How to Set Up Disney Plus Parental Controls
Learn how to set parental controls on your child’s Disney Plus account.
Disney+ is the streaming platform that’s home to tons of kid-friendly TV shows and movies, including modern and classic animated Disney films. While Disney+ mostly has lots of kid content, their recent acquisition of properties like Marvel means that there are now R- and MA-rated TV shows and movies on the platform.
Disney+ Parental Control Options
Recent updates have dramatically improved how Disney+ works for families. These parental controls include:
- Content restrictions
- Kid’s profiles
- Profile PINs
- Profile creation restrictions
How to Set Content Restrictions on Disney+
Parents can set content ratings for their children’s profiles. This means that shows and movies rated higher than the profile’s content rating will not be available to that specific child
- Log in to your Disney+ account on a web browser and from the top right-hand corner click your profile icon.
- From the drop-down menu, click Edit profiles.
- Select the profile you’d like to edit
- Under Parental Controls, select Content rating.
- Enter your password again to confirm.
- Select the content rating you’d like to set for your child and then click Save.
How to Create a Kid’s Profile
You can create a kid’s profile at any time on Disney+ by clicking Add new profile from the drop-down menu. Or, you can change an existing profile to a kid’s profile using the following steps.
- Log in to your Disney+ account on a web browser and from the top right-hand corner click your profile icon.
- From the drop-down menu, click Edit profiles.
- Select the profile you’d like to edit
- Under Parental Controls, toggle on Kid’s profile.
- Click Done in the top right corner.
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How to Create a Profile PIN
Setting a 4-digit PIN code enables you to restrict other users (like kids) from just logging into your profile to watch more mature content.
- Log in to your Disney+ account on a web browser and from the top right-hand corner click your profile icon.
- From the drop-down menu, click Edit profiles.
- Select the profile you want to add a PIN code to.
- Scroll down and under Parental Controls, click Profile PIN.
- Enter your password and click Continue.
- Toggle the box that says Limit access to this profile with a 4-digit pin.
- Enter your desired PIN code and click save.
How to Restrict the Creation of New Profiles
Some kids may try to get around their restrictions by just adding a new profile. Here’s how to keep that from happening.
- Log in to your Disney+ account on a web browser and from the top right-hand corner click your profile icon.
- From the drop-down menu, click Account.
- Scroll down to Restrict Profile Creation and toggle it to On.
- Now, new profiles can only be created with your password.
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