Contents
- Kaspersky Safe Kids overview
- Kaspersky Safe Kids online help for Windows
- Kaspersky Safe Kids online help for Android / iOS
- Kaspersky Safe Kids online help for MacOS
- Get started
- Kaspersky Safe Kids licensing
- Main features of Kaspersky Safe Kids
- How to get customer service
- Sources of information about Kaspersky Safe Kids
- Trademark notices
Kaspersky Safe Kids overview
Kaspersky Safe Kids monitors your children's safety on the internet and in daily life. You decide what is safe for your children: what websites they can visit, how far away from home they can walk, and how many hours they can spend using the computer or smartphone. The application ensures that your children follow the rules you have set.
Kaspersky Safe Kids is suitable for children of any age. When you specify the child's birth year in Kaspersky Safe Kids, the application automatically chooses settings appropriate for that age.
When your children surf the internet, Kaspersky Safe Kids helps you:
- Show your children only safe internet search results. For example, Kaspersky Safe Kids hides pages with adult content.
- Stop your children from visiting unsafe websites by restricting a specific category (such as gambling websites).
- Find out what websites your children have visited.
- Learn about your children's social networks posts and the friends your children communicate with.
- Help your children spend less time on the internet by setting time limits on internet use.
- Block access to all websites, if needed.
When your children spend time on the computer, tablet or smartphone, Kaspersky Safe Kids helps you:
- Learn how much time your children have spent on the devices.
- Help your children spend less time on devices by setting time limits on device use.
- Limit use of specific applications or all applications in a specific category (such as computer games) to help your children make time for homework and other activities.
- Block use of applications that are not age-appropriate for your children.
When you are not with your children, Kaspersky Safe Kids helps you:
- Check your children's location on a map.
- Set up a safe area on a map and receive notifications if your children go outside the safe area.
- Receive alerts about the children's activity by email or notifications on your smartphone.
- Receive and answer requests made by your children via Kaspersky Safe Kids.
Kaspersky Safe Kids can be installed on Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS devices.
To monitor your children's safety, install Kaspersky Safe Kids on each device they use.
Kaspersky Safe Kids settings
You change Kaspersky Safe Kids default settings and view reports about your children's activity in the Kids section on
. To sign in to My Kaspersky, you need a .
You can also install Kaspersky Safe Kids on your smartphone, set the app for parent's use and check settings, notifications, and reports in the app.
Kaspersky Safe Kids on different operating system
Kaspersky Safe Kids is a cross-platform application available on Windows, iOS, Android and MacOS devices. For more information about the application settings and use, please visit a corresponding online help:
Kaspersky Safe Kids online help for Windows
Kaspersky Safe Kids online help for MacOS
Kaspersky Safe Kids online help for Android / iOS
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Kaspersky Safe Kids online help for Android / iOS
Kaspersky Safe Kids online help for Android / iOS
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How to install and set up Kaspersky Safe Kids
To start working with the application, you need to install Kaspersky Safe Kids on parent device in parent mode first. This is how you will manage settings for your kids' devices. And then install it to child's devices to apply settings.
- Install the application on the parent's device. iOS and Android allows you to set up rules for your children and track your child's activity. Windows and MacOS devices offer a limited functionality for parents and will redirect you to My Kaspersky for extended settings and management. Also you can manage children's settings through My Kaspersky, section Kids.
- Install the application on child's devices and choose a kid mode. It is important to use the same My Kaspersky account to login to the system, since during the setup you will link the app on your devices and on your kids' devices via a single My Kaspersky account.
For more information about My Kaspersky account, please visit My Kaspersky online help, section Getting started.
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How to manage settings for your children?
You can manage the settings for your children through My Kaspersky or your mobile devices.
Differences between settings on My Kaspersky and mobile devices
We are working on adding these features to mobile devices but currently they are available through My Kaspersky only:
- Through My Kaspersky you can edit child's profile.
- Here, you can remove a child device.
- My Kaspersky provides application and internet usage reports.
- If a child sends a request for additional screen time from Windows computer, you are able to respond only through My Kaspersky portal.
- My Kaspersky allows to connect social network to your child's profile and provides its monitoring.
My Kaspersky functionality
All Kaspersky Safe Kids settings are managed in the Kids section on the My Kaspersky website. After you change Kaspersky Safe Kids settings, they are synced between the My Kaspersky website and the installations of Kaspersky Safe Kids on your children's devices.
You can review and adjust the following settings on My Kaspersky:
- Add, edit, or delete children's details.
- Restrict access to specific websites and applications.
- Block access to all websites or set up an allowlist of websites.
- Limit device use time.
- Limit application use time.
- Select a safe area for your child on a map.
- Respond to your child's requests.
You can also monitor your child's activity:
- Locate your child's mobile devices.
- Check your child's social networks posts.
- View daily reports about your child's activity.
For more information, see My Kaspersky online help, section Protecting children.
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Types of subscriptions and their differences in functionality
There are 3 types of Kaspersky Safe Kids subscription modes: Free, Trial and Premium.
- Free version. The free version of Kaspersky Safe Kids offers the basic functionality. You can switch from the free version to the premium version by purchasing the premium version in the online store or on the My Kaspersky website.
- Premium version. The premium version of Kaspersky Safe Kids offers the application's full functionality. The premium version has a limited subscription period. When the subscription expires, the application's premium features are disabled and the application switches to the free version. You can continue using the free version of Kaspersky Safe Kids or renew the premium version.
- Trial version. The trial version of Kaspersky Safe Kids offers the same features as in Premium version but it is valid only for 7 days. When the trial period expires, the application's premium features are disabled and the application switches to the free version. If you have a valid the 30-days trial version of Kaspersky Total Security or Kaspersky Security Cloud for the same My Kaspersky account, the trial version of Kaspersky Safe Kids will be valid during the same period.
An activation of the trial version is unavailable if:
- You have already activated the trial version for your My Kaspersky account.
- You have already bought the Premium version.
Switching between Free and Premium / Trial version doesn't require reinstalling the application.
Compare Free and Premium / Trial versions of Kaspersky Safe Kids
Feature |
Free version |
Premium / Trial version |
Online content monitoring Protect your kids from inappropriate websites, content, search results |
+ |
+ |
Safe search in YouTube Block your kids' YouTube search requests deemed harmful |
+ |
+ |
Applications usage control Manage app use by time used, age restrictions or category |
+ |
+ |
Screen time management Manage the number of hours per day your kids spend on their devices (PC and mobile) |
+ |
+ |
Screen time scheduling Set up exact time periods when screen time should be limited by device |
- |
+ |
Child location control See where your kids go on a map, set a safe area for them to stay in, get notified when your child is going to leave a safe area |
- |
+ |
Battery tracker Get notified when your kids are low on battery so you don’t lose touch |
- |
+ |
YouTube search history monitoring Discover your kids' interests by viewing their YouTube searches |
- |
+ |
Real-time alerts Get alert if kids try to access bad sites, apps, search for some suspicious content, leave safe area & more |
- |
+ |
The Premium version allows using the application full functionality for one My Kaspersky account only.
One My Kaspersky account can be connected to 100 children profiles and 500 devices.
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How to activate the Premium version
An activation code is a unique sequence of 20 letters and numbers. To activate the Premium version of Kaspersky Safe Kids, you need to enter an activation code on the My Kaspersky website, section Summary (you are redirected here right after a login procedure) or Licenses (besides the activation opportunity, the section offers detailed information about your subscriptions). The premium version's subscription period starts when you enter the activation code on the My Kaspersky website.
Also you can input the activation code from your parent's Android mobile device (the Additional button in the lower-right corner → Activation code).
If your My Kaspersky account already has a valid activation code for Kaspersky Safe Kids, the application recognizes the activation code and switches to the premium version when you connect to My Kaspersky with your account.
You can obtain an activation code in one of the following ways:
- If you have purchased Kaspersky Total Security integrated solution, an activation code for Kaspersky Safe Kids is provided according the licensing terms of these applications.
- If you have purchased or subscribed to Kaspersky Security Cloud – Family package, an activation code for Kaspersky Safe Kids is provided according the licensing terms of Kaspersky Security Cloud.
- If you have purchased Kaspersky Safe Kids in the online store or on My Kaspersky, an activation code is sent to the email address that you specified when ordering the product.
Contact Customer Service to recover your activation code if you lose it.
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Internet monitoring
With Internet use monitoring, you can find out what websites your child has visited and restrict their access to websites with unwanted content. You can use the default settings (based on your child's age), or you can adjust the settings according to the needs of your child.
Internet use monitoring offers the following features:
- Safe Search
- Safe Search on YouTube
- YouTube monitoring
- Notifications about searches on restricted themes
- Website category restrictions
- Specific website restrictions
- Block access to all websites or customize access by website category
- Reports on your child's activity on the Internet
You can configure delivery of notifications when your child attempts to visit forbidden or unrecommended websites on My Kaspersky or in the parent's mobile app.
On iOS 13 devices, the Internet use monitoring feature has some limitations. Learn more
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How to configure internet monitoring settings
You can manage the internet monitoring settings through your parent's account on mobile device or through My Kaspersky. If you use a Windows / Mac application, it will redirect you to My Kaspersky automatically.
To open internet monitoring settings on My Kaspersky, do the following:
- Go to the Kids section.
- In the upper part of the window, select the profile of the child whose web activity you want to monitor.
- Go to the Internet subsection.
- Click the Settings button.
Actions taken by Kaspersky Safe Kids when monitoring your child's activity
You can give your child freedom in his or her activities on the computer or internet. You can configure Kaspersky Safe Kids to show warnings to your child as Kaspersky Safe Kids monitors visited websites, opened applications, and time spent at the computer. Your child then decides what to do with the warning.
- If you set the Warning option for a website or category of websites, Kaspersky Safe Kids notifies the child that visiting the specified website is not recommended. Your child can follow the warning and leave the website or ignore the warning and go to the website.
- If you set the Warning option for exceeding computer time limits, Kaspersky Safe Kids warns your child that the allotted time is up and suggests taking a break. Your child can log off or continue to use the computer beyond the time limits.
If your child ignores the warning, Kaspersky Safe Kids sends you a notification on My Kaspersky and to your smartphone or tablet with Kaspersky Safe Kids installed.
See sections Allow a website or an application on a child's request and Add computer time on a child's request to find more information about the actions Kaspersky Safe Kids takes if you select the Block options.
Safe Search
Also, you can control the internet search results displayed for the selected child by enabling the Safe Search option on My Kaspersky or on your smartphone or tablet with Kaspersky Safe Kids installed. If your child searches something that belongs to the categories such as Adult, Alcohol, Drugs, Profanity, Racism, and Tobacco, Kaspersky Safe Kids defines this search request as forbidden, blocks it and displays a warning.
Kaspersky Safe Kids supports Safe Search in the following search engines: Google (including "Ok Google"), Bing, Mail.ru, Yandex, Yahoo! and YouTube.
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Device use
With device use monitoring, you can track and limit the time your children spend on their devices.
Device use monitoring offers the following features:
- Select device control options
- Limit device use by hours per day or by schedule
- Allow app use on blocked device
- View device use reports
How to configure device use settings
You can manage the device use settings through your parent's account on mobile device or through My Kaspersky. If you use a Windows / Mac application, it will redirect you to My Kaspersky automatically.
To create a device use schedule:
- Go to the Kids section.
- Select the profile of the child.
- Go to the Device use subsection.
- Open the Settings tab.
- Click Settings on the panel of the device of interest. You may need first to flip on the feature toggle switch.
- Perform one of the following actions:
- If you want the app to show a warning when the child is not allowed to use the device, in the Type of monitoring section, select Show warning.
- If you want the app to block device use when the child is not allowed to use the device, select Block device.
- If you just want to get reports on device use, select Statistics only.
iOS devices cannot be blocked due to operating system limitations.
- In the Schedule section, click Edit on the day of interest.
- Specify allowed use and forbidden hours for that day:
- Use the Daily limit toggle switch and the drop-down menu to specify how many hours your child can use the device.
- Use the Downtime toggle switch and the Add link to specify time intervals when the child is not allowed to use the device.
The Downtime feature is available in the premium version. You may need to update your child's app to the latest version.
- Edit other days of the week.
- Click Save.
Additional time requests
When the daily limit is exceeded or downtime is scheduled, your child can request additional time using the app. You will get an email or push notification with the request.
When you allow additional time, your child can use the added hours anytime on the day of the request until midnight. The scheduled downtime will be ignored by the app. The hours past midnight will also be ignored. The request is one-time and does not change the pre-defined schedule.
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Combined schedule
The combined schedule feature allows a child to use a device at permitted intervals but without exceeding the set daily limit. For example, you can set the downtime from 19:00 to 7:00 and the daily limit to 2 hours.
Special considerations for using additional time
Case |
Consideration |
A child has asked for additional time to use the device for which the combined schedule is set. |
In response, you can allow additional time in hours and minutes. Additional time:
|
In response to the request for additional time, you allowed more time than was left until the end of the day. |
The allowed time will be limited to the current day. For example, the request for additional time from the child comes at 20:00, and you allow additional 5 hours. In this case, the child can only use the device until 00:00. |
Combined schedule settings in Kaspersky Safe Kids for Android and in My Kaspersky
Case |
Special considerations |
You need to set up access so that a child cannot use the device at night between 23:00 and 7:00 on weekdays. |
To do this, you need to set the downtime for weekdays from 23:00 to 7:00. After setting the interval that passes through midnight, it will be divided into two intervals: from 23:00 to 00:00 of the current day and from 00:00 to 7:00 of the next day. With this setting for weekdays, there will be no downtime on Saturday and Sunday. |
The specified start time for the downtime is later than or equal to the end time, for example: from 15:00 to 14:00. |
The downtime will be moved to the next day. Two intervals will be created: from 15:00 to 00:00 of the current day and from 00:00 to 14:00 of the next day. |
When setting up the schedule, you specified several downtime intervals, some of which overlap. For example, from 12:00 to 14:00 and from 12:00 to 15:00. |
The overlapping intervals will be combined and displayed as one: from 12:00 to 15:00. The exception is when the interval crosses midnight. |
You set up a combined schedule for one day of the week and then set up a schedule for weekdays or weekends. |
When new intervals are set for the options "Weekdays" or "Weekends", they replace all previously set intervals from Monday to Friday for weekdays and from Saturday to Sunday for weekends. |
You set up the schedule for weekends or weekdays and then changed the schedule for a specific day. |
The schedule will only apply to this specific day. The settings for the other days of the week will remain unchanged. The message No common settings will be displayed in the settings for weekdays or weekends. |
You set up the device so that a specific application is always available to the child. For details, see this article. |
If a child uses an application that was added to exclusions at allowed intervals, that time is subtracted from the set daily limit. |
Add computer time on a child's request
Your child can request additional computer time in Kaspersky Safe Kids. This feature lets you remotely adjust Kaspersky Safe Kids settings as needed.
How it works
A few minutes before your child reaches the daily limit on computer time, Kaspersky Safe Kids provides a notification to your child about the approaching break. In the main application window, your child can click Request more time to request additional computer time. The requests are displayed on My Kaspersky.
You communicate your decision to your child using the Allow or Decline buttons. Your decision is automatically displayed on your child's computer.
The weekly schedule is not changed.
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Application monitoring
With application monitoring, you can restrict access to applications on your child's devices and view the history of application usage.
Application monitoring offers the following features:
- Age restrictions
- Application category restrictions
- Specific application restrictions
- Application use reports
How to configure application monitoring
You can configure application monitoring settings and switch it on/off through settings on your device application or through My Kaspersky.
Application monitoring is not available for computers running macOS.
To turn application monitoring on or off though My Kaspersky:
- Go to the Kids section.
- Select the profile of the child.
- Go to the Applications subsection.
- Click the Settings button.
- Use the Application monitoring toggle switch to turn monitoring on or off.
Click the Save button.
Also, here you can manage settings of application monitoring feature. Within a few minutes, the new settings are applied on the child's devices if they are connected to the internet.
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Allow a website or an application on child's request
The child can request permission to visit a forbidden website or use a forbidden application. This feature lets you adjust Kaspersky Safe Kids settings on the go as needed.
How it works
When your child tries to open a forbidden website or application, Kaspersky Safe Kids blocks it and displays a warning window. Your child can ask for permission to request access to the forbidden website or application. The request is automatically displayed on My Kaspersky and on your smartphone or tablet with Kaspersky Safe Kids installed.
You communicate your decision to your child using the Allow or Decline buttons. Your decision is automatically displayed on your child's computer.
Automatic changes to Kaspersky Safe Kids settings
Approved websites and applications are automatically added to the exclusion list and thereafter become allowed for your child. If you wish to change your decision, you can remove a website or application from the exclusion list.
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Social networks monitoring
Social networks monitoring allows you to view copies of all posts from the child's timeline and get information on the child's number of friends on Facebook and VK social networks. A significant change in the number of friends can help quickly identify problems with friends or hacking of the account. Information about social network activity is displayed in the Reports and the Summary subsections of My Kaspersky account. Also, you will be notified by your application about the changes in your child's social network accounts if such notifications are on.
To monitor a child's social network activity, you need to connect a social network account to the child's Kaspersky Safe Kids profile.
Information about the child's social network activity is updated no more than once a day.
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How to connect a social network to your child's account
To connect a social network account to the child's profile go to My Kaspersky and do the following:
- Go to the Kids section.
- In the upper part of the window, select the child's profile to which you want to connect a social network account.
- Go to the Social networks subsection.
- Click the Settings button.
- Turn on the toggle switch with the name of the social network that you want to connect.
In the lower part of the page, you see the instruction for connecting the child's social network account to the Kaspersky Safe Kids profile.
- Type your child's email address to send your child a message containing a connection link.
- Click the Send button.
If not previously accepted, this opens a window with the terms and conditions of the Statement on Processing the Data for Monitoring Children's Activity on Social Media.
- Carefully read and accept the Statement to continue.
This statement is accepted for all child profiles at once. If you do not accept this statement, you must not continue. To decline this statement after it is accepted, please refer to the Compliance with European Union law article.
The message containing the connection link will be sent to your child's email address.
- Make sure that your child has clicked the Turn on protection link in the sent message and signed in to the social network.
The social network account is connected to the child's profile. Kaspersky Safe Kids begins to receive information about the child's social network activity.
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Child location monitoring
Location monitoring offers the following features:
Location monitoring is available in the premium version of Kaspersky Safe Kids on your child's Android and iOS devices with a GPS module and Internet connection.
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How to turn location monitoring on or off
You can enable / disable your child location monitoring through parent's mobile device or via My Kaspersky.
To turn location monitoring on or off:
- Go to the Kids section.
- Select the profile of the child.
- Go to the Where is my child subsection.
- Click the Settings button.
- Use the Location monitoring toggle switch to turn location monitoring on or off.
- Click the Save button.
Within a few minutes, the new settings are applied on the child's devices if they are connected to the Internet.
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Pause and resume Kaspersky Safe Kids on your child devices
You can pause Kaspersky Safe Kids for a specified period of time. When you pause Kaspersky Safe Kids, all restrictions are ignored. The child can visit forbidden websites, use forbidden applications, and spend an unlimited amount of time on the computer.
The application resumes automatically when the time you specified is over.
You can only pause Kaspersky Safe Kids on your child's computer account. Kaspersky Safe Kids can't be paused from a parent's computer account or remotely from another computer.
Pause Kaspersky Safe Kids on child's mobile device
Pause Kaspersky Safe Kids on child's Mac device
Pause Kaspersky Safe Kids on child's Windows device
- Open the Pause Kaspersky Safe Kids window in one of the following ways:
- Select the Pause Kaspersky Safe Kids item in the context menu of the application icon
. - Click the Pause Kaspersky Safe Kids link in the main application window.
- Select the Pause Kaspersky Safe Kids item in the context menu of the application icon
- Enter the password for your My Kaspersky account.
- In the Specify how long Kaspersky Safe Kids will be paused drop-down list, select the period of time for which you want to pause Kaspersky Safe Kids.
- Click the Pause button.
Kaspersky Safe Kids is paused. The application stops monitoring your child's activities on the computer and doesn't send statistics to My Kaspersky. When the time you specify has elapsed, Kaspersky Safe Kids resumes automatically.
How to get customer service
If you cannot find a solution to your issue in the documentation or in any of the sources of information about the app, we recommend that you contact Customer Service. Visit the Customer Service website to contact our Customer Service experts, who can answer all your questions about installing and using the app.
Before contacting Customer Service, please read the support rules.
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Sources of information about Kaspersky Safe Kids
Kaspersky Safe Kids page on the Kaspersky website
On the Kaspersky Safe Kids page, you can view general information about the application and its functions and features.
The Kaspersky Safe Kids page contains a link to the online store, where you can buy or renew your subscription for the application.
Kaspersky Safe Kids online help
Each platform as well as My Kaspersky portal has its own online help, where you can find more detailed information on how to set up and use the application depending on your device type:
Kaspersky Safe Kids for Windows
Kaspersky Safe Kids for Android / iOS
Managing Kaspersky Safe Kids from My Kaspersky portal
Kaspersky Safe Kids page in the Knowledge Base
The Knowledge Base is a section on the Kaspersky Customer Service website.
On the Kaspersky Safe Kids page in the Knowledge Base, you can read articles that provide useful information, recommendations, and answers to frequently asked questions on how to buy, install, and use the application.
Articles in the Knowledge Base may provide answers to questions that relate both to Kaspersky Safe Kids as well as other Kaspersky applications. Articles in the Knowledge Base may also contain Customer Service news.
Discuss Kaspersky applications on Kaspersky Support Forum
If your question does not require an immediate answer, you can discuss it with Kaspersky experts and other users on our Forum.
On the Forum, you can view discussion topics, post your comments, and create new discussion topics.
Customer Service
If you can't find a solution to your problem, contact Customer Service.
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Trademark notices
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