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Google Family Link

4.2
4.3M reviews
100M+
Downloads
Content rating
USK: All ages
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About this app

Google Family Link is a parental controls app that helps you keep your family safer online. Every family’s relationship with technology is unique, so we built tools for you to choose the right balance for your family, and help them create healthy digital habits. You can use the app to see how your child is spending time on their device, see their device location, manage privacy settings, and more.

With Family Link, you can:

Establish digital ground rules
• Set screen time limits — Find the screen time that works best for your child. Family Link lets you set daily time limits, with school time and downtime schedules for their devices, so you can help your child find a healthy balance.
• Manage your child’s apps — Give your child the flexibility they need when it comes to app usage. Set individual app time limits, and unlimited time for educational or regularly used apps. You can block apps, too.

Manage content filters and security & privacy
• Manage what they see online — Set up parental controls on Google services like Chrome, Play, YouTube, and Search. Family Link allows you to block inappropriate sites, require approval for new apps, manage permissions for apps and websites, and more.
• Secure their account — Family Link gives you access to manage your child’s account and data settings. As a parent, you can help change or reset your child’s password if they forget it, edit their personal information or even delete their account if you feel necessary.*

*Children over the applicable age can manage their own account.

Stay connected on the go
• See where they are — It’s helpful to be able to find your family when they’re on the go. With Family Link, you can locate your children on one map, as long as they’re carrying their device.
• Get notifications and alerts — Family Link delivers critical notifications including when your child arrives or leaves a certain location. You can also ring devices and view the device’s remaining battery life.


Important Information

• Family Link’s tools vary depending on your child’s device. See a list of compatible devices at https://families.google/familylink/device-compatibility/
• While Family Link helps you manage your child’s purchases and downloads from Google Play, they will not need approval to install app updates (including updates that expand permissions), apps you have previously approved, or apps that have been shared in Family Library. In addition, purchase approvals will apply only when your child makes a purchase through Google Play’s billing system and will not apply to purchases made through alternate billing systems. Parents should regularly review their child’s installed apps and app permissions in Family Link.
• You should carefully review the apps on your child’s supervised device and disable those you don’t want them to use. Note that you may not be able to disable some pre-installed apps such as Play, Google, etc.
• To see the location of your child or teen’s device, the device must be powered on, recently active, and connected to the internet through data or wifi.
• Family Link parental controls are only available for supervised Google accounts. With supervised Google Accounts, children get access to Google products like Search, Chrome, and Gmail, and parents can set up basic digital ground rules to supervise them.
• While Family Link provides tools to manage your child’s online experience and keep them safer online, it does not make the internet safe. Family Link can not determine the content on the internet, but it can give parents the opportunity to make decisions about how their child spends time on their device, and determine what path to online safety looks best for your family.
Updated on
Jun 27, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, Financial info and 7 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted
Independent security review

Ratings and reviews

4.2
4.24M reviews
Amanda Malcolm
June 4, 2025
Used to be 5 stars. Last several updates keep getting worse and harder to navigate. As others have said, options go missing and don't work correctly. The Help section gives directions to options that don't exist. We've had this app for years. Our son is at the age where I'm on the fence about getting rid of it, but we may just have to ditch it. The section to change/add contacts that can contact him has disappeared, now I can't add anyone so he can't receive messages needed for school.
630 people found this review helpful
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Google LLC
June 4, 2025
Hi Amanda. We would like to know more about your experience with Family Link which will help us improve the app and the experience for parents and children. Feel free to send us your feedback here: Open the app - In the top right, tap your profile icon, tap Help & Feedback or Send feedback. Thanks.
Fathimah Azzahra
June 19, 2025
Have been using this app for a while now. But the time limits are always resetted after some time. I thought that this was a bug that is gonna be fixed soon, but still after months or years, this problem still seems to be there. Update: After the Feedback from Support that the problem has been resolved, the problem is still there
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Google LLC
June 19, 2025
Hi Fathimah, we've resolved the issue with daily limits and it should now work as expected. If not, please contact our support team here: goo.gle/2xlyisa. Thank you!
Andi Grace Romines
May 22, 2025
it won't work anymore. I have my child's device in my possession because when the app says its locked, if you open the phone, at first the screen displays "locked", then a second later disappears and the phone no longer has any parental control on it what so ever. Both the parent and child app appear to be in working order. I guess I'll go with a paid one i used before. Google has big time dropped the ball!
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Google LLC
May 22, 2025
Hi Andi. We’d love to collect more details on this. Can you send us a report in the Google Family Link app? Tap your profile icon in the top right, tap Help & feedback and tap Send Feedback. Enter your written feedback using #lock, then tap Send. Please select 'yes' for 'May we email you for more information' if you still want support. Thanks.

What’s new

New simplified design and screen time tab.