• YouTube shows users ads based on their activity. To control what ads you see, users can adjust the personalized ads in Ad Settings.   
• When ad personalization is on, you can choose any info – age and gender, an inferred interest, or a previous interaction with an advertiser – to learn more about why it’s being used, turn it off, or deactivate personalized ads altogether. You’ll still see ads, but they’ll most likely be less relevant. 
• Personalized ads and ads in sensitive categories are also disabled for Google Accounts above the age of consentage of consentIn the U.S., age of consent is 13. but under the age of 18. Learn more here about ad-serving protections for teens. 
• For Google Family Link Users: Personalized adsPersonalized adsPersonalized ads are advertisements that are customized for users based on their interests, demographics, and online behaviors., remarketingremarketing., and other personalized targeting features are prohibited on YouTube for Google Accounts managed by Family Link for children under the age of 13 and on content set as made for kids. Learn more here about how ads work on YouTube for supervised accounts and content set as made for kids. 

• For users to manage their own YouTube/Google account, they must be age 13 in the United States. However, YouTube videos can be viewed without creating a Google account or verifying the user's age. To manage what videos your child can access, parents may want to create accounts in YouTube Kids or supervised accounts with Google Family Link.  
• Families can decide what YouTube experience is best for them. To learn about the differences between a supervised experience on YouTube and the YouTube Kids app, check out this page. For supervised experiences, parents must use their own Google accounts to set up and manage that experience for their children.  
• With supervised experiences for pre-teens, parents can select a content setting that limits the videos and music that children under the age of 13 can find and play. 
• For all users, a set of Community Guidelines outlines what type of content isn’t allowed on YouTube. These policies apply to all types of content on the platform, including videos, comments, links, and thumbnails. 
• For content that doesn't violate YouTube's Community Guidelines but may be inappropriate for viewers under 18, YouTube may place an age restriction on the video. See examples of types of content that may be age-restricted here. 
• For all users under 18, additional guardrails are implemented to limit repeated recommendations of videos related to certain topics. These topics were selected in consultation with YouTube’s Youth & Families Advisory Committee. 
• Parents of teens aged 13 or above who have added supervision to their teen's Google Account can also use Restricted mode to help screen out potentially mature content. 

• Default video privacy setting for creators aged 13-17 is private. If you’re 18 or older, your default video privacy setting is set to public. Everyone can change this setting to make their video public, private, or unlisted. 
• Pre-teens on YouTube in a supervised experience do not have the ability to create a channel, upload videos, or post comments. See all features turned off for supervised accounts on YouTube here. 
• For teens, video uploads default to private. Users can adjust video privacy settings for videos to control where videos appear and who can watch them.
• You can manage and learn more about your privacy settings and controls under Your data in YouTube. 

• If you set up a supervised experience for your pre-teen, you can block specific channels for them on YouTube. Parents can also adjust settings such as turning off autoplay. 
• AutoplayAutoplayFunctionality that causes a video, audio file, etc. to play automatically, without action from a user. is turned off by default for users under 18 on YouTube, including teens. Users can adjust autoplay settings. 
• Users can remove recommended content from their Home page by choosing options such as “Not interested” or “Don’t recommend channel.” 
• Users can also manage and influence their recommendations and search results, by deleting their watch & search history.

Safety and Reporting Features:

• If your teen is being harassed by someone on YouTube, they can block the user, review YouTube's harassment policies, and can report harassment in videos, channels/profiles, or comments. 
• If you feel that your teen's privacy has been violated, learn more about YouTube's privacy policy and how to file a privacy complaint. 
• Visit the Privacy and Safety Center for more information on privacy & safety resources on YouTube. 

• YouTube Kids and YouTube do not offer private or direct messaging capabilities. 
• Pre-teens with a supervised account set to the “Most of YouTube” or “Explore more” content setting can read, but not post, comments. For added safety, the comment experience for pre-teen supervised accounts also includes stricter comment filters for younger audiences, the removal of comments with links, and more. If you don't want your pre-teen to have access to comments, you can switch to the 'Explore' content setting. 
• Teens on YouTube can view and post comments. Parents or their teen can report harassment in comments. Teens can remove comments posted on their channel, or moderate them before they appear. If parents and teens have linked accounts through a supervised teen experience on YouTube, parents can also see insights into their teens’ channel activity in YouTube Family Center, such as how many comments their teen has posted. 

• Bedtime reminders – Users can set reminders at specific times of the day to remind the user to stop watching videos and go to bed. 
• Users under 18 have take a break and bedtime reminders turned on by default, which remind users when it’s time to take a break while watching videos or when it’s time to go to bed. 
• Notifications off at night (10pm-8am).
• On mobile devices, the bedtime reminder lets you set specific times when you want to get a reminder to stop watching videos and go to bed. You can have the reminder interrupt your video or wait until the video ends. You can set a sleep timer if you want the video that you’re watching to automatically pause after a certain time.
• For users aged 13-17 on YouTube, the bedtime reminder is set to ON by default. For users aged 18 or over, the default setting is OFF. All users can change this setting at any time.
• Users can set their own sleep timer – When users set a sleep timer, they can fall asleep watching videos and have them automatically pause after a certain time .

• YouTube sends notifications about new videos and updates to followed pages and suggested content. There are ways to limit or disable the number of notifications received. Learn more about notifications here. Options include: 
  • Turning on Scheduled Notification Digest to combine into one daily digest notification. 
  • Turning off all notifications. 
  • Turn off sounds and vibrations to ensure notifications are silent during a certain period of time each day. 
  • By default, all sounds and vibrations are turned off between 10 pm and 8 am. 

• Take a Break reminder: This setting lets you set a reminder to take a break while watching videos. The reminder will pause your video until you dismiss it or resume playing the video. This feature is available on versions 13.17+ of the YouTube app. 
• For users aged 13-17 on YouTube, the take a break reminder is set to ON by default. For users 18 or over, the default setting is OFF. You can change this setting at any time.
• Break reminders (every 15, 30, 60, 90, or 180 minutes).

YouTube Kids: Parents & caregivers can tailor the YouTube Kids experience for their child by adjusting specific parental controls and settings. These include: 

• Changing content-level settings 
• Setting YouTube Kids to approved content only, which allows parents to handpick the content their child can access 
• Turning off search 
• Reviewing your child’s watch history 
• Turning off autoplay 
• Pausing search and/or watch history 

YouTube: With supervised experiences for pre-teens, parents can select a content setting that limits the videos and music that children under the age of 13 can find and play. Supervised accounts also allow parents to change the features that they can use and the default account settings. Learn more here. 

Parents and teens can also link accounts to set up a supervised experience for teens on YouTube. When linked, parents can get insights into their teen’s YouTube activity. These insights may spark in-the-moment learning opportunities and conversations about how to safely create on YouTube. Learn more about supervised experiences for teens, and additional tips for parents of teens here. 

Families can decide what YouTube experience is best for them. To learn about the differences between a supervised experience on YouTube and the YouTube Kids app, check out this page. 

• Users can view the Time Watched profile to check and monitor their average daily watch time. 

Family Link: 

• If your child's Google Account is supervised with Family Link, you can use the Google Family Link app to manage screen-time limits for your child's supervised devices.