On Discord, anyone above 13 can create an account. While Discord blocks NSFW servers and channels for teen accounts (13 – 18 years of age), it is up to parents to crosscheck the servers their child is joining and the people they interact with. One way to do that is parental control. Here’s how you can set up parental controls for your teen on Discord and what you can and cannot access. Let’s get started.
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What Data You Can Access as a Parent
With Discord parental controls, as a parent account, you can add up to 8 teen accounts under your account and monitor them. To add any account as a teen account, their age has to be less than 18 years of age. Once the teen account holder reaches 18, you will lose access to the account and data.
That being said, here’s the data you can access from your teen account. Note that on Discord, the child account is called the teen account.
1. You can see recently added friends of your teen’s account including how many were added and their names. But, you cannot check the entire friend list.
2. You can also access users your child is in contact with via DMs. You can see users your child messaged and has been on a call with. But, it will not show the users who messaged or tried calling your child.
Note: You can only check who messaged, but you cannot actually read any messages with the help of Discord parental controls.
3. You can also view servers your child recently joined. Just like friends list, you cannot access all the servers your child is part of but only the recently joined servers.
4. Finally, you can check the servers your child actively interacts with. There is even a list of active servers that you can access but it updates as more interactions happen.
‘Recently’ is normally considered as the last 1-2 weeks on Discord. So in case, you want to check all the friends your child is interacting with and all the servers your child is joining, then it’s better to check the data at least once a week.
How to Setup Parental Controls on Discord on Desktop
To set up parental control, you need to access your teen’s account. You cannot directly add their account from your end. The setup process can be completed only when you can access both your account and the teen’s account. If your child uses Discord from a computer that you can use, here’s how you can set up parental controls.
Note: Remember, you can use your teen’s account on a desktop (or phone), but you need to use your account on your phone only — Android or iPhone.
1. Open Discord on your child’s device and click on the Cog icon at the bottom left corner beside the username.
2. Now on the User settings page, select the Family Center option in the left sidebar.
3. Here, open the My Family tab and then click on the Connect with Parent button.
4. On the pop-up, click on the Reveal QR Code button to get the QR code that will help to connect with your account.
5. Now open Discord on your phone, and tap on the profile icon in the bottom bar. Then select the Family Center option.
6. Here select the My Family tab at the top. Then tap on the Connect with Teen button.
7. Once the QR Code scanner opens, scan the code on your teen’s device. Then tap on the Send Connection Request button.
8. Now on your kid’s device, click on the check mark icon beside your account name to accept.
That’s it. You have set up parental control on your teen’s Discord account. We have explained how you can access the data below.
How to Setup Parental Controls on Discord Mobile App
If your child uses Discord from the phone, then here’s how you can set the parental controls. As said, the parent account should definitely be on the phone.
1. Open the Discord mobile app on your child’s phone. Now tap on the profile icon in the bottom bar and select the Family Center option.
2. Now open the My Family tab and then tap on the Connect with Parent button
3. Tap Reveal QR Code to get the QR code that you can use to connect with your account.
4. Now open your phone, open Discord, and tap on the profile icon at the bottom bar. Then select the Family Center option.
5. On the Family Center page, tap on the My Family tab at the top and then click on the Connect with Teen button.
6. It opens a QR code scanner. Scan the QR Code on your child’s phone. Then, tap on the Send Connect Request button.
7. Finally, on your child’s phone, you need to accept the request by taping on the check mark icon beside your account name.
That’s it, you will be added as a parent account.
How You Can Access Your Child’s Activity
You can access your child’s activity from the Discord desktop, mobile, or even on the web app. Here’s how you can access your child’s activity on the Discord desktop app and the web app.
1. Open the Discord web app or the desktop app. Now click on the cog icon at the bottom left corner.
2. In the user settings, select the Family Center page.
3. Open the Activity tab, here you can check your child’s activity under the Activity Summary option. In case, you have added multiple teen accounts, you can scroll down and monitor the info of all the accounts.
Here’s how you can access your child’s activity on the Discord mobile app on Android or iPhone.
1. Open the Discord app on your phone and tap on the profile pic in the bottom bar. Then select the Family Center from the menu.
2. Here under the Activity tab, you can find your child’s activity. In case, you have added multiple teen accounts under your account, you can scroll down and monitor all the accounts.
Eagle Eyes
With Discord’s parental control features in place, you can now give your child access to Discord by keeping an eye on him/her. Not just on Discord, you may need to have some parental control on all the services and apps your child uses. For that, check out these best Parental Controls apps for iPhone and Android.
