We take your privacy seriously, and want you to know how supervision works when it’s added to your Google Account or when you update your Google Account after you turn 13 (or the applicable age in your country).
Important: If your parent created a supervised Google Account for you or provided consent for you to continue with your Google Account, your supervision controls may be different.
What parents can supervise with the Family Link App
If you and your parent add supervision to your Google Account or you update your Google Account after you turn 13 (or the applicable age in your country), your parent can use Family Link to:
Change account settings & controls- Manage your Google Play apps
- Manage your screen time
- Remotely lock devices when it’s time to study or sleep
- Block or allow sites on Chrome
- Turn SafeSearch on or off
- Manage what your child can browse, purchase, or download on Google Play
Tip: Purchase approval settings apply only to purchases made through Google Play's billing system.
- View your YouTube channel activity
- Get email notifications when you complete a key milestone like upload a new video or short or start a live stream.
Tip: Only applies if you’ve supervised experiences for teens on YouTube set up.
What parents can’t check or do
If you and your parent choose to supervise your Google Account, your parent can’t use Family Link to:
- Remotely monitor your screen
- Check your past searches
- Check your Chrome browsing history
- Check your YouTube watch history
- Check or reset your account password
- Read your emails or messages
- Listen to your calls
- Delete your account
- Choose a new screen lock password on your device
- Erase the data on your device
- Remove your ability to stop supervision
Stop supervision
Depending on how old you are, and the age of consent in your country, there are different steps and requirements to stop supervision.
If you’re between 13 (or the applicable age in your country) and 18:
- You’ll need your parent’s approval to stop supervision. They’ll need to enter their Google Account password or Family Link parent access code to do so.
- You and your parent will be notified when supervision is stopped.
If you’re 18 or older:
- You don’t need your parent’s approval to stop supervision.
- You and your parent will be notified when supervision is stopped.
If your family group has a family payment method, you’ll be removed from the family group.
When supervision stops, parents can no longerSet up supervision features like:
- Setting up downtime.
- Allowing or blocking apps.
- Location Sharing will be off and children can decide if they want to turn it on again.
- Purchase and download approvals: If the child was required to get their parent's approval for all Google Play content, they'll only need approval for paid content. If they weren't required to get their parent's approval to make purchases, nothing will change.
- Parental controls: The child's Google Account parental controls won't apply after they manage their account. They can set up parental controls again on each supervised device they're using.
- Open Settings app.
- Tap Digital Wellbeing & parental controls.
- At the top left, tap More
Stop supervision.
- Follow the on-screen instructions.
Stop supervision.- Go to Supervision Opt-Out.
- At the bottom of the page, tap Stop supervision.
- Follow the instructions to stop supervision.
Stop supervision on Family Link with your parent
- Go get your parent. On your parent’s device, open the Google Family Link app
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- Select the child who will no longer be supervised.
- Tap Controls
- To confirm you understand what happens when you stop supervision, follow the on-screen instructions.
- Tap Stop supervision.
- Follow the on-screen instructions.
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