How to block access to the channel on YouTube from the child on the phone, tablet, computer?

Published by B. Android
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16 Mar 2017.

An article about the options for blocking YouTube from the child on Android.

Virtual life on the Internet can endanger psychological, physical attitude of your child.

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Sites on YouTube, forbidden to 18 years

Company YouTube, designed for an adult audience. Some rollers, videos, photos, texts, can carry negative information of violence, pornography, drug addiction, pseudoideology, poisoning a child's rapid psyche.

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Website YouTube

In which cases should you block Yutub from a child on android?

  • baby night hours sits on the Internet
  • teen instead of lessons sitting online
  • falls into the depressive state, closes in itself
  • running nervousness, fears
  • son is violated


In order not to bring the child to such a state of negative information, it should be worried about blocking in advance YouTube, other unwanted sites.
How to do it, tell me below.

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Limit watching unwanted information on YouTube, on the phone android platform, for your child


Before telling about blocking options, we remind you about installing restrictions on age in the program itself YouTube.. To do this, set the option "Safe mode"where all videos will be closed, films that are not allowed to children under 18.

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Option "Safe Mode"

Installation «Safe mode »

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Main page YouTube

  • press the key "To come in" (Right, at the top of the page) for authorization
  • enter your page data or go to the account to account through which your child will enter YouTube
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Page for entering personal data or registration of a new account

  • fit the page down page
  • activate key "Safe Mode: Off"(marked with yellow in the picture)
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Security Setup on YouTube

  • in the window that opens, activate the option "On"(indicated by number 1 in the picture)
  • here you can establish a prohibition of a secure mode. YouTube In this browser
  • press the key "Save"(figure 3 in the picture)
  • to prevent adolescents, which are already dealt with passwords, you should click "Secure safe mode in this browser" (designated 2 figures in the figure) and enter the password from the account
  • previous action will warn the entrance to the teen account, as it will be necessary to enter a password that only parents will know

Disconnection «Safe mode »

  • log in Google Account
  • enter your password and login
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Page Google

  • press the key "Safety"

(indicated by a red frame in the picture)

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Turning off the Safety Keys

  • safe mode is disabled

Blocking options

Option number 1
To implement this method, put a special application. Consider the option using the application Avast.:

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Free version of Avast Free Antivirus (Home)

  • right-click on the program sign located near the clock
  • select the option "Open Avast user interface"on the menu
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Open Avast User Interface on the menu

  • activate the sign "Gears" Top right
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Activation of the "Gears" option (indicated by the red arrow)

  • go to section "Active Protection", select a key "Web screen"
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Section "Active Protection", "Web Screen" key

  • press the key "Settings",down below
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Activation of the "Settings" key

  • in the window that opens, press the key "Lock Websites"

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    Blocking Websites Option

  • tick \u200b\u200bthe checkbox "Allow blocking websites"
    Specify the cursor on the string "Add Address", Enter the Word "* .Youtube. *"
  • press the key "Okay" down below
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Add an address of the site prohibited, termination of blocking


Note: You may need to block other unnecessary for the child, sites. In this case, you need to press the key "Add", enter the site address.
If you personally want to go to the site, the antivirus program will send a warning to block the entry.

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Blocking the entrance to the site


Note: Do not forget to put your password in the program settings. Avast., activating the key "Password". After that, you will have the opportunity to turn off and turn on the lock.
Option number 2.
Use the version of the operating system Windows XP / VISTA / 7.

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Version Windows XP / Vista / 7

In this case, the installation of an additional blocking program is required.
Blocking actions:

  • press the key "Start" on the computer
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Control panel after pressing the Start key on the computer

  • open the Control Panel
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Control Panel

  • select the option "Observer Properties"
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Option "Observer Properties" Open in

  • turn on the key "Limiting access to information received from the Internet"
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Key "Restricting access to information received from the Internet"

  • enter the site name that you wish to block ( youTube.com in this case)
  • press the key "Add"
  • press the key "Close"
  • activate key "Apply"
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Using the version of the Windows XP / Vista / 7 operating system to block YouTube


Option number 3.

  • go to the disk from the computer, in the system folder C: \\ Windows \\ System32 \\ DRIVERS \\ ETC
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System folder with: \\ Windows \\ System32 \\ Drivers \\ etc file hosts

  • open File hosts. In the Options "Notebook"
  • scroll to the file pages to the end, enter in the string 127.0.0.1 www.youtube.com.
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Row 127.0.0.1 www.youtube.com.

  • press the key "File"
  • press the key "Save"


Option number 4.
This blocking variant is carried out using a specialized system. Video Blocker for Android
Actions:

  • enter the program Video Blocker,available in browser Chrome.
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Video Blocker login page

  • in the browser's address bar, enter the site address to be blocked, go to the site
  • wait for site downloads
  • press the key "Menu"
  • enter login as administrator
  • press the key "Further"
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Blocking YouTube using Video Blocker for Android

  • select the site to be blocked from the list
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Selection of a site intended for blocking

 

  • in the menu that opens, activate the "key" Add to the blacklist »
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Addition option to the blacklist

  • access to an unwanted site is blocked. Access to it is possible only through the option " Settings »
  • after blocking the site or sites, press the key. "Menu"
  • press the key "More"
  • activate key "Go out"
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Activate the "Exit" key. List of blocked sites.


Recent actions were completed in order to exit the mode "Administrator". Now, other users (in particular, children) will not be able to go to the prohibited sites.


Option number 5.
Such an option blocking YouTube (site) on android Produced with help applications Norton Family
Actions:

  • turn on in the application mode "Parent"
  • add an account "Child"
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Norton Family app. Activation of the "Parent" regime, the option "Child"

  • we enter the section "Rules"
  • press key "Actions"
  • go to the point "Website Monitoring"
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Website Control Key

  • select sites that are prohibited for viewing up to 18 years.
  • press key "Add site"
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Blocking forbidden sites (YouTube)

  • in the page on the page, enter the address of the sites for blocking, in this case YouTube
  • press the option "Okay"
  • press key "Ready"


We reviewed several options for blocking the site from unwanted visits. The first three options are more suitable for stationary computers, the last two options work successfully for blocking YouTube (and other sites) for mobile devices working in the system Android.


In any case, you have a choice!
Good luck!

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