How to create a parents and kid's profile on YouTube for kids desktop?


Remember all those terrifying and unsuitable films that slipped through YouTube safeguards and computer algorithms? Thankfully, there is now a new option for parents to restrict their children's channels to only human-approved stations.

YouTube Kids was created with children and parents in mind, making it simpler for youngsters and parents to discover the material they want. It is simple to use the kid-friendly video-sharing platform. Ad-supported TV shows, music, educational videos, and user-created content are available on YouTube Kids, a kids-friendly version of YouTube. It is available as an app and a website, and it is suitable for children aged two to twelve. You may create separate user profiles for each of your children on YouTube Kids, so they may watch material appropriate for their age separately.

Morph, Teletubbies, Wallace & Gromit, and The Magic Roundabout are just a few of the popular local children's brands featured in the videos.

YouTube for Kids allows parents to build a distinct profile for each kid in their family if they have signed-in accounts. By customizing their profile to match their preferences and recommendations, each youngster may get the most out of the YouTube Kids app. Profiles are available from the YouTube Kids app, which is accessible on any device. Kid profiles can only be accessed when a parent has signed in to the YouTube Kids app. Up to eight profiles may be supported by each account.

Creating customized profiles for each kid is a valuable capability in YouTube Kids, which you can do. According to the YouTube Kids app, each profile is only showing material relevant to the age range indicated by the parent or guardian. Kid Profile can be used to create a unique experience for your children. Kids may create a hidden password to access their profile.

I will demonstrate how to build a parent and kid's profile on YouTube Kids using the Chrome browser in this article. Let us get going then.

How do YouTube Kids work on a desktop and how to set up and create profiles?

The step-by-step procedure to make parent and kids profile on YouTube kids on desktop are −

https://www.youtube.com/kids/

Open YouTube Kids on the browser by clicking on the link above. It is free. The page down below will open. Click on watch now.

Click on watch on web.

If it is your first time using the YouTube Kids app, the parent (you) will have to set it up. Click on I’M A Parent.

Click on the Next icon.

Enter the birth year of parent and click on submit.

After submission, a video guide will start to play. You can view it or either click on Show text to read the video script. Click on Next.

Again, click on Next.

Next, sign in with your Google account

Give your parental consent on the following Terms of Service screen. Click on Next.

Enter your password and click on Next.

Create a profile for your child, so that you can customize their experience on any device that you sign into YouTube Kids.

Enter your child’s detail, click on Next.

Select the content settings for your kid. Click on Next.

After selecting from options, click on Select.

You will then be asked to turn the search on or off. When it is on, your child can access millions of kid-appropriate videos on YouTube Kids. When it is off.

Your child will be limited to recommended, curated videos under each category on the home screen.

Parent feature tour will start. Click on done.

Profile of first kid is made. Click on Add another profile, if you want to add another kid profile.

If you want to create more profiles for additional kids in your household, you will be prompted to do so. Enter all the information of second kid. Your second profile will be made. After that, YouTube Kids will be ready to go.

Just select who is about to use the app and then hand the device to them. But wait before handing over set a passcode so that kids cannot change settings.

Click on the lock icon on top right to set passcode.

Click on Set my own passcode to set the parent unique passcode.

Answer the simple mathematical question, and click on submit.

Click on Submit.

Enter your four-digit numerical passcode.

Click on Submit.

Confirm your passcode again.

Passcode is made profile is made. Now hand it over to kids.

Conclusion

Parents with access to YouTube Kids may build a separate profile for each kid in their family. Each kid may get the most from the YouTube Kids app by customizing their profile's viewing preferences and recommendations. On devices where the parent is signed in and the YouTube Kids app is installed, profiles are available. So, get started and let your child be free from monitoring.

Updated on: 20-Oct-2022

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