Age requirements on Google Accounts

Below are the minimum age requirements to manage your own Google Account.

Note: For younger children, parents can help create and manage a Google Account with Family Link. When a child reaches their country’s minimum age, they can manage their own account.

Find your country’s age requirement

For all countries not listed below, 13 is the minimum age to manage your own Google Account.

Note: These requirements may not be applicable to Google Workspace, including accounts in Google Workspace for Education domains.

Asia
  • South Korea: 14+
  • Vietnam: 15+
Caribbean
  • Aruba: 16+
  • Caribbean Netherlands: 16+
  • Curaçao: 16+
  • Sint Maarten: 16+
Europe
  • Austria: 14+
  • Bulgaria: 16+
  • Croatia: 16+
  • Cyprus: 14+
  • Czech Republic: 15+
  • Denmark: 15+
  • France: 15+
  • Germany: 16+
  • Greece: 15+
  • Hungary: 16+
  • Ireland: 16+
  • Italy: 14+
  • Lithuania: 14+
  • Luxembourg: 16+
  • Netherlands: 16+
  • Poland: 16+
  • Romania: 16+
  • San Marino: 16+
  • Serbia: 15+
  • Slovakia: 16+
  • Slovenia: 16+
  • Spain: 14+
South America
  • Chile: 14+
  • Colombia: 14+
  • Peru: 14+
  • Venezuela: 14+

Service-specific age requirements

Some Google services have specific age requirements. Here are a few examples:

  • YouTube: When a YouTube video has been age-restricted, a warning screen is displayed and only users who are 18 or older can watch it. Learn more about age-restricted videos.
  • AdSense: 18+
  • Google Ads: 18+

Disabled account due to age requirement

Across Google services, if we learn that you may not be old enough to have a Google Account, you'll have 14 days to update your account to meet age requirements or your account will be disabled.

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