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How to Lock YouTube So Kids Can’t Open Other Apps: A Complete Guide for Parents

Novina Putri Bestari, CNBC Indonesia

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Thursday, 04/01/2024 08:20 IWST

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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia Nowadays smartphone users are not only adults. Many children have their own cellphones either to communicate or access entertainment.

However, the challenge is that parents have to face the potential for cellphone addiction that their children may experience. They can play on their smartphones for a very long time, even forgetting about their schoolwork or other obligations.

For this reason, parents need to limit their children’s use of cell phones. Some apps also have features to set profiles according to user age or lock apps.

All cellphones have a feature that can be used to limit application usage. For example, restrictions on application use can be used so that children can only use gadgets to watch YouTube and not open other applications.

Set up Guide Access on iPhone and iPad

  • Buka Settings > Accessibility > Guided Access
  • Slide the toggle to enable Guided Access
  • Set the password in the Password Settings menu. This password is to make your child leave the application without your permission. Passwords can also use Face ID or Touch ID
  • Use Guided Access in Applications

  • After activating Guided Access, you can enter the desired application such as YouTube
  • Triple-click the side button or Home button, depending on the device used
  • Select Guided Access
  • Use the onscreen options to turn off various hardware and software buttons if necessary
  • The application is locked and the child can start using it. They can only exit the YouTube app by entering a previously set passcode
  • You can deactivate Guided Access again, click three times as when starting it if you use a passcode. Double click for Face ID or Touch ID.
  • How to lock Android screen

    How to lock iPhone and Android screens to restrict children from accessing content. Similar to the iPhone’s Guided Access feature, Android has an option called Pin. However, this feature is less complete than the iPhone.

    The main purpose of the Pin feature is to provide access only to the desired applications. For example, when parents embed this feature on YouTube, children can only access the application and cannot close it.

    How to lock the screen on Android

    Parents are required to make a setting called pin windows to lock the phone screen. Follow the steps below to set it up.

    How to turn on the pin feature

  • Open Settings.
  • Select Biometrics and Security.
  • Select More security settings.
  • Tap Pin window and activate it. PIN can also be activated to remove the pin.
  • How to lock apps

    Once pin is turned on, parents can easily use it to lock the screen in certain apps. Here’s how:

  • Open another app after opening YouTube
  • Swipe up to show any open apps
  • Tap the YouTube icon at the top.
  • Embed or pin the YouTube app.
  • To unlock the screen on Android, there are several methods you can use. Users can display a row of applications by swiping up or by pressing the “back” button (

    That’s how to limit the use of cellphones or tablets so that children can’t open other applications while watching YouTube. Good luck.

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