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# How to set up YouTube supervised accounts: content settings for kids and teens
- URL: https://devicedaddy.mymagic.page/youtube-supervised-accounts/
- Published: 2026-11-09T16:19:23.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-09T16:19:23.000Z
- Description: Move from YouTube Kids to a supervised YouTube account with Older kids, Teens or Older teens content settings — and lock the device side too.
- Author: Philip Nixon
- Tags: Guides, YouTube, #Import 2026-11-09 16:04

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**Verified:** Last checked on **5 October 2026** against YouTube Help for supervised kid accounts and content settings (Older kids / Teens / Older teens). Checked against Google's written instructions, not the live app.

**⏱ Time:** 15–25 minutes | **🔧 Difficulty:** Easy–Medium

## What you'll need

- Your Google Account
- Usually a child Google Account in Family Link
- YouTube app (and Family Link app if you manage from there)

## Step-by-step

1. **Decide:** stay on YouTube Kids, or move to a supervised kid account on main YouTube.
2. **Create it** via YouTube Family Center, the child's device (Get started + your password), families.youtube.com, or Family Link → Controls → YouTube.  
\[Screenshot: Add a kid account\]
3. **Pick a content setting:** Older kids (\~9+), Teens (\~13+), Older teens (\~16+). Start lower and raise later.
4. **Tighten extras:** pause history, disable autoplay, block channels/videos, and keep Family Link screen time on.
5. **Secure the device** so they can't switch to an unsupervised adult account freely.
6. **Test searches and account switching.**

## ⚠️ Watch out

- Filters miss things — report and block.
- Comments on higher tiers can still be rough to read.
- Smart TVs signed into adult accounts bypass phone supervision.
- Report serious concerns to [CEOP](https://www.ceop.police.uk/?ref=devicedaddy.mymagic.page) if needed.

## Related guides

- Android Family Link \[link to add\]
- iPhone & iPad Screen Time \[link to add\]
- TikTok Family Pairing \[link to add\]
- Netflix parental controls \[link to add\]

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**Spotted a change?** If a menu looks different, [tell us](#) whether you used the app, Family Link or the website.

Sources (checked 5 Oct 2026): [Set up supervised kid accounts](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/10314074?ref=devicedaddy.mymagic.page) · [Content settings](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/10315823?ref=devicedaddy.mymagic.page) · [YouTube vs YouTube Kids](https://support.google.com/families/answer/10495678?ref=devicedaddy.mymagic.page)