Get YouTube Parental Controls Back.
No YouTube Account Needed.

Yes. YouTube was added to the list of age-restricted social media services under the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024 after the mid-2025 policy reversal, and enforcement began in December 2025. Under-16s in Australia cannot hold a personal YouTube account. YouTube Kids remains exempt because eSafety classifies it as a children's service, not a social media platform.

Under-16s cannot create or keep a personal YouTube account in Australia. YouTube must take 'reasonable steps' to prevent under-16 sign-ups, and the eSafety Commissioner can fine platforms up to AUD 49.5 million for systemic non-compliance. Signed-out YouTube in the browser is still accessible to anyone — which is where a channel-level tool like WhitelistVideo does the work YouTube's account system no longer does.

Yes — and that's the whole point post-ban. WhitelistVideo controls access at the browser and device level, not the account level. It works whether your child is signed in, signed out, or has no YouTube account at all (which under-16s in Australia now don't).

Yes. WhitelistVideo is a parental control tool — not a social media platform — so it sits outside the scope of the under-16 age-restriction obligations that apply to YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and others. It's exactly the kind of device-level control eSafety recommends parents pair with the platform bans.

No. On desktop and Chromebook, Chrome Enterprise policies lock it in place — no disabling, no incognito workaround. On iOS, Managed App Configuration provides the same protection. And because we don't rely on YouTube's account features, a VPN or a signed-out browser session won't defeat it.

One toggle blocks all Shorts across every device — desktop, Chromebook, iOS and Android. This is the single most-asked-for feature from Australian parents, given how much of the pre-ban complaint about YouTube centred on Shorts.

Yes. There's a dedicated iOS child app on the App Store, plus an Android child app on Google Play and an Android TV / Google TV app for lounge-room screens. The same whitelist syncs across every device.

Only if the school allows it. Most Australian state and Catholic school Chromebooks are locked to the school's Google Workspace tenancy, which blocks extension installs. For home devices — the child's laptop, the family Chromebook, their phone — WhitelistVideo installs normally and covers YouTube completely.

— for your first month (regular —/mo). Cancel anytime. No credit-card gymnastics — one family plan covers every child and every device.

Yes. It's a parental control tool, not a social media account, so the under-16 age restriction doesn't apply. Fully compliant with Australian Privacy Principles, the Online Safety Act, COPPA (US) and GDPR (EU).