{"id":2632,"date":"2016-05-18T11:44:47","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T11:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/securekids.es\/?p=2632"},"modified":"2020-12-16T10:03:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T10:03:26","slug":"activar-control-parental-play-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/securekids.es\/en\/play-store-parental-control\/","title":{"rendered":"How to activate the control in the Play Store"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are a lot of minors with Android devices, either because there is a wider price range or because the domain this Google Operating System has on the market. What is clear is the fact that many parents choose this type of devices for their children and in many cases it is the first time the minors have a technological device owned by them.<\/p>\n

SecureKids<\/a> parental control manages a great quantity of functions of the mobile devices, for example the applications the minors can use or the web pages they can access from their devices. On the other hand, Google services can\u2019t be controlled in the same way, as they don’t allow an internal control, for example, we can\u2019t filter certain videos inside Youtube or the apps on Google Play before they are downloaded.<\/p>\n

For all this Google has its own parental control, from where you can separately control the functionality of every service they provide. This way, we talk recently on the subject of blocking Youtube videos with their parental control<\/a>. In this occasion, we are going to explain how the Google Play parental control is controlled, because a lot of parents has asked us a way to block it and doesn\u2019t know how to do it.<\/p>\n

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Many parents wish to limit the number of applications their children download from Google Play, filtering subjects or blocking applications not suitable for their children. The needs of the parents in this subject is very important, as it gives tranquility for the parents who want to control their children\u2019s devices.<\/p>\n

A lot of parents doesn\u2019t know the existence of a parental control inside Google\u2019s Play Store, and many of them demand as a solution removing the Google Play application or even not allowing their children to use Android devices, with the excuse protect their children. What they are really doing is putting their children in danger, because denying the mobile devices use, reduces their children development on the latest technologies.<\/p>\n

The parents can\u2019t avoid their children using mobile devices, because sooner or later they are going to use it, that\u2019s why it\u2019s important to protect and educate the minors on a healthy use of these useful tools, which are necessary in the actual world.<\/p>\n

How to activate the parental control in the Play Store.<\/h2>\n

The way to activate the Play Sotre parental control is very easy, as it doesn\u2019t have many functionality, just the contrary, there are just three, but they are really simple. The problem with these tools, as it happens with the rest of Google parental control services, is that they are quite hidden and it\u2019s hard to find them if you don\u2019t access the application settings.<\/p>\n

To activate the Play Store parental control you have to follow this steps, don\u2019t worry there a just a few of them:<\/p>\n

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  1. Open Play Store from the child device we want to control.<\/li>\n
  2. Opening the main menu of the application, you can do that from the button at the upper left corner, next to the search icon, or dragging your finger from the left side to the right side of the screen.<\/li>\n
  3. Next you have to access the \u201cSettings\u201d option inside the menu.<\/li>\n
  4. Inside the settings we search \u201cParental Controls\u201d.<\/li>\n
  5. There you will have a screen telling you the parental control is off, with a button that allows to activate the parental control.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    How to configure the parental control in the Play Store.<\/h2>\n

    Once you have activated the Play Store parental control there will appear a screen where you will have to generate a four digit PIN which will serve as a security measure to allow the parents to access any content of the Play Store without restrictions.<\/p>\n

    Inside the parental control settings are three types of content you can manage and control in a different way:<\/p>\n