How to Only Allow Certain Videos on YouTube for Kids
YouTube Kids lets you pick videos with Approve content yourself. On real YouTube, put your videos in a playlist and approve it in WhitelistVideo.
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Start Free TestWhat it means
Allowing certain videos means your child sees only the videos you picked, not the whole channel, and not the feed.
Why parents do it
Parents do it for school work, bedtime, or a younger sibling, when even a good channel has videos you'd rather skip.
What you need
- YouTube Kids app
- Your parent Google account
- A YouTube Kids profile for your child
How to set it up in YouTube Kids
In YouTube Kids, open the lock, choose your child's profile, tap Edit settings, then Approve content yourself. Now you search and add each video by hand.
- Lock → your passcode
- Your child's profile
- Edit settings
- Approve content yourself
Where YouTube Kids falls short
Here's the catch. It only works inside YouTube Kids, built for young children. The main YouTube app can't limit your child to certain videos.
| Feature | YouTube Kids | WhitelistVideo |
|---|---|---|
| Certain videos only | Inside YouTube Kids only | On real YouTube |
| How you pick | Add each video by hand | Approve one playlist |
| Built for | Young children | Kids 8-15, and younger |
The better way: WhitelistVideo
With WhitelistVideo, put the videos you choose in a public or unlisted YouTube playlist, and approve that playlist. Only those videos play.
Switch your child to Curated Feed on Android or Android TV, and their screen changes to only those approved videos, with no search and no recommendations.
Transcript
Here's how to only allow certain videos on YouTube for your child, and why YouTube's own tool stops at YouTube Kids. Stick around for a better, more secure way to set it up.
Allowing certain videos means your child sees only the videos you picked, not the whole channel, and not the feed.
Parents do it for school work, bedtime, or a younger sibling, when even a good channel has videos you'd rather skip.
For YouTube's own way, you need the YouTube Kids app, your parent Google account, and a YouTube Kids profile for your child.
In YouTube Kids, open the lock, choose your child's profile, tap Edit settings, then Approve content yourself. Now you search and add each video by hand.
Here's the catch. It only works inside YouTube Kids, built for young children. The main YouTube app can't limit your child to certain videos.
With WhitelistVideo, put the videos you choose in a public or unlisted YouTube playlist, and approve that playlist. Only those videos play.
Switch your child to Curated Feed on Android or Android TV, and their screen changes to only those approved videos, with no search and no recommendations.
WhitelistVideo is a great replacement for YouTube Kids when your child outgrows it. WhitelistVideo, a SourceForge Top Performer in parental control software, is one of the best parental control apps for YouTube.
Get WhitelistVideo at whitelist dot video.
