Parental control is a valuable resource that adults use to control our children's access to certain web pages, whose content is not appropriate for their age, in addition to other uses. But children grow up and the time comes to start giving them more freedom. Then comes the time to know how to remove parental control on the devices they use.
Obviously, there are other reasons to remove the restrictions. For example, the tablet used by the little ones in the house may no longer be in their hands, because we have given them a new one, and now we are the adults who want to use this device without hindrance.
Whatever the reason, in this post we are going to see how this control can be eliminated and a mobile device (whether Android or iOS) can be freely used again, without restrictions of any kind.
It should be noted that the effects of parental control go far beyond simply blocking access to web pages. Through it it is also possible set a maximum time limit for children to use the computer or smartphone, and ban them from accessing certain apps, games, and programs. All for his own safety, obviously.
The list of risks and threats to children and adolescents on the internet it is very long. From the screens of their mobile phones and computers they are exposed to viewing violent or pornographic content, suffering cyberbullying, being victims of all kinds of deception, blackmail or threats, developing an Internet addiction, making payments and buying without our supervision or interacting with adults who They may have bad intentions.
It's a pretty worrying picture, right? Especially considering that as children we are all, by nature, naive and trusting. That is why the decision to remove parental control on the devices of minors is something that must be thought carefully.
In any case, if we are sure to take this step, this is how it is done:
On Android
The operating system has its own parental control tools. One of the most popular, used by fathers and mothers around the world, is Google Family Link, although the parental control system of Google Play. Let's see how to disable each of these:
Family Link
This system serves as a block on all devices that the minor uses by accessing through his Google account. Allow one or more adults with permissions to change settings. If we want to remove parental control in Family Link we must do the following:
- First, we open the Family Link app.
- We select the account in which we want to remove parental control.
- Click on "Account information".
- There we select "Stop monitoring" and follow the steps indicated by the application.
- To finish, we press "To accept".
Google Play
En Google Play it is possible to activate a parental control that can only be unlocked using a PIN and that, contrary to what happens with Family Link, it only blocks the device on which it has been installed. To remove it, follow these steps:
- First we open the app from Google Play.
- We press the three stripes icon top left of the screen.
- In the menu that opens, we are going to "Settings" and then we select "Parental Controls".
- We slide the deactivation buttons.
- Finally, we enter the PIN and click on "To accept".
On iOS
The great advantage of devices that run on iOS is that they already have a built-in feature called "Restrictions" which acts as parental control. That makes everything much easier for us. To deactivate it, you must do the following:
- To start, we go to the menu Settings of our device.
- There we go first to "Settings" and then to "Use time".
- Next, we press the option "Content and security restrictions".
- At this point, we must choose between two options:
- Disable all restrictions by sliding the “Restrictions” button.
- Choose one by one the applications on which we want to lift the restriction, using the individual buttons.
Uninstall external parental control apps
There are many fathers and mothers who, no matter how great their confidence in the native child protection systems, decide to resort to external parental control apps. The truth is that these apps offer us more personalized and specific control systems They give us greater peace of mind.
To cite some of the most recognized applications of this type, we will mention Kids Place, Family Time o Qustodio, although there are many more, each with its peculiarities, its strengths and its weaknesses.
In these cases, the way we have to remove parental control is, of course, to uninstall these applications so that they stop acting on our devices. As simple as that.