How to remove parental control from your electronic devices? [SOLVED]

With the intention of protecting children from viewing or downloading inappropriate content while browsing the internet; many parents apply parental controls to ensure their children use technology responsibly. But How to remove parental controls?, either because the children have grown or the device will pass into other hands, in this article we will tell you how to deactivate it. Or rather, how you can hack parental control.

Remove parental control from mobile

Android is the operating system with the most users in the world, where you can establish parental control using the operating system's own tools or by downloading other applications. Commonly, in the case of Android, restrictions are applied by Google Play or by downloading the app created by Google "Google Family Link".

It is important to know that parental controls on these devices are known as "Restrictions" which only limit the device on which they were activated, so if you applied them through Google Play, this is the way to remove parental control:

1. Go to Google Play on the device you want to deactivate.
2. At the top of the screen, on the left side, press the button Menu, continued setting and then parental controls.
3. You will find the parental controls button activated, slide the button to off.
4. You must enter the PIN (the same one you used to activate the restrictions), press accept.

If you decided to apply the restrictions by Google Family LinkYou should know that, in this app, the restrictions apply to any device that minors have access to with their google account; In addition, you can authorize more than one adult who can configure or remove parental control using a password.

Restrictions by Google Family Link are deactivated like this:

1. Launch Google Family Link.
2. Choose the account that you are going to configure.
3. Choose Account info, and then click Stop monitoring, follow the instructions on the screen and press to accept.

If you just want to override google play restrictions, you do it this way:

1. You go back to step 2 and select Manage settings, you press google play controls.
2. Select what content you want to leave active and what not.
3. Press Save to finish.

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How to remove parental controls from PS4?

Children under the age of 12 should not play PlayStation 4, so PS4 applies the following parental controls: 

• Restrict game hours; the parent or head of the family can set limits in relation to when and for how long the child can access the game.
• Limit monthly expenses on the PS4; the monthly expense for purchases in PlayStation Store that the child makes, the amount to be paid is paid by the family administrator.
• Limit connection or content generated by other users; Through this restriction you can block videos, images and texts sent by other users, thus preventing communication between them via chat.
• Set rating levels for games by age; Look for information about the age classification, so you will know, before applying this restriction, which games and videos are suitable for your child.
• Restrict internet browsing.

If you want to know how to deactivate it, we assume that you have it activated and it is your knowledge that to install it you need "create a PlayStation Network account ”, Through this account is that you can have the PS4 users and the accounts of each child, each with its respective restriction, they are generally protected by a password.

IT IS DISABLED LIKE THIS:

1. Go to the home screen of the console, enter the main user known as "Family boss" or "tutor", Immediately afterwards, you will enter the"Settings Center"And check the"Parental Control”Enter the password.
2. Select which restrictions you want to deactivate and which you want to leave active, after that, press deactivate.

Note: This deactivation is not permanent, therefore, when the console is turned off and on again, the parental control will be activated again. If your wish is to deactivate it, definitely enter the option "Restore console default settings"

How to uninstall parental control from Samsung Tablet?

Samsung included the app "Kids Mode" for mobile phones and Tablets in 2015, this application allows the smallest of the house to create a personalized character according to their preferences, in addition to providing a variety of games for children (around 2500 ), paid and free of charge with which they can learn mathematics, languages ​​and others.  

These are the steps to uninstall the kids mode from the Tablet or Smartphone: 

1. Restart the device in safe mode, as follows: turn off the phone or tablet, turn it on again by pressing and holding the power button. on off and at the same time press the "lower volume”, In this way it is restarted in "Safe Mode”These words should appear in the lower left corner of the screen.
2. Once the safe mode has started go to "configurations" Following "applications"And tilde"manage apps".
3. In the application list, select “Kids Mode”, Press uninstall.
4. When the uninstallation is complete you just have to press “Done"
5. Finally restart the tablet or phone normally.

 How to bypass parental control in Windows 7?

To bypass parental control in Windows, you will need to have the password of the user who placed the restriction. If that's the case, go to the 'Control Panel' option; here you can change the personalization of the team; then click on the 'User accounts' section, and finally you must select the option 'Configure parental control for all users'.

Being in that section you must choose the user for whom you want to modify the parental control, but if you want to remove it, you just have to click on deactivated (off).

Without being an administrator in Windows 7.

If you do not have the password of the administrator user, (or do not remember it) and you want to remove the password of a user who has parental control, do not worry, here we explain what you can do.

Start by restarting the computer and you will press the F8 key, it will automatically appear to you in which way you want to start Windows, you must select 'Safe Mode'.

The pc will enter under the name of 'Administrator', and the best thing is that it will not ask you to enter any password, go directly to 'Control Panel', in the section User accounts and child protection, In adding or removing user accounts, you select the main user and remove the password.

With this option you can calmly modify the parental controls for the rest of the users. But you should keep in mind that the password cannot be reset.

How to remove parental controls on Xbox 360?

On the internet you will find many tricks to deactivate parental control in the Xbox 360 console, but, very few really work, you wonder why? Simple, in case you have forgotten the password, Microsoft creates a generic key to activate the uninstallation of restrictions and a unique password that is linked to the serial number of the console. Although it sounds a bit difficult, it is actually very simple, you just have to follow these steps to disable parental controls on your Xbox360 console:

1. If you do not have the device added to your Microsoft account (Hotmail email) go to https://account.microsoft.com/devices once there, a window will open Devices linked to the account; Press the button Add device, you will need to enter the serial number of the Xbox360 console.
2. Already registered the device, go to the option More actions and you select Reset code.
3. Immediately a unique key is generated with which you can deactivate the restrictions.

The steps are as follows:

1. Enter the configuration menu in the console.
2. We enter the tab work and we tick the menu option system information
3. There you must enter the unique password that is generated on your Microsoft page (Hotmail email). After entering the password, the console will restart several times and you can use it naturally.

How to remove parental control from WII?

Whether it's because you forgot your password or bought a second-hand Wii and had parental control already activated, unlocking the restrictions can be done very easily.

In rural areas of India, families in charge of a blind minor frequently isolate and deprive him/her of the care and attention they provide to their other children; such situation becomes even more severe among lower-caste families, orphans and if the blind child is a girl. Options enter the parental control, it will ask you for the password you have forgot password, check again that you have forgot password A code will be generated which you must enter here:

http://wii.marcansoft.com/parental.wsgi verify that the date of your Wii and the one shown on the page are the same (if they are not the same, modify it, they must match) enter "Get reset code"This will send you a code that you must enter in the parental control and that's it.

How to disable it on Netflix?

Netflix has great popularity in much of the world, this due to its wide content index, in which you can find any number of series, documentaries and movies for all tastes. Netflix (very smartly) has its own parental control in which you can restrict the viewing of content by rating.

• Age rating lock.
• Content blocking for ages.
• Block for certain series or movies.

Activating parental control is very basic, you just have to set a pin for each restriction you want to apply. But how do I remove parental controls on Netflix? We will explain it to you below.

1. From your browser enter Netflix and access your account.
2. In the settings select parental control.
3. On the screen enter the password for your Netflix account.
4. Change your parental control level to the highest position, Adults.
5. Parental control is immediately deactivated and you can enjoy all Netflix content without having to enter any pin.

Note: it is possible that the changes are not reflected immediately, so it is necessary to log out of the account and log in again.   

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Other useful methods so that you can skip parental control, without leaving a trace.

proxy

The Proxy (Computer Server; it is a server used as a bridge or an intermediary that satisfies the requests that a user makes to another server. It can have different functions such as: Content filtering or managing your own access control. One of the most proxies known is Hide.me, the system of use of this type of computer server is simple.

You would only have to put the URL of the page you want to access and it will redirect you to an external server making it appear that it is a legitimate website, so the client can access its blocked content without any problem. Even so, there are several Parental Control Apps that filter some of these more recognized Proxies but still do not have a great coverage of what they refer to.

Wi-Fi

This method is even more complicated to control than a Proxy. It is common to share Wi-Fi passwords or there may be an open network near the home, this allows the child to connect to them and not leave a trace of restricted searches on their network with this simple method. In a separate case, those with more experience can use different Apps known as "Sniffers" to be able to analyze and find the password of the nearby Wi-Fi.

VPNs

A VPN is a virtual private network; this means that you can surf on a secure extension of the LAN (local area network). A VPN allows the computer to work as a receiver and interlocutor with data on public and shared networks as if it were a private network.

Like Proxies there is a wide range of VPNs available and It is only about downloading the safest one and that it adapts to youThese are increasingly discreet and come in different forms, even as Apps that encrypt the information sent between the child's computer and the router, in this way the device becomes invisible to Parental Control and in addition to this also from the Network .

Translator

Google Translate; Although we already talked about Proxies, this can be used as one easily and simply. Perhaps some of us see it as a simple translator but it has more options in it, such as that when you place a URL it can translate a complete page and thus the translated information goes unnoticed and like a search of Google itself being really restricted information from Parental Control.

Portable Navigators

Portable browsers are a simple method, there are different portable browsers available on the net such as Tor Browser, these can be carried on a USB and not necessarily installed on the device. Browsers like Tor redirect traffic to different locations around the world in order to hide the identity of the user. Tor is currently a service with great discord on the internet, and it is that many users can use this platform not only to bypass parental control, but also for criminal purposes.