Use restricted profiles on tablets

• Family controls. Keep others from seeing certain content types.
• Point of sale. Let employees use only selected sales and register apps.
• Kiosk. Set up to demonstrate selected apps and features.
• Retail. Let customers explore tablet features, but prevent them from browsing or playing games.

Only the tablet owner can create, edit and delete restricted profiles.

Make a restricted profile

1. Open your tablet's Settings app .
2. Tap Users & accounts  Users.
3. Tap Add user or profile.
4. Tap Restricted profile. The new profile opens with a list.
   • To name the profile, tap New profile. Enter the name and tap OK.
   • To pick which listed apps, features and settings the profile can see and use, tap the On/Off switches and Settings .
5. Tap Back .
6. Tap the new profile.
   • If you're with the new user, that user can set up the Google account and other details.
   • If the new user isn't there, that user can set up the next time that you switch to this profile.

Edit a restricted profile

1. Open your tablet's Settings app .
2. Tap Users & accounts  Users.
3. Tap the restricted profile you want to edit.
4. Next to the profile, tap Settings .
5. To pick which listed apps, features and settings the profile can see and use, turn them on or off.
   • The changes are immediate.
   • If you switch off a listed app, the profile loses all content associated with that app.
   • If you switch a listed app back on after switching it off, the lost app content isn’t restored.

Delete a restricted profile

1. Open your tablet's Settings app .
2. Tap Users & accounts  Users.
3. Tap the restricted profile you want to delete.
4. Next to the profile, tap Delete .

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