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How to Enable Parental Controls on Firestick?

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Parental Controls on Firestick

Amazon’s line of Fire TV devices are the popular streaming devices used across the world. Since they are family-friendly, you want to make sure that your kids don’t access the stuff’s that are made for older people. While registering/signing in your Amazon Firestick for the first time, the device will ask you whether you want to enable the parental controls or not. Amazon has done an excellent job to ensure that parental controls can be easily activated on the Firestick devices.

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How to Enable Parental Controls on Firestick?

#1: Launch your Firestick.

#2: Navigate to the Settings menu.

Navigate to Settings Menu
Navigate to Settings Menu

#3: On the settings page, select the Preferences menu.

Click Preferences
Click Preferences

#4: Select Parental Controls.

Select Parental Controls
Select Parental Controls

#5: Again tap Parental Controls on the next screen.

Parental Controls on Firestick
Select Parental Controls

#5: Create a PIN for your Amazon account.

Parental Controls on Firestick
Enter the PIN

#6: That’s it. You have successfully enabled Parental Controls on Firestick. Select OK to continue.

Parental Controls on Firestick
Click OK

After creating the PIN protection for your Amazon account, you need to configure the Parental controls to block the kids purchasing apps, content and other stuff.

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#1: On the Parentals Control page, select Viewing Restrictions.

Parental Controls on Firestick
Select Viewing Restrictions

#2: Select the age Group to block the Kids.

Parental Controls on Firestick
Select the Age Group

#3: Select PIN Protect App Launches and PIN Protect Prime Photos App to block the Kids from accessing apps, games and Prime photos.

Parental Controls on Firestick
Configure the Parental Controls

How to Reset PIN?

You can also change the PIN number if your child or family member found your protection code. For these simple steps to change the PIN

#1: On the Parental Controls page, select Change PIN.

Parental Controls on Firestick
Click Change PIN

#2: On the next screen, create a new password for your Amazon password.

These are the steps required to enable parental controls on the Amazon Fire TV stick. After enabling the parental controls, your child will be restricted from accessing the unwanted stuff on your Fire Stick. Thank you for visiting Techfollows.com. For further queries and feedback, feel free to leave a comment below.

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