How To Setup Parental Control in Kodi

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Kodi is one of the best media centres for most operating systems. It runs on Windows, Mac, Linux and has been one of the most fun streaming media platforms in the world. In this time, where everyone is limited to homes and looking for some entertainment, one can use it.

Everything you need to know about Kodi, you can check it out here. For the users who have kids might find it interesting as well. But restricting your kids from the inappropriate content online is supremely important. That’s where comes the need for the parental control setup for Kodi.

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 Parental Control Setup for Kodi

Step 1: Turn on your app on any device, which is primarily used for accessing the Kodi account.

Step 2: Head to the Down-Right corner of the screen, tap on Settings.

Step 3: Go to PVR and Live TV Settings.

Step 4: Look in the left side panel, and you see the option of Parental Control. Open it.

Step 5: It is a toggle switch, turn it on.

Step 6: Now, you can get to the step to put up a lock on the screen time and the content.

To do so, click on Change PIN and enter a code to be set as a lock code.

Step 7: To set the duration of time for which the kids are allowed to watch the channels.

This is the basic setup now let’s move forward with limiting the content kids are allowed to watch on Kodi player.

Step 1: Open Kodi Player and click on the Settings icon. Now, you need to move to the Profiles to create a separate profile for your kids.

Now, click on General on the right-side panel, this shows you options on the left side panel. Turn on the toggle switch to enable the options of Show Login Screen on Startup.

Step 2:  Now click on Profiles on the right side; this shows you the option for Master user and Add profile. Click on Add Profile and give it a Profile name.

Step 3: As the profile asks you to add a selected folder, specify folders, which contain kid-friendly content. One can browse through the files from the local storage of your device. Click on OK as you are done.

Step 4: Move to Edit Profile to make changes in the Media Info and Media sources. Click on them one by one and change the settings to Separate. It will separate this Kids profile content from the Master users’ profile.

So, these are steps to setup parental control on Kodi, follow them and set restrictions and prevent your kids from watching inappropriate content.

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 Verdict:

 As the kids need to have their freedom to watch and play games on Kodi TV, it is of the same importance that it is monitored. To pull the plug won’t help, therefore to set up parental control will keep your kids off the content, which is not age-appropriate. We hope this method makes it clear how to set up parental control on Kodi.

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