Use restricted profiles on tablets
On an Android tablet, you can choose which apps, features and content a restricted profile can see and use.
You can use restricted profiles for purposes like these:
- 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.
Note: Some of these steps work only on Android 8.0 and up. Learn how to check your Android version.
Note: This information is for tablets. For phones running Android 5.0 and up, find out how to add, switch or delete users.
Make a restricted profile
- Open your tablet's Settings app
.
- Tap Users & accounts
Users.
- Tap Add user or profile.
- 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
.
- Tap Back
.
- 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
- Open your tablet's Settings app
.
- Tap Users & accounts
Users.
- Tap the restricted profile you want to edit.
- Next to the profile, tap Settings
.
- 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
- Open your tablet's Settings app
.
- Tap Users & accounts
Users.
- Tap the restricted profile you want to delete.
- Next to the profile, tap Delete
.