Get started with Family Link

1. Open the Family Link app .
2. At the top left, select your child.
3. At the bottom left, tap Screen time Time limits.
4. Turn on Daily limit.
5. Tap Weekly schedule.
   • For first time set up, tap Edit each day.
6. Select a day.
7. Enter how much screen time the device is limited to.
8. To apply limits on all days of the week, tap Apply to all days of the week Done.

Tip: To turn off screen time limit for a specific day, select a day and turn off Daily limit ON.

To go to the child's account settings that you last visited in the Family Link app, tap the button below:

Change daily limits

1. On your device, open Family Link .
2. At the top left, select your child.
3. At the bottom left, tap Screen time Time limits Weekly schedule.
   • For first time set up, tap Edit each day.
4. Select a day.
5. Enter how much screen time the device is limited to.
6. To apply limits on all days of the week, tap Apply to all days of the week Done.

Tip: You can edit the weekly schedule and change the limit on any selected day.

1. Open the Family Link app .
2. At the top left, select your child.
3. At the bottom left, tap Screen time .
4. Below your child’s device name, tap Bonus time .
5. Set the amount of bonus time.
   • To increase bonus time, select .
   • To decrease the bonus time, select .
   • To set a specific time, tap the number.
6. Tap Done.

1. On your child's device, open Settings .
   • On Android versions 8.1 (O) and later, tap Digital Wellbeing & parental controls.
   • On other Android versions, tap Google Parental controls.
2. To check the current settings, tap Daily limit.
3. To edit Daily limit settings, sign in or use your Parent Access Code to verify that you're a parent.

Tip: Daily limits apply to each Android device or Chromebook your child uses. For example, if you set a daily limit of 2 hours, your child would get 2 hours of time on each device.

To go to the child's account settings that you last visited in the Family Link app, tap the button below:

Block or unblock an app on Family Link

In about 5 minutes, or once the device is connected to the Internet, the app will be blocked or unblocked. If your child is using the app when you block it, they'll get a one minute warning to finish up before the app is blocked. The app is blocked on all of your child's Android devices or Chromebooks.

Important: Some apps can't be blocked because they're required for parent supervision settings to work, or for your child's device to work.

1. Open the Family Link app .
2. Select your child.
3. At the bottom left, tap Screen time Time limits App limits.
4. Review the list of apps. Apps that are blocked are marked as Blocked . Apps that are allowed don’t have this icon.
5. To block or allow an app:
   • To block an app:
     1. Select the app.
     2. Tap on the Allowed toggle.
        • The app status changes to Blocked .
     3. Tap Done.
   • To allow an app:
     1. Select the app.
     2. Tap on the Blocked toggle.
        • The app status changes to Allowed .
     3. Tap Done.

To go to the child's account settings that you last visited in the Family Link app, tap the button below:

Find your child's location

If you're a parent, you can find your child's Android device location in the Family Link app.

1. Open the Family Link app .
2. Tap Location.
3. Tap Set up location.
4. If you have multiple children, select which ones you want to turn on location sharing for.
5. Tap Turn on.