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unclewilbur
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‎08-04-2023 05:36 PM

How can I disable the ability to add channels (kid-proofing)???

Hello,

 

My wife and I have recently disabled YouTube off of our Roku, as even in YouTube Kids, there are a lot of extremely inappropriate shows, etc. for seven year old twins.

 

One of the boys just bragged how he was able to add YouTube back onto Roku.  How can we make it to where they can’t?  I cannot find any way to put adult controls, etc. for adding channels.

 

Thank you!

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renojim
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‎08-04-2023 11:40 PM

Re: How can I disable the ability to add channels (kid-proofing)???

Add a PIN to your Roku account at https://my.roku.com and set it so that no channels/apps can be added without the PIN.  Unfortunately, Roku has had issues in the past where any PIN can be entered to add a channel, but hopefully they've fixed that glitch by now.

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makaiguy
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‎08-05-2023 09:27 AM

Re: How can I disable the ability to add channels (kid-proofing)???

@unclewilbur-

Note, however, unless Roku has changed something, the PIN only prevents adding a channel through the device's user interface.   Adding a channel to the user's Roku account via the Roku website doesn't require entering the PIN.  Be sure the kids don't know the password for your Roku account, and that the browser(s) being used don't enter your password automatically.

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