How to set up YouTube monitoring

Link the child's Google account under Google Link setup, not yours. YouTube history must be on in Google Activity controls.
Written by Denis
Updated 1 week ago

YouTube history comes from the child's Google account via Google Link (G-mode). If you link your Google account, you will see your own history.

This asks for the child's Google email and password (cookie sign-in). Only do that if you already have those credentials as the parent. It is optional — the rest of Safe Lagoon works without it.

Parent app

  1. Left menu → Google Link setup.
  2. Next to the child's profile → toggle On.
  3. Sign in with the child's Google account.

Google must be saving history

Signed in as the child:

  1. myactivity.google.com
  2. YouTube history control → On
  3. Web & App Activity On as well

YouTube then appears on the Parent app Internet tab and in Web Center Internet.

Google has been changing Activity controls. If a toggle moved, search Google Help for "YouTube history".

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