How to Put TikTok Parental Controls
As you know, TikTok is a very popular social media platform. The users can create and also watch short music videos.
Special effects, funny stickers, and the feature to share with friends have made it so attractive.
The users of this social media platform must be at least 13 years old. In other words, like many social media, the app is for ages +12 but it still may contain sexual content, nudity, fantasy violence, drug use, profanity, etc.
Sometimes users add hashtags containing inappropriate words. So it is necessary to learn about the Tiktok Parental Controls. Let us jump into the details.
Family Pairing
As the name suggests, it is a feature on TikTok that helps a parent to link their account to their teen’s and change the following settings.
- Restricted Mode allows to make some content subject matter inaccessible and out-of-bounds.
- You can choose what types of content, users, hashtags, and sounds your teen look for.
- You can turn your child’s account private.
- You can decide if your child’s account is recommended or not to the other users.
- DMs (Direct Messages) cannot be turned on until the age of 16.
- You can choose who can comment on your child’s posts too.
How to turn on Family Pairing
Go to the profile page of your child’s or yours. Select triple-dotted in the upper right. Click on Family Pairing.
How to set up Screen Time Management
Go to the profile page of your child’s or yours. Select triple-dotted in the upper right. Click on Digital Wellbeing. Then select Restricted Mode
How to manage comments
Go to the profile page of your child’s or yours. Select triple-dotted in the upper right. Click on Privacy. Then decide between Everyone, Friends, Mutual friends, or off.
How to inhibit making duet videos with your teen
Go to the profile page of your child’s or yours. Select triple-dotted in the upper right. Click on Privacy. Click on the Duet after scrolling down. Then decide between Everyone, Friends, Mutual friends, or off.
How to manage DMs
Go to the profile page of your child’s or yours. Select triple-dotted in the upper right. Click on Privacy. Click on the Direct Messages after scrolling down. Then decide between Everyone, Friends, Mutual friends, or off.
How to Block or report a user
Select triple-dotted in the upper right of the user’s profile. Then tap on Block, Report or both of them.
