Parents in your family group can use Family Link to manage account settings in your child's Google Account.
Monitor Google Account settings
Select a setting below to learn more about how it works.
Important: Family Link’s purchase approval settings only apply to purchases made through Google Play’s billing system.
Google may save some activity to your child's Google Account, based on the activity settings you chose for your child.
If you change the settings to stop Google from saving your child’s activity, some Family Link features and other Google services may not work.
- Open the Family Link app
.
- Select your child.
- Tap Controls
Account settings
Privacy settings
Account data settings.
- Follow the on-screen instructions.
You and your child can change your Google activity settings. You can also change your settings so only Parents can manage activity controls.
- Open the Family Link app
.
- Select your child.
- Tap Controls
Account settings
Privacy settings
Account data settings.
- From "Activity controls," you can allow your child to change these settings.
Important: If you added supervision to your child’s previously existing Google Account, you’ll need their help to do this.
- On your child's device, visit the My Activity page.
- Search for the app you want to find activity for.
- In the top right, tap More
.
- To find your child’s activity, tap Details.
- To remove your child’s activity, tap Delete.
Edit your child's Google Account info
Important: These options are only available if your child is under 13 (or the applicable age in your country) and hasn't chosen to manage their own account.
- Open the Family Link app
.
- Select your child.
- Tap Controls
Account settings
Account info.
- In the top right, tap Edit
.
- Change your child's account information.
- In the top right, tap Save.
- Open the Family Link app
.
- Select your child.
- Tap on their profile picture at the top of the page.
- Select a photo, or take a new one.
If you change your child’s password, they may be signed out of their devices. Any supervision settings you turned on won't work until your child signs in again.
- Open the Family Link app
.
- Select your child.
- Tap Controls
Account settings
Account info
Change password.
- Sign in with your Google Account information.
- Enter a new password.
- Tap Change.
- If your child has 2-Step Verification turned on, tap Got it to confirm the pop-up notification.
2-Step Verification for your child's account
-
If your child has 2-Step Verification turned on for their account and you change their password, 2-Step Verification will be turned off and an extra layer of security will be removed from their account.
-
Once 2-Step Verification is turned off, a notification email will be sent to both you and your child.
- Your child can turn on 2-Step Verification again once they sign in to their account. Learn more about 2-step verification.