{"id":813875,"date":"2024-12-22T00:28:53","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T06:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/22\/youtube-apps-on-tv-rolling-out-parent-code-to-limit-access-for-kids\/"},"modified":"2024-12-22T00:28:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T06:28:53","slug":"youtube-apps-on-tv-rolling-out-parent-code-to-limit-access-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/22\/youtube-apps-on-tv-rolling-out-parent-code-to-limit-access-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube apps on TV rolling out \u2018parent code\u2019 to limit access for kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure>\n\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/12\/YouTube-parent-code-TV.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1600\" alt  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"><\/figure>\n<p>With the main YouTube app <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2024\/02\/26\/youtube-kids-tv-app\/\">replacing YouTube Kids on televisions<\/a> this year, Google is <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/youtubekids\/thread\/313146158\">adding<\/a> a new \u201cparent code\u201d lock.<\/p>\n<p>Enabling the new parent code setting will \u201cprevent kids from watching YouTube signed out or accessing accounts meant for older members of your household.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is a 4-digit PIN that must be entered to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Watch YouTube as a signed out viewer<\/li>\n<li>Access accounts for older members of your household (over 13 years old,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/accounts\/answer\/1350409\">or applicable age in your country<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Remove accounts from the TV device<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The parent code has been highly requested since YouTube made the <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2023\/02\/15\/youtube-kids-roku-console-smart-tv\/\">profile switching change<\/a> on smart TVs: \u201cWe hope this change gives you added comfort in knowing kids cannot use accounts and features on your smart TV that aren\u2019t meant for them, while also making recommendations in your profile more relevant to your interests rather than what you previously watched together as a family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>YouTube is \u201cslowly rolling out to everyone over the next couple of days.\u201d Once available, here\u2019s how you set up the YouTube parent code on TVs:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open the YouTube app on your smart TV.<\/li>\n<li>From the homepage, select Settings on the left.<\/li>\n<li>Select the Parent code tab.<\/li>\n<li>Follow the prompts to set up or to reset your 4-digit code.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\n\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMMqA-Qow-c_gAg?hl=en-US&#038;gl=US&#038;ceid=US:en\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<em>Add 9to5Google to your Google News feed.<\/em>\u00a0<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2024\/12\/13\/youtube-parent-code-tv\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the main YouTube app replacing YouTube Kids on televisions this year, Google is adding a new \u201cparent code\u201d lock. Enabling the new parent code setting will \u201cprevent kids from watching YouTube signed out or accessing accounts meant for older members of your household.\u201d\u00a0 This is a 4-digit PIN that must be entered to: Watch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":813876,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1910,49,104640],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-813875","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rolling","8":"category-youtube","9":"category-youtube-videos"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=813875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}