What is a pre-teen supervised experience on YouTube?

A pre-teen supervised experience on YouTube is a parent-managed version of regular YouTube and YouTube Music for children under 13 (or relevant age in their country/region).

With a supervised account, parents select a content setting that limits the videos and music children under 13 can find and play. Supervised accounts also change the features they can use, the default account settings, and the ads they see. Learn more about creating a supervised account.

Children with supervised accounts can access these apps and devices:

Availability by country/region

Supervised accounts on YouTube are available on mobile, computer, and eligible smart TVs in the following countries/regions:

American Samoa

Argentina

Aruba

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bangladesh

Belarus

Belgium

Bermuda

Bolivia

Bosnia

Brazil

Bulgaria

Canada (excluding Quebec)

Cayman Islands

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Croatia

Czechia

Cyprus

Denmark

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

El Salvador

Estonia

French Guiana

French Polynesia

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Guadeloupe

Guam

Guatemala

Honduras

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macedonia

Malaysia

Malta

Mexico

Montenegro

Nepal

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Nigeria

Norway

Northern Mariana Islands

Pakistan

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Romania

Russia

San Marino

Senegal

Serbia

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sweden

Switzerland

Tanzania

Thailand

Turks and Caicos Islands

Uganda

Ukraine

United Kingdom

United States

Uruguay

Vatican City

Venezuela

Vietnam

Zimbabwe

Hong Kong

Taiwan

Availability by country/region for Google Assistant-enabled devices

Supervised accounts can be used on Google Assistant-enabled devices in the following countries/regions:

Brazil

France

Germany

India

Indonesia

Italy

Japan

Mexico

Spain

United Kingdom

United States

Features turned off

Some features that are normally available on YouTube will be turned off for different content settings. We’ll continue to work with parents and industry experts to introduce more features over time.

Here are some of the features that aren't available to supervised accounts:

Watch

  • Lives stream videos (only turned off for the Explore content setting)
  • Posts

Engage

  • Comments

  • Handles

  • Live Chat
  • Note writing

Create

  • Channel
  • Live stream
  • Posts
  • Public and unlisted playlist
  • Stories
  • Shorts
  • Video uploads

Buy

  • Channel memberships
  • Creator merchandise
  • Donations YouTube Giving
  • Movies & TV Shows
  • Super Chat & Super Stickers

YouTube apps

  • YouTube Studio
  • YouTube TV
  • YouTube VR

Misc

  • Adding products on YouTube
  • Cast on TV
  • Connected gaming accounts
  • Incognito
  • Lyrics tab in YouTube Music
  • Personalized ads
  • Public profile pictures
  • Restricted Mode

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