If your kid had a Chromebook, then you might never think of stopping them from exploding some inappropriate content. Most likely, if your kids are using Chromebooks without their parents’ Chromebooks, then they might get exposed to harmful content over the internet.
Chromebooks seem to be quite useful for study purposes, research, and content consumption. Yeah, you can set up parental control on Chromebooks; today, we are going to share how you can enable parental control on Chromebooks.
How do I set up parental controls on Chromebooks?
Before continuing, ensure that your child has been logged in with the child’s Google account. If you don’t have one, then you should create an account for parental control. So without further ado, let’s check this out.
Manage your children’s account on a Chromebook.
Once you sign in to Chromebook with a child account, here is how you can use parental control on Chromebook.
Pre-Requisites
- Chrome OS 7.1 or later
- Sign in to the child’s account
Restriction on a Child’s Google Account
There are a few restrictions that will be applied to the child’s account once you have enabled parental control.
- Unable to use incognito mode
- You can control the website and limit its use to a specific website.
- Block exploding sexual and violent sites.
- Chrome Sync data with parental management features
- A child can disable certain data collection.
- You can check your Chrome browsing history and activity.
How to Setup Parental Control on a Chromebook
This is simple and quick; follow the following instructions step by step, as mentioned below.
- Click on Settings, which appears at the bottom-right of the display.
- Go to Quick Settings. Click on the Settings icon placed in the upper-right corner of the page.
- Navigate to the People tab and click on the Settings window.
- Select Parental Control, and click on Setup, placed on the right-bottom.
- Next, choose Get Started, and then select your child’s Google account.
- Follow the on-screen instructions to finish the setup.
- Now, enter your personal Gmail, through which you are managing parental control.
- Choose the restriction accordingly, such as
- Maximum screen time
- Adjust content settings on the web
- Filter web access
- Blocking and approving apps
- Enable Play Purchases and much more.
- That’s it; once you enable it, you can all confirm your action by entering your child’s account password.
After this, the Chromebook asks you to sign out of your parental account. In contrast, you can use the Google Family Link application to check activities. However, from the Family Link app, you can manage or tweak some settings if you want to. Hopefully, we believe that this article helped you and that you have successfully set up parental control on your Chromebook. We would like to know your valuable opinion and feedback. If there is any query, share it with us in the comment section below.