Android quick reference
Family Link plus Digital Wellbeing on one page.
Family Link and Digital Wellbeing settings for an Android phone or tablet, condensed to one page you can work through with the device in your hand. Remember that Family Link controls are set from the parent's phone rather than the child's, so keep both to hand. For the reasoning and the known bypasses, read the full Android guide.
Family Link (on parent phone)
- Select child profile.
- Apps — approve each; set time limits per app.
- Screen time — daily, schedule, bedtime.
- Controls › Content restrictions › Play Store: age rating.
- Controls › Content restrictions › Google Search: SafeSearch on.
- Controls › Content restrictions › Chrome: try to block mature, or approved only.
- Controls › Content restrictions › YouTube: Supervised Experience.
- Location — always on.
- Manage settings › Parent access code.
On kid’s Android device
- Settings › Apps › Install unknown apps: off for all.
- Settings › Digital Wellbeing › Bedtime mode: on.
- Settings › Accounts › remove any non-supervised accounts.
- Disable Developer Options if enabled.
- For Samsung: Samsung Kids profile (optional for younger kids).
Play Store (kid device)
- Parental controls — on; set age filters.
- Purchase approval: Always require.
Chrome (kid device)
- Supervised account: Family Link manages SafeSearch and incognito.
- Extensions: disabled via Family Link where possible.
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When parental controls change
We update these when the underlying settings change. Roughly monthly we send new guides, changes to controls like these, and scams worth knowing about.
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