What is a pre-teen supervised experience on YouTube?

A pre-teen supervised experience on YouTube is a parent-managed version of regular YouTube and YouTube Music for children under 13 (or relevant age in their country/region).

With a supervised account, parents select a content setting that limits the videos and music children under 13 can find and play. Supervised accounts also change the features they can use, the default account settings, and the ads they see. Learn more about creating a supervised account.

Get answers to parents' most frequently asked questions about supervised accounts.

Children with supervised accounts can access these apps and devices:

• YouTube app and website
• YouTube Music app and website
• YouTube app on eligible smart TVs
• YouTube and YouTube Music through Google Assistant-enabled devices
• YouTube app on Sony PlayStation, Microsoft Xbox devices, and Nintendo Switch

Availability by country/region

Supervised accounts on YouTube are available on mobile, computer, and eligible smart TVs in the following countries/regions:

American Samoa Argentina Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Bermuda Bolivia Bosnia Brazil Bulgaria Canada (excluding Quebec) Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Croatia Czechia Cyprus Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Estonia French Guiana French Polynesia Finland France Georgia Germany Ghana Greece

Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malaysia Malta Mexico Montenegro Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Nigeria Norway Northern Mariana Islands Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay

Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Russia San Marino Senegal Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Tanzania Thailand Turks and Caicos Islands Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Zimbabwe Hong Kong Taiwan

Availability by country/region for Google Assistant-enabled devices

Supervised accounts can be used on Google Assistant-enabled devices in the following countries/regions:

Brazil

France

Germany

India

Indonesia

Italy

Japan

Mexico

Spain

United Kingdom

United States

Features turned off

Some features that are normally available on YouTube will be turned off for different content settings. We’ll continue to work with parents and industry experts to introduce more features over time.

Here are some of the features that aren't available to supervised accounts:

Watch

• Lives stream videos (only turned off for the Explore content setting)
• Posts

Engage

• Comments

• Handles

• Live Chat
• Note writing

Create

• Channel
• Live stream
• Posts
• Public and unlisted playlist
• Stories
• Shorts
• Video uploads

Buy

• Channel memberships
• Creator merchandise
• Donations YouTube Giving
• Movies & TV Shows
• Super Chat & Super Stickers

YouTube apps

• YouTube Studio
• YouTube TV
• YouTube VR

Misc

• Adding products on YouTube
• Cast on TV
• Connected gaming accounts
• Incognito
• Lyrics tab in YouTube Music
• Personalized ads
• Public profile pictures
• Restricted Mode