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YouTube setup

Choose a supervised experience and check the account used to watch.

App guide · Official instructions checked October 3, 2026

Before you start: Decide whether you are setting up YouTube Kids, a supervised child account on YouTube, or teen supervision. These are different experiences.

  1. Choose the experience
  2. Link the account
  3. Choose content
  4. Check the profile

  1. Choose the device route

    Open Google’s setup guide below. Choose the instructions for a shared device or your child’s own device.

  2. Use a supervised account

    Follow the account-linking prompts with your own Google account. Check that the child account is the one signed in for viewing.

  3. Review content settings

    For a supervised child account, choose the available content setting that fits your family. Talk through what to do if a video feels wrong.

  4. Check shared screens

    Look at the profile on TVs, tablets, and browsers too. A setting on one account does not supervise a different signed-in account.

Know what the controls cover

Filters can miss content. Teen supervision differs from the content settings for younger supervised accounts.

Open YouTube’s official instructions 

Source: YouTube — set up a supervised experience. Menus can change; follow the official guide if your screen differs.

Official instructions: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/10314074?hl=en

One useful next step

Agree on how your child will ask for help, even if a rule was broken. Find words to start that conversation 

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