Manage your child's Google Account with Family Link (2024)

To go to this setting directly in the app, tap the button below:

Choose your child's Google Activity settings

Tip:The button will take you to this setting for the last visited child in the app.

1. Open the Family Link app .
2. Select your child.
3. Tap ControlsAccountsettings​Privacy settingsAccount data settings.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions.

You and your child can change your Google activity settings. You can also change your settings so only Parents can manage activity controls.

1. Open the Family Link app .
2. Select your child.
3. Tap Controls Account settings Privacy settings Account data settings.
4. From "Activity controls," you can allow your child to change these settings.

Tips:

• Whether or not your child can control their own account settings doesn't change the settings themselves. We recommend parents make sure the settings are correct after they change this control.
• You can also manage your child's account when you click on your child's name at g.co/YourFamily.

Important: If you added supervision to your child’s previously existing Google Account, you’ll need their help to do this.

1. On your child's device, visit the My Activity page.
2. Search for the app you want to find activity for.
3. In the top right, tap More .
   • To find your child’s activity, tap Details.
   • To removeyour child’s activity, tap Delete.

To go to this setting directly in the app, tap the button below:

Change your child's name, birthday, or gender

Tip:The button will take you to this setting for the last visited child in the app.

1. Open the Family Link app .
2. Select your child.
3. Tap Controls Account settings Account info.
4. In the top right, tap Edit .
5. Change your child's account information.
6. In the top right, tap Save.

Tips:

• Whether or not your child can control their own account settings doesn't change the settings themselves. We recommend parents make sure the settings are correct after they change this control.
• You can also manage your child's account when you click on your child's name at g.co/YourFamily.

1. Open the Family Link app .
2. Select your child.
3. Tap on their profile picture at the top of the page.
4. Select a photo, or take a new one.

To go to this setting directly in the app, tap the button below:

Reset your child's password

Tip:The button will take you to this setting for the last visited child in the app.

If you change your child’s password, they may be signed out of their devices. Any supervision settings you turned on won't work until your child signs in again.

1. Open the Family Link app .
2. Select your child.
3. Tap Controls Account settings Account info Change password.
4. Sign in with your Google Account information.
5. Enter a new password.
6. Tap Change.
7. If your child has 2-Step Verification turned on, tap Got itto confirm the pop-up notification.

Tips:

• Whether or not your child can control their own account settings doesn't change the settings themselves. We recommend parents make sure the settings are correct after they change this control.
• You can also manage your child's account when you click on your child's name at g.co/YourFamily.