How to set screen time and video restrictions limits on a TikTok account directly on a child’s phone.How to connect your account to your child’s account and use Family Pairing to remotely control a child’s TikTik account restrictions.How to unlink Family Pairing.

How to Quickly Set TikTok Screen Time Limits

You can limit your child’s daily screen time on TikTok to 60 minutes just by accessing the child’s account directly. On the child’s phone, follow these steps to set that limit:

How to Restrict What Your Child Can Watch

You can somewhat restrict the type of content your child sees but TikTok is not very clear about how it determines appropriate vs. inappropriate content for children. However, setting algorithm-related limits is better than setting none. Again using the child’s account on their phone, follow these steps to set TikTok-controlled video content restrictions:

How to Connect Your TikTok Account to Your Child’s Account

Although a parent can set TikTok limits directly using the account on a child’s phone, they can easily be changed by anyone who has the 4-digit passcode. If you prefer, you can set up an adult account and link it to the child’s account to remotely control the settings from the adult’s phone instead. This is done using the Family Pairing feature in TikTok and requires that you have your own TikTok account. After you’ve set up your own TikTok account on your phone, follow these steps to link the two accounts:

How to Set Parental Controls Using Family Pairing

Now that Family Pairing is set up, you can control the child’s account from your phone and change settings at any time. Your child will be unable to break any passcodes because everything is controlled remotely from the parent’s account on their phone. Screen time and content restriction limits are set up exactly as the steps outlined above. Additional options for Search and Direct messaging controls are now accessible through Family Pairing. To limit search capabilities on TikTok, toggle the Search feature to Off. To control who your child can send messages to or receive messages from, tap Direct messages. Tap your choice: Everyone, Friends, or Off.

If you decide to remove Family Pairing from your child’s account, follow these steps: