I keys.
2. Go to “Accounts” and select “Family and Users” from the menu.
3. Click on the “Add” option and indicate that you need to add a family member.

In the window that opens, click on the “Add” item. At this stage you will need to specify email address, if it’s not there, it doesn’t matter. The system will prompt you to create it before configuring other parameters. Next you will need to provide owner information:

• surname;
• date of birth.

If the e-mail address has not been specified before, then you need to create it here. It is worth knowing that for children under 8 years old, the system will use increased security measures by default. In any case, they can be changed later.

After creating an account, information about it and data for further management will appear. It is worth knowing that to set up you will have to go to the Microsoft website from the parent’s account. An access link will be shown at the end of the settings.

Important! The first launch should be done independently. Will need to do additional settings, and the system will warn you that the computer’s parental controls are enabled.

Parental controls for Windows 7 work similarly. But everything is managed locally. First of all, you need to enable parental control by accessing the item of the same name in the Control Panel, and then create an account and set it to required parameters. To turn off parental controls, you will have to go to the control panel again.

Let's look at how the setup happens account Windows 7 for kids:

1. Enable the function of restricting access to the PC for children.
2. Create a user account that will not be a PC administrator.
3. Go to your account settings and set the necessary permissions for it.

In this Windows versions By default, there are only time restrictions, as well as for launching games and certain applications. This is not enough if you want to manage restrictions on access to content.

You can add a user in Windows XP by going to the “Control Panel” and selecting “User Accounts”. It is worth considering here that the standard restrictions management tool for children has administrative settings in this operating system they don't offer. You can prevent a user from starting the computer in specified time, configure the installation of programs and configure some restrictions in the Internet Explorer browser.

Account Management

The function is managed through the Microsoft website. This is done to prevent children from turning off parental controls. After going to the service page you need to do fine tuning. For this we choose the desired entry on the list. Will open home page, which allows you to change the following parameters:

• InPrivate is a function that is responsible for viewing pages through a browser in incognito mode. By default, it will be blocked if the child is under 8 years old.
• Activity reports – the ability to monitor what actions were performed on the computer while adults were away, and receive a weekly report about this to email.

All other settings are available through the menu. You can also find information about using specific functions there.

Let's look at what parameters you should pay attention to:

• web browsing;
• applications and games;
• timer.

Page view control function. It helps protect children from inappropriate content and is always enabled by default. IN standard settings also included safe search. It's worth knowing that viewing and tracking downloads works in Internet Explorer and Edge. Blocking applies only to these browsers and does not work in others.

Important! Standard parental controls in Opera or another browser will not work. They must be blocked if you want to limit access to adult content.

Advice. In practice, the level of parental control protection is not always up to par. If you need to ensure protected surfing, then you should install a special secure browser for children - Gogul.

In the "Applications and Games" section all running programs in the child's account. They can be banned. But they are displayed in the list only after the first launch. Age blocking is also supported, targeting .

Timer is a function that solves the problem of limiting the time children spend at the computer. In this case, it is possible to specify the intervals when it is allowed to turn on the computer. The rest of the time he will not be able to log into his account.

Additionally, we note following functions child registration control center:

• Control over your child's expenses and account in the Windows 10 store.
• Location function. True, this function only works with mobile devices and not all.

Features of parental controls in Windows 10

Parents are required to know a number of features before installing parental controls on a computer using OS tools through account management, let's consider the main ones:

1. You can easily trick parental controls into blocking an adult site. To do this, simply launch another browser, if this option is not blocked during setup.
2. Information delay. Information about the applications you are using is displayed with a delay of up to several hours. This makes it possible to use applications for a long time before being banned.
3. It is possible for a child to hack parental controls, and he or she can spy on the password or pull it out using special programs, and then all that remains is to make the necessary changes.
4. If you wish to disable parental controls, you can go to your account settings. After this, children will be able to use the computer without restrictions and control.

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In some cases it is safer to use third party tools to restrict access to prohibited content. This is due to the Microsoft technologies used. Antivirus companies and third party developers use improved content control algorithms.

Problem safe internet for children is very relevant these days. The child returns home after school and is completely left to his own devices. While his parents are at work, he can freely play on the computer and use the Internet. The games a child plays can be controlled, the Internet is another matter - in two clicks a child can find himself on the “18+” website and see scenes that go beyond the understanding of even an adult or worse than that find pictures online with scenes of violence, beatings, etc. Which has a negative impact on the child’s psyche, which has not yet had time to fully form.

An older child may be attracted by bright advertisements of various betting sites, online casinos, fortune telling and horoscopes that trick people into sending SMS and much more. We cannot prohibit a child from using the Internet all the time, but try to protect him from negative influence worldwide network. To do this you only need to devote a little time.

1. Standard means Windows 7 for installing parental controls.

The first step is to go to the control panel and select “Parental Controls”.

The second step is if we don’t have an account for the child, create one ( regular user). The administrator (you) must have a password set, otherwise the child will quickly bypass the restrictions.

Log in to your account and enter the required parameters.

Options available: time limit, launch games, launch programs.

The third step is setting up the computer work time for each day of the week.

The fourth step is to set a limit for games. It is possible to block the launch of all games or select a category of games that corresponds to the child’s age. Classification is carried out according to the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB). For younger children school age correspond to games of class “E”, scenes of mischief are acceptable, and for teenagers “T”, with moderate scenes of violence and swearing.

If the classification does not suit you, you can manually configure the settings for games.

The fifth step is to indicate the programs that the child can run.

Used to hide potentially harmful content from children while surfing the Internet. special extras to browsers. With their help, you can both block access to certain sites and hide advertising that is not intended for children's eyes.

The Opera browser has a website blocking mechanism, but you will have to configure it and add unwanted websites manually. Over time, the procedure will have to be repeated as new advertising, which is not very convenient. For this purpose there are complex automated solutions With ready-made databases advertising links and advertisements. By installing such a plugin for your browser, not a trace of advertising will remain, and if something remains, you can always blacklist such advertising.

List of plugins for the most popular browsers.

Opera AdBlock- the plugin is on the website

Adblock Plus - For Mozilla Firefox download on the website

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Google Chrome- you can choose AdBlock or Adblock Plus in the app store

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Simple Adblock for Internet Explorer you will need to download from the official website.

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3. Blocking unwanted sites.

The above plugins allow you to get rid of advertising on pages, but they cannot block unwanted page content or prevent a child from accessing a particular site. To filter out unwanted sites based on their content, you will need additional tools for browsers.

Firefox - plugin FoxFilter, download it from

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WebFilter Pro has a large database of sites with dubious content, which has a very positive effect on filtering out and blocking sites with unpleasant images and texts.

In the plugin settings, you need to select categories (adult sites, gambling, weapons and bad habits) by which sites will be blocked. If you consider it necessary, you can additionally block social networks and browser games.

If a child goes online to a site that falls under the selected categories, he will only see the following message.

And to prevent a child from being able to unblock the site and make changes to the filter settings, access to it can be password protected. Moreover, you can specify your email address in the settings. To which notifications will be sent when a child tries to access one or another site from the blacklist.

In conclusion, I would like to say that, unfortunately, WebFilter Pro, no matter how well it works, sometimes still misses sites. Therefore, let's move on to the next steps.

4. Setting up parental controls in antivirus programs.

The parental control function in antiviruses is available only in paid versions. Let's look at setting up parental controls using an example Kaspersky Internet Security

Launch the antivirus double click Click on the icon and in the window that appears, select “Parental Control” and set a password to prevent the child from changing the program parameters without the knowledge of the parents. Select an account that belongs to the child. Click the enable button and configure the settings.

The following options are available:

Account settings - configurable appearance(avatar) and you can assign a nickname. You also need to make sure that the (enable user control) checkbox is checked.

Using a computer - you can configure the time spent on the computer; it is possible to strictly specify days and periods of time. IN in this case The child is allowed to use the computer only from 12:00 to 14:00 and from 18:00 to 20:00. And on weekends it is allowed from 11 to 21 hours.

An additional parameter “limit use during the day” - allows you to set the time that the child can spend at the computer during the day. For example, you installed possible time work from 11-00 to 18-00, but it is additionally possible to limit the duration by setting the work time, for example, 5 or 7 hours. And although the time range is 9 hours, the child will be able to spend no more time than this.
You can see your child’s time spent at the computer in reports.

Launching programs - allows you to create a list of programs that will be blocked from launching. The program can also be blocked by time, for example, allowing the use of Skype or some toy only from 17-00 to 20-00

Click on the “Add” button and in the window that appears, select the program we need from the list or indicate the path to its location on the hard drive.

Using the Internet - the function is similar to "Using a computer", we set the time according to which the child can turn on the Internet. You can limit your time, for example, spend no more than 3 hours a day.

Website visits - limit visits to sites that fall under selected categories. Using these settings, your child can be protected from a whole range of negative information on the Internet.

This item The menu also allows you to "Ban all websites except those allowed in the exception list." In other words, the child can open only those sites that you indicated in the list; others will not be available to him. These sites need to be added to the list by clicking on the "Exceptions" button.

Downloading files - you can prevent downloading of certain types of files. To protect against viruses and Trojan programs, it is recommended to prohibit (programs and archives). Video and music are at your discretion if the Internet is unlimited.

IM correspondence - blocking unwanted contacts in popular chat programs (ICQ, QIP, Mail.Ru, Skype and others).

Social media- permission to correspond with certain contacts. It will be possible to add a contact only after the child is active on one or another social network. In the reports, you can view correspondence with the selected contact. Social networks contain a lot of information that is not intended for children.

Personal data - a child, due to inexperience, can send to other people personal information: home address, phones, credit card and much more. Added to the register necessary information, You will be able to prevent its transfer to third parties.
To do this, first generate them and click the “Add” button and add them to the list.

Keywords - by making a list of words, for example vodka, gambling, etc. You will be able to track what your child searched for and on what sites.

Parental controls are configured in a similar way on other antiviruses.

5. Gogul - children's web browser.

For primary school students I would like to highlight a wonderful federal program safe children's Internet - Gogul. (

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). Having downloaded and installed a component for Mozilla Firefox? You will turn a familiar browser into a nice one children's internet-reviewer. But main feature of this project allows the child to use useful resources Internet for training and development. To do this, set as home page website

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. "The Internet and Children" is a directory of sites intended for children, which are carefully selected and grouped by topic.

First of all, we go to the Gogul website. (gogul.tv) and register to create a personal account. IN personal account you can set up Internet use schedules, set up a list of allowed sites, view statistics on visited websites, etc.

The second step is to add children's accounts and set up Internet use.

Installing the "Gogul" add-on - download the add-on from the official website Mozilla browser Firefox. (Please download and install this browser first if you do not have it). During downloading, a request for permission to install the add-on will appear - we agree.

After the Gogul installation process is completed, a shortcut to launch the program will appear on your desktop. When you first start, you will need to enter the email address and password specified during registration, and then click the “Activate” button

When the Gogul children's web browser is launched, a list of children's accounts will be clearly displayed and how much time is left available for using the Internet today.

We also recommend downloading from this site small program, which prevents the launch of other web browsers except Gogul, and also has other useful functions (restricting access to folders, files and removable media) to restrict a child’s access to a computer.

Let's summarize.

1. To introduce restrictions for a child to work on a computer, you must create a separate account.
2. Use browser add-ons if you don’t have paid version antivirus.
3. Use comprehensive solution by setting up your antivirus.
4. For children of primary school age, set up children's Internet Gogul.

All this will take you a little time, but you can to some extent protect your child from the negativity of the Internet, as well as control the time spent on the computer while you are at work.

Unfortunately, sooner or later the child will still encounter this problem - friends on the computer, children at school can be “enlightened” using a tablet or smartphone. It all depends on the parents’ approach to this issue and methods of education. It is necessary to have time to instill the correct moral principles in a child before the “street” teaches him to perceive everything completely differently.

Instructions

Find the Start menu on your computer's desktop. Open it. In the list of services that appears, select “Control Panel”. Inside this folder, find the Internet Options command. It is responsible for any change in display and connection parameters local network Internet. Click on the icon to launch this service. A small new window will appear at the top containing various tabs responsible for general functions, security settings, privacy, internet connection, additional configurations and, of course, for the content of incoming information. Go to the appropriate tab called “Contents”. In the top "Access Restriction" field, click the "Enable" button.

In the lower “Access Restriction” field, go to the “Age Categories” tab. will appear team list, in which you select the category you need to view rating levels. To make it easier to view commands, use the moving slider on the right. Next, decide what information to allow your children to watch and what information to prohibit. The categories you choose can be very different. Here are just a few of them - “Bad example for”, “Depiction of gambling”, “Sexual content”, “Smoking”, “Nudity”, etc. Before installing on a particular group, carefully read the tips below. This will help to correctly determine the degree of information restriction.

In the next section “Allowed sites” you can cross off some resources from your “black list” of sites. Before doing this, make sure that the texts, photographs, animations, audio and video materials contained on the site are safe. Enter the URLs of exclusion sites that you trust. The next step is to click on the “General” tab. In the top "User Options" field, uncheck the box next to "Users can view sites that do not have ratings." Next, check the box next to “Allow password entry to view prohibited sites.” Once you select this category, set a password. It will perform the function of access to this service. No one else can change or disable it except you. installed settings.

Please note

To enable Parental Controls in Windows 7, you need to go to the Control Panel item of the same name (via the Start menu). Here you select the user profile in which your child works: is this what you are currently setting restrictions on? if you have one profile, then you need to create a special profile (account) for the child.

Computer parental control is a set of programs and actions that are aimed at organizing or prohibiting children from using computer time, accessing games or other programs, and most importantly, avoiding viewing sites with “inappropriate” content. Parental control programs allow adults to limit the content that children watch and read online. You can also easily manage the time spent on the computer.

It’s also easy to see what your child was doing in your absence on the Internet. Simple examples: after setting up parental controls, your son or daughter’s computer will turn on only after 6 pm; games will be available until 10 am; no site containing a set of letters (s)*ex or por*(n) in its name will open.

A child should not be left at the computer without parental supervision

Parental control can be provided as external programs, and by means of operating systems, even morally outdated Windows XP. By the way, one of the most useful innovations“Seven” is precisely considered to have very flexible tools for implementing parental control.

It is quite possible to download parental controls for free, there are good non-commercial programs, and often many users are satisfied with the tools already built into Windows.

Parental controls built into Windows 7

Before reviewing parental control programs and settings, we will give some tips. Of course, this is not a parental control program, but it can bring greater effect than all the restrictions and settings.

The first step to making a computer truly useful for your child: choose age-appropriate games and programs. Schoolchildren are primarily interested in video games (including online entertainment), but they can also be captivated by drawing, presentations, basic programming, video processing, unusual functions“boring” text editors, writing texts on forums and blogs that interest them. Children will enjoy playing with their parents, or having adults watch the game and discuss sensitive moments. If you play yourself, then chat about the game settings, its secrets, the passage, and program functions that surprise you.

Schoolchildren use the Internet as a source of information and entertainment. Adults are usually clear that not everything on the Internet can be trusted, and this should be explained to children as well. Teach your child to think critically about content by discussing different sites together. For example:

— Who owns this site? Person, organization, university, store?
— Why is there information on this site? Is this site trying to sell us something, or believe us in something?
— Can you trust the site? Where did the owners get the information?
— Who can read My World or Facebook? How can you use the information? What can I find out about other people there?

Although these questions are not always easy for children and even teenagers to answer, a friendly conversation or even a heated argument can help them better understand the dangers and more easily find truly useful information.

Let's start with the most important thing: Internet parental controls. Usually, limiting a child’s time at the computer is not difficult, but more often it is necessary to control what exactly the son or daughter does at the keyboard. Programs installed on a computer are rarely capable of harming children, and therefore parental control concerns primarily the Internet.

Parental controls in popular operating systems

Are there parental controls in Windows XP? Yes, but it is unlikely to be useful: this is a setting for the Internet Explorer browser, which children (as well as adults) use less and less. However, the Access Restriction module (Content Advisor) can be useful if your child uses Internet Explorer.

To enable Access Limiter:

— Select Properties from the Tools menu
— In the dialog box, go to the Content tab, and then click the Enable button. After this, a window with the Access Restrictions settings will open. Here you should open the Content tab, click on the Enable button. After this, the Access Restrictions properties window will appear, where you need to set the desired security level for each item, which is adjusted using the sliders. The slider positions detail the corresponding restrictions.
— More useful feature- Allowed sites. These are two lists where sites are added manually. One of them strictly prohibits visiting the entered addresses, the other allows it.
— Final stage- setting a password for making changes to parental controls. It is located in the General tab. Just enter your password, write it down and store it in your safe place. You will need it to make changes to the settings.

Other browsers also have similar settings that are easy to understand. Take a closer look at what program your child is using and feel free to look for relevant functions.

Parental controls in Windows 7 are much broader than in old XP. First you need to make sure that the child’s profile is normal and not administrator. To do this, go to the Control Panel and select the appropriate user profile.

To enable Parental Controls in Windows 7, you need to go to the Control Panel item of the same name (via the Start menu). Here we select the user profile in which your child works: is this what we will set restrictions on now? if you have one profile, then you need to create a special profile (account) for the child.

Create a profile different from the main one by giving the main one an access password

Give your profile a name

Two Windows profile 7 - one for you with an access password, the other for children with restrictions and working parental controls

Enable parental controls for the new account

The simplest thing here is time management. The easy interface immediately prompts you to set the time when the child can enter the operating system (i.e., start working on the computer). You can set up a work schedule by day of the week. The system will automatically turn off, saving all data if the child sits too long at the keyboard.

Make a time limit for all days separately or for each day separately

Child profile settings for games

Selecting allowed games

And here is the Games item in Parent Windows control 7 seems useful only at first. Firstly, not all games installed on your computer may be presented here. Secondly, it is better to configure these restrictions in Allowing and blocking specific programs.

Selecting allowed or prohibited programs for your child to run

This item lists all programs installed on the computer (or rather, Windows thinks that everything is installed). Here you can block or allow each of the applications, but remember: this list may not be complete. It's better to search malware yourself (Browse button), and block them.

And don’t forget to turn off the Guest user profile at the end - no restrictions apply to it!

This is what a customized child profile with parental controls will look like:

Internet setup is similar to Windows XP, and only affects Internet browser Explorer. In general, the built-in parental controls in Windows 7 are more interesting for restricting younger children. Here typical story application of these functions:

“The big problem was getting my son away from the computer. No matter how much I told him - turn it off!, he constantly begged for another minute. Then I got tired of it, and I set a shutdown time in parental controls for every day. The son cannot argue with the program - it warns him 5, 3 and 1 minutes before turning off, and tears do not help here. It works even when my wife and I are in the other room.”

Parental control programs

More advanced programs have many similar functions With different names. They are easy to understand in a few minutes, and in almost all of them the question of how to set up parental controls is answered step by step wizard settings - it starts when you first use the program.

We recommend that you first pay attention to the SkyDNS project (www.skydns.ru) - this is not a program, but a whole shield that protects your computer from potentially dangerous sites. By registering on the project website, you get much more safe surfing Internet. The project blacklists sites with dubious content, providing free access to other, “correct” resources. The project is constantly updated and false positives almost never happens. SkyDNS - free resource, which will immediately cut off half of the problems with access to unwanted sites.

SkyDNS parental control service allows you to do many things, even for schools

Among classic options parental controls lately most popular on computers Russian users uses the product supplied as part of the products - Kaspersky Crystal and Kaspersky Internet Security. Unfortunately, it is not possible to install Kaspersky Parental Control separately.

Parental controls in Kaspersky Internet Security 2012

The popularity is well deserved: on the Security+ tab (the main menu of parental controls) you can easily limit your time on the Internet, and set a list of unwanted sites both by the entire name and by part of it. The built-in filter will not allow the child to access sites with the themes “Erotica”, “Ofbad language”, “Weapons”, “Cruelty”, “Gambling”, “Pirate software” and many others. For tighter control, a list of “white addresses” is provided - you can only access permitted sites, while others are blocked. By the way, the settings apply to all browsers at once.

Downloading parental controls, installing and configuring it is not enough: none best program parental control will not provide guarantees against danger. In addition to the programs, you also need visual access to the computer. We highly recommend installing home computer to the place where it is on public display. Don’t overdo it: you can’t openly spy on your child, just look at what’s happening on the monitor from time to time. And a teenager is unlikely to want to visit inappropriate sites if he knows that parents can easily notice it.

In addition, you can see other software products: CyberMama, KidsControl, Spector Pro, ParentalControl Bar. But remember: not a single one software not ideal.

How to remove parental controls

There are many methods to bypass parental controls, and often children are more creative and advanced than parents. If parental control programs are located on your home computer (more precisely, in its operating system), then not too complex method avoiding control - creating a so-called Live CD – boot disk, which does not use the main OS, but is itself a functional operating system with settings without Internet access restrictions. There are countermeasures for this solution as well (block the computer from starting from CDs and password-protect the BIOS), but if a child was able to create a CD distribution, then he can handle this too.

How to remove parental controls using other methods? Five-minute setup of your favorite browser or instant messenger using proxy servers. In short: most Internet software has special settings, where you can set the use of external proxy servers for requests. In this case, the home computer sends a request to another computer (proxy server). Parental controls are silent: this proxy does not belong to the list of prohibited resources. External server processes the request and displays the required information on the screen, which may well contain prohibited content.

Conclusion

Often children still get access to the forbidden fruit. There will always be friends whose computer works without parental controls. Smartphones and tablets, which are even more difficult to control than a computer, are becoming increasingly popular even among schoolchildren. You can always ask a search engine: how to disable parental controls, and there are many methods for removing restrictions.

Maybe, best method parental control is to jointly discuss the dangers of dubious sites? In a friendly and equal conversation between parents and children, it is possible to achieve agreement and understanding much easier and more effectively than using switchable programs and other electronic methods. The forbidden fruit is sweet. Remember how you first read the newsletter about winning a million dollars in the African lottery: it was tempting, right? And after talking about this with more advanced users, they themselves laughed at the next letter with an inheritance, and at the same time learned about other dangers of the modern Internet.

Become friends for your children: older, wise and experienced, with whom you want to talk on any topic with pleasure. This is the best method of parental control, which will bring a lot of positivity to communication with children.

Today, children get tablets and smartphones at a fairly early age, and most often these are Android devices. After this, parents usually have concerns regarding how, for how long, and for what purpose the child uses this device and a desire to protect him from unwanted applications, websites, uncontrolled phone use and similar things.

This manual contains details about the capabilities of parental control on Android phones and tablets, both using the system and using third party applications for these purposes.

Built-in Android parental controls

Unfortunately, at the time of writing this article, Android system(as well as built-in applications from Google) is not very rich in truly popular parental control functions. But some things can be configured without resorting to third-party applications.

Note: The location of the functions is indicated for “pure” Android. On some devices with their own launchers, the settings may be located in other places and sections (for example, in " Additionally»).

For the little ones - blocking in the application

Function " Blocking in the application"Allows you to run one application in full screen and prevent switching to any other application or Android "desktop".

To use the function, do the following:

1. Go to Settings - Safety - Blocking in the application.
2. Enable the option (after reading about its use).

3. Launch the right application and click the button Review" (square), slightly pull the application up and click on the shown " Pin».

As a result, using Android will be limited to this application until you disable the lock: to do this, press and hold the " Back" And " Review».

Parental controls in the Play Store

Google Play The Market allows you to set up parental controls to limit the installation and purchase of applications.

1. Click the button Menu" V Play Store and open settings.
2. Open the item " Parental Controls" and move it to the " position On", set a PIN code.

3. Set restrictions on filtering Games and applications, Movies and Music by age.

4. To prohibit buying paid applications without entering an account password Google posts V Play settings Market use the item " Authentication upon purchase».

Parental controls in YouTube

YouTube settings allow you to partially limit inappropriate videos for your children: YouTube app click on the menu button, select " Settings» - « General" and enable the item " Safe Mode».

Also, on Google Play there is separate application from Google - "YouTube for Kids", where this option is turned on by default and cannot be toggled back.

Users

Android allows you to create multiple user accounts in " Settings» - « Users».

IN general case(except for profiles with limited access, which are rarely available), install additional restrictions It won't work for the second user, but the function can still be useful:

• Application settings are saved separately for different users, i.e. For the user who is the owner, you can not set parental control parameters, but simply block it with a password (see. How to set a password on Android), and allow the child to log in only as a second user.
• Payment information, passwords, etc. are also stored separately for different users (i.e., you can limit purchases in the Play Store simply by not adding payment information in a second profile).

Note: When using multiple accounts, installing, deleting or disabling applications is reflected in all Android accounts.

Limited user profiles on Android

Quite a long time ago, Android introduced the function of creating limited profile user, allowing the use of built-in parental control functions (for example, prohibiting the launch of applications), but for some reason it did not find its development on present moment Available only on some tablets (not on phones).

The option is in " Settings» - « Users» - « Add user/profile» - « Restricted profile"(if there is no such option, but profile creation starts immediately, this means that the function is not supported on your device).

Third-party parental control apps on Android

Considering the demand for parental control functions and the fact that own funds Android is not yet enough to fully implement them, it is not surprising that there are many parental control applications in the Play Store. Next - about two such applications in Russian and with positive user reviews.

Kaspersky Safe Kids

The first of the applications is perhaps the most convenient for a Russian-speaking user - Kaspersky Safe Kids. IN free version many supported necessary functions(blocking applications, sites, tracking the use of a phone or tablet, limiting the time of use), some functions (location determination, tracking VK activity, monitoring calls and SMS and some others) are available for a fee. At the same time, even in the free version, parental controls Kaspersky Safe Kids provides quite a wide range of opportunities.

The application usage is as follows:

1. Installing Kaspersky Safe Kids on Android device child with settings for the child’s age and name, creating a parent account (or logging into it), providing the necessary Android permissions(allow the application to take control of the device and prohibit its removal).

2. Install the application on the parent’s device (with settings for the parent) or log in to the site my.kaspersky.com/MyKids to monitor children's activities and set rules for the use of applications, the Internet and the device.

As long as a child's device is connected to the Internet, changes to parental control settings made by a parent on a website or app on their device are immediately reflected on the child's device, helping to protect them from inappropriate online content and more.

Several screenshots from the parent console in Safe Kids:

• Operating time limitation

• Limiting time spent using applications

• Message about application ban on Android device

• Site restrictions

Download the parent app Kaspersky control Safe Kids is possible -

Screen Time Parental Controls

Another parental control application that has an interface in Russian and, basically, positive reviews -