– For Parental Control

Using the iPad is a lot of fun especially for your kids and for the entire family. Many of its applications actually promote a healthy interactive environment amongst kids and their parents. However, whenever the internet is connected with the iPad, there is one problem that almost all of the parents experience with kids, that is of having unrestricted access to YouTube videos. Most of the YouTube videos are okay, but one wrong click can lead them to inappropriate content. This leads parents to look for ways on how to block YouTube on iPad or at least to restrict access to YouTube.

First of all, the first thing you should do with the iPad is to set some general settings that affect all the content that is downloaded and that can be viewed online. Go to the Settings tab, click on General and then on Restrictions; here you will be asked to set a password for all future use so choose a clever password that you know cannot be cracked easily. Remember, over here you do have the opportunity of turning off YouTube entirely but that may not be a good option since a lot of kids like watching videos on YouTube and many of them can be entertaining and educational for kids. However, for this you will have to setup a YouTube account and put the Safety Mood on. For this to work, you will have to log into your account every time your children want to see a video and the website will filter out the explicit content.

You can also set some general restrictions on the kind of videos that can be accessed. Do this by going to the Allowed Content section and put all the explicit and NC-17 content in your parental settings. In addition to this, movies and TV shows can be restricted as well by rating them according to content and age and even podcasts and music videos can be filtered out.

This was for general settings on how to block YouTube on iPad but if you want to block some content more surely and at the same time, you want to allow some videos to be accessed by your kids then download the free app iTube list. With this app, you can make lists of videos in categories and for your kids. Some lists will already be made and include some great educational videos and fun Disney video collections. You can also add your own video categories; when you search for a particular set of videos, all you have to do is add that set to the list without having to go through each video. You can further set restrictions in how to block YouTube on iPad on this application where you can upgrade to access more features or you can enable the option to delete a video and put videos on auto play. You can also set a time limit on the videos that your kids can watch at a time. With these restrictions, you can limit the time your kids spend on YouTube and the content that they can access so you do not have to worry about your kids watching the wrong stuff.