When you set up a supervised account for your child, you can also give them the ability to use YouTube Kids. You can manage your child’s YouTube Kids settings from:
You can also customize your child's experience with different features, like blocking content and turning on YouTube Premium features.
What settings can a parent or child change?
| Settings | Parent can control | Kid can control |
| Sound effects | N | Y |
| App music | N | Y |
| Casting | N | Y |
| Subtitles and closed captions | N | Y |
| Block content | Y (channels only) | Y (from watch or channel page) |
| Unblock content | Y | N |
| Background play (Premium only) | Y | N |
| Smart downloads (Premium only) | Y | N |
| Save over Wi-Fi only (Premium only, or in certain countries and regions) | Y | N |
| Download quality | Y | N |
| Content level setting | Y | N |
| Search (on or off) | Y | N |
| Autoplay | Y | Y (unless autoplay is turned off by a parent) |
| Pause watch history | Y | N |
| Pause search history | Y | N |
| Clear history | Y | N |
| Review watch history | Y (use your child's device to view) | Y |
Audio
You or your child can turn on or off App music and Sound effects in YouTube Kids Settings.
App music
- Go to Settings
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- Tap App music to turn app music on or off.
Sound effects
- Go to Settings
- Tap Sound effects to turn sound effects on or off.
Video controls
You can turn Casting on or off and change the appearance of text and Captions with content controls.
Cast YouTube Kids
- Go to Settings
- Tap Casting to turn casting on or off.
Change the size of Subtitles and Closed captions
- Go to Settings
- Tap Subtitles and closed captions.
- Tap Caption size and style.
- Tap Text size.
- Select the text size that you want.
Change the colors of Subtitles and Closed captions
- Go to Settings
- Tap Subtitles and closed captions.
- Tap Caption size and style.
- Tap Caption style.
- Select the subtitles that you want.
Note: You and your kid can also adjust video quality settings when watching a video. Learn more about how to change video quality settings.
Autoplay
When Autoplay is turned on, we’ll automatically play another related video based on your child’s viewing history. By default this setting is turned off.
To turn on Autoplay from your computer or TV:
- Go to the watch page of any video in YouTube Kids.
- At the bottom of the player, select Autoplay OFF
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to show that autoplay is now turned on.
To turn on Autoplay from a mobile device:
- Go to the watch page of any video in YouTube Kids.
- Tap Menu
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- Tap Autoplay OFF
Notes:
- Autoplay will remain on until you or your child turns it off. To turn it off, tap the same Autoplay ON button
- If you'd like to turn off Autoplay for your child, you can select Disable autoplay in Family Center. Your child can't turn on Autoplay when this setting is on.
Privacy
The Privacy Notice for Google Accounts created in Family Link describes our privacy practices when your kid uses YouTube Kids with their Google Account. When your kid uses YouTube Kids without signing in with their Google Account, the YouTube Kids Privacy Notice applies.
When your kid uses YouTube Kids with their Google Account, you can use the Family Link app to manage your kid's activity settings. These settings include their YouTube Search History and YouTube Watch History.
About
The YouTube Kids’ Parental Guide and Terms of Service can be viewed at any time.
To view YouTube Kids’ Parental Guide and Terms of Service:
- Go to Settings.
- Tap Parental Guide or Terms of Service.
What if my kid doesn't have a Google Account for children under 13?
If your kid doesn't have a Google Account for children under 13, you can create a YouTube Kids profile under your own Google Account. Learn more.