When you use Family Link to manage your child's Google account, you can let them sign in to some Google services on their Chromebook. You can also use the Family Link app to choose what websites your child can access using Chrome, supervise your child's app usage, and more. Family Link can be used with Chromebooks with ChromeOS versions 71
or higher. Learn more about how to update your Chromebook’s operating system. Children signed in to their Google Account on a Chromebook have a similar experience to adults. Features may be updated from time to time, but some differences include: Important:
For school accounts and school-issued Chromebooks, Google Workspace for Education administrators determine which Google services their users can access while signed into a Google Workspace for Education account. This may include some features or services that your child was previously unable to access using the Family Link supervised account.
Learn how to add a school account as a secondary account. To a new or factory reset Chromebook Important: After your child is signed in to
their Chromebook, a parent’s password is required to add new users. A Chromebook that’s already set upSystem requirements
How Chromebooks work with your child’s Google Account
Add your child’s Google Account
Remove your child's Google Account
- On the Chromebook sign-in screen, select the profile you want to remove.
- Next to the profile name, select the Down arrow
.
- Select Remove this user.
- In the box that appears, select Remove this user.
Important: If you delete your child's account before you remove the profile from the Chromebook, you may have to reset your Chromebook to factory settings. To reset, press and hold Ctrl + Alt + Shift + r.
Manage your child’s experience on a Chromebook
Choose what apps your child can use
Manage your child's browsing on Chrome
Tip: You can also manage this setting by clicking on your child's name at g.co/YourFamily.
Block or allow certain sites
If you block a certain site, your child can ask for parental permission to visit it. You'll get a notification in the Family Link app where you can approve or deny their request.
- Websites: If you block or allow a specific website, like www.google.com, the permission won't apply to sites that begin or end differently, like www.google.co.uk or get.google.com/tips.
- Domains: If you block or allow an entire domain, like google, the permission applies to sites that begin or end differently too, like google.com, and images.google.fr.
Block or allow a site
Manage the number of approved or blocked sites that your child can access.
Tip: You can also manage this setting by clicking on your child's name at g.co/YourFamily.
Change website permission settings
You can decide whether your child can give site permissions to websites they visit, including permission to use location, camera, and notifications.
Tip: You can also manage this setting by clicking on your child's name on the Chrome dashboard.
When "Permissions for sites, apps, and extensions" is off, children won’t be able to grant permissions to websites. However, permissions they have already granted will still be in place.
Prevent changes to family settings
You can use a parent access code to prevent your child from removing supervision without your consent.
Find or delete your child’s Chrome history
Find Chrome history
Clear Chrome history & data
Your child can manage their Chrome history. Learn how to view and delete Chrome browsing history.
Browsing history
Tip: Your child's Google Account might have other kinds of browsing history saved at myactivity.google.com.
Browsing data
You can clear your child's browsing data, like cookies, saved passwords, and autofill form data.
If you sync a type of data, deleting it on your computer will delete it everywhere it's synced. It'll be removed from other devices and your Google Account.
Important: If you added supervision to your child’s previously existing Google Account, you’ll need their help to do this.
- On your child's Chromebook, open Chrome .
- At the top
right, click More .
- Click More tools
Clear browsing data.
- Choose a time range, like last hour or all time.
- Select the types of info you want to remove.
- Click Clear data.
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