How to Set up Parental Controls in Windows 11 – Create a Child Account with a Limited Internet Access

Nowadays almost every kid has a device like a laptop, mobile, or tablet that can help in education but can become dangerous if internet access is not limited for the kids. Windows Parental Controls is a useful feature for parents who don’t want their kids to surf the web freely and want to have control over their kids. This writing aims to guide how to enable parental controls in Windows 11 and limit your Child’s internet freedom and be safe.

How to Set up Parental Controls in Windows 11

To enable Parental Control you and your child both need to have a Microsoft account as a local account cannot serve the purpose. If you don’t already have then create an account for the child. Your account will work as a parent account and the account of your child will be a child account. the child account will be tied to the parent account.

Your account must be an administrator account for the device to set up parental controls. Let’s set up parental controls.

1.  Right-click on the start button and click on the settings option, Settings window will appear.
   
2. In the Settings window, select Accounts and In the right-pane, user information along with accounts options will be displayed.
   
3. Scroll down a little and click the option Family and other users.
   
4. Next to Add a family member and click on the button Add account.
   
5. If you already have an account for your child then type the email and click on the Next button. Assuming that you don’t have one for your child, Click the option Create one for a child.
   
6. Provide desired account name for your child and click Next. In case the desired name is available, Create password window will appear.
   
7. Provide the desired password in the field. Password must match Microsoft’s password policy i.e. complex and minimum of 12 alphanumerics in length. Password must contain at least one UPPERCASE, lower case, numeric, and special character. Click on the Next button after providing an appropriate password.
   
8. Provide you first and last name. Click on the Next button to proceed further.
   
9. Select your Country/region from the drop-down and provide birthdate of your child. Microsoft will impose restrictions based on age automatically. It is beneficial to provide an exact birthdate. After giving information click on the Next button.
   
10. Good to go dialog will appear. Click on the Close button.
    
11. After the dialog closes, Windows 11 will associate your child’s account with your parent’s account. A pop-up notification will appear showing the process completion by displaying <child-account> joined your family as a child.
    

How to Block Websites, Setting Screen Time, and More

Once the child account is set up, the limitations and controls can be set up. You can limit child account access to websites and other apps. On the other hand, you can set a limit on screen time, and get reports of activities performed. You can set up multiple child accounts and manage their limitations separately in case you have more than one child and want to manage them individually. Now let’s take a look at using parental controls in Windows 11.

1. Right-click on the Start button and select Settings.
   
2. Locate the option Accounts and click on it. I
   
3. Go to the Family and other users option and click on it. Corresponding settings will appear.
   
4. Locate the option Manage family settings online or remove an account and click on it.
   
5. Clicking on the option will redirect to online Microsoft account.
   
6. All child accounts will show in the “Your family” section on the right of your parent account. Locate  child account what you want to manage and click on it. A child account safety settings window will appear.
   
7. In the left pane, limitation options will appear and the corresponding settings of the selected option will appear in the right pane. Locate Screen time here and click on the option.
   
8. In the right pane, devices will appear for which you can set a limit of screen time. Under each device, Turn limits on button is there. Click on the button for all those devices for which you want to impose limits.
   
9. You can set the same schedule for all devices by turning on Use one schedule on all devices. Alternatively, you can turn on limits separately for each device by clicking on the button Turn limits on. Click on the Day Name for which limit should be set. The Edit time limit window will appear. Select day e.g. Sunday from the dropdown and select start and end time e.g. 07:00 AM to 10:00 PM from the dropdowns and click on Done button.
   
10. To limit the access of child accounts for websites and apps select the option Content filters in the left pane. Corresponding settings will appear in the right pane. Under Filter settings turn on the Filter inappropriate websites and searches option. This will automatically filter the contents.
11. In case you want to allow only limited websites, go for Only use allowed websites and turn this option on.
12. Go to Allowed sites and provide a website you want your child to surf and click on + button. In case you want some websites to be exclusively blocked then you can use Blocked sites option and provide a website that you do not want your child to surf and click on + button.
    
13. If you want to control access of your child to the apps and games then look for Apps and games in the same window. Click on it, app and games content filter window will appear.
    
14. Go to Apps and games rated up to age menu and select the age of your child. It will automatically apply filters to the apps and games according to the age of your child.
    
15. If your child attempts to access form blocked apps, you will be notified. if you want to allow the app then accept it by clicking Yes. This will be treated as an approved app and will appear in Allowed apps. In case you want to allow an automatically blocked app exclusively then click on Remove in front of the app.
    
16. If you have your card or bank account linked to the Microsoft account for purchasing apps then you can set spending limits for your child or otherwise prohibit them. Click on Spending option in the left pane, corresponding settings will appear in the right pane.
    

We spend some time writing this piece of guide, If you found this helpful in setting up parental control or still need some help then please do leave a comment below, Thanks.