We all have a YouTube app on our smart TVs for a big-screen experience. But, it might not have kid-friendly content. Since YouTube kids are geographically-restricted in certain areas, you may be using a regular YouTube app on your TV. In such a case, your child might have access to inappropriate and disturbing content. Thus, you will have no option but to block YouTube on your Smart TV. In this article, we will show you how to do just that.
How to Block YouTube on TV?
If you want to restrict your child’s access to the YouTube app completely, you have several options. You can either lock the app or block its access. Depending on your preference, you can follow the several steps below.
Turn on YouTube Restricted Mode
If you want to create your YouTube kid-friendly on your Smart TV, you can turn on the restricted mode on YouTube. With restricted mode, YouTube will block all the mature content. So, you might not have to block it completely. Moreover, this feature comes in handy when you don’t have YouTube kids on your Smart TV.Follow the steps given below.
Lock Apps
Lock/Unlock Apps are available on various Smart TVs. Thus, you can lock the YouTube app to prevent your kids from using it. YouTube will prompt the person trying to launch the app to enter the pin. Thus, only users who know the password can access YouTube. Check out the steps below for different TV models:On Samsung TVOn LG TVOn Sony TV On Android TV
Block YouTube Domain Via Router
You can add the YouTube Domain to the blocklist via router if you want to block the app completely. Blocking the YouTube domain will deny access to all your devices connected to the network. You can perform this from the router’s network settings. Moreover, you can also set this from the Parental Control settings of your router.
How to Block YouTube Kids Content on TV?
Although you have a YouTube kids app on TV for your child, you might want to restrict more videos. Sometimes the kids can be exposed to unsuitable videos infiltrating the content. So, if you want to block content but not YouTube on your TV, you can adjust a few settings on your account. You can perform the steps on your smart TV or mobile, whichever you feel is more convenient.
Block Content
You can block the channel if you find an inappropriate video for your kids on YouTube. By doing so, you will no longer be able to access the videos from that channel. Moreover, if you don’t want to block the entire channel, you can block a single video too. Follow the given steps.
Approve Content
You can also choose the specific video content or channels to show your child. With the approved content feature on YouTube kids, you can create a hand-picked collection of videos your child can watch. You won’t have to worry about blocking the entire YouTube channels one by one with this feature. Moreover, you can also manage the collection at your convenience. Follow the steps given below.
