How to set up and use Parental Control on Bitdefender BOX

Bitdefender BOX moves the parental control decisions to the network level, so they are immediately and consistently enforced across all devices on the network. Unwanted content can be blocked across TV sets, known or unknown smartphones and tablets, smart fridges, smart mirrors, and so on. This technology makes no privilege distinction between devices with a Parental Control solution locally installed and the ones with no Parental Control module installed.

In this article, we are going to show you how to set up and use the Parental Control features available on Bitdefender BOX.

1. First, open the Bitdefender Central app installed on your smartphone and tap “More” at the bottom of the screen.

2. Next, select “Users” in the list of available options.

3. Select your child’s profile in the Children section. If your child does not have a profile yet, learn How to create a New Profile & assign a device on Bitdefender BOX.

4. Now go ahead and set up parental control to filter apps, web pages and limit your child’s screen time.

Tap on each option to manage it:

Applications

Applications will allow you to monitor and block all the apps used in the past 30 days on the devices registered on the child’s profile.

1. Tap “Change settings” in the “Applications” pane.

2. Switch on “Monitor Apps”.

3. Choose the device you wish to set restrictions on (e.g. iPhone 8).

4. All the apps used on that device in the last 30 days will be listed here.

5. To block an app tap its name (e.g. FaceTime), choose Blocked, then OK.

6. To unblock an app tap its name from the list, choose Allowed, then Save.

Screen Time

Here you can either set a time limit that a child can spend on their devices each day, or schedule a break.

Daily time limits

A Daily Time Limit will make sure that the child can’t use the device after spending a certain amount of hours on it. You can set the limited time for each day separately, so the child can use their device more during some days.

To add a daily usage limit:

1. Press “Set daily time limits”.

2. Tap each day of the week and select the number of hours and minutes the child can spend online.

3. Tap “Apply” to save your preferences, then tap “Save” in the upper right corner.

Schedules

A Schedule rule will make sure that the child can’t use the device at specific hours that you set. This rule can be created for individual days or groups of days of the week.

To add a time restriction:

1. Tap “Add a schedule”.

2. Enter a name (e.g. bedtime), press “Start at” to select the time the restriction begins, then press “End at” to choose when it ends.

By default, the time restriction will activate daily. To skip certain days of the week, tap the days so that they turn gray. Gray represents days when the restriction is off. The blue represents the days when the restriction is active.

3. Tap “Add” in the upper right corner to add the time restriction to the list.

To remove a schedule from the list, open the menu (3 vertical dots) located to the right of the task name and press “Delete schedule”.

To modify a schedule, open the menu (3 vertical dots) located to the right of the task name and choose “Edit schedule”.

To cancel a schedule without changing or removing it, toggle it off.

Websites

Here you can control the websites accessed by your child while using the device. You can block individual websites, or you can block an entire category of websites.

To block content categories

1. Tap “Change settings” in the “Websites” pane.

2. Switch on “Web filtering”.