What Is WhitelistVideo? How the YouTube Whitelist App Works
WhitelistVideo is a YouTube parental control that blocks every video by default. Parents approve the channels their child can watch, on real YouTube, on every device.
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Start Free TestWhat it means
WhitelistVideo means every YouTube video is blocked by default. Your child watches only the channels and playlists you approve.
Why parents do it
Parents do it so kids get real YouTube without random videos, endless Shorts, or channels nobody has checked.
What you need
- The WhitelistVideo parent app
- Your child's device
- A six-digit pairing code
How to set it up in WhitelistVideo
In WhitelistVideo, add your child, pair their device with the code, then approve the channels they can watch. Shorts stay off unless you turn them on.
- Add your child
- Pair their device
- Approve channels
- Shorts stay off
Where YouTube alone falls short
Here's the catch. YouTube's own settings filter by age and follow the signed-in account. If your child signs out, that falls away, and you block channels only after spotting them.
| Feature | YouTube | WhitelistVideo |
|---|---|---|
| Who picks channels | YouTube, by age setting | You, channel by channel |
| Signed out | Supervision falls away | Still filtered |
| New channels | Block after you spot them | Blocked until approved |
The better way: WhitelistVideo
Your child watches real YouTube, but only approved channels play, even when they're not signed in to YouTube.
If your child finds a channel they want, they tap Ask Parent. You approve on your phone, and it unlocks on their device in seconds.
Transcript
What is WhitelistVideo? Here's how it works, and why YouTube's own settings can't limit your child to the channels you approve. Stick around for a better, more secure way to set it up.
WhitelistVideo means every YouTube video is blocked by default. Your child watches only the channels and playlists you approve.
Parents do it so kids get real YouTube without random videos, endless Shorts, or channels nobody has checked.
You need the WhitelistVideo parent app, your child's device, and a few minutes to pair it with a six-digit code.
In WhitelistVideo, add your child, pair their device with the code, then approve the channels they can watch. Shorts stay off unless you turn them on.
Here's the catch. YouTube's own settings filter by age and follow the signed-in account. If your child signs out, that falls away, and you block channels only after spotting them.
Your child watches real YouTube, but only approved channels play, even when they're not signed in to YouTube.
If your child finds a channel they want, they tap Ask Parent. You approve on your phone, and it unlocks on their device in seconds.
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.
