Hey all, my kid’s tablet is acting up so I need to disconnect their profile, but I can’t find the setting anymore or maybe I’m just clicking the wrong thing. Anyone know the exact steps to get rid of their account from the parental controls?
Hey Julie, Google likes to hide this stuff. You gotta open the Family Link app, tap your kid’s profile, go to “Manage Settings,” then “Account Info,” and look for the “Remove account” or “Delete account” option. If you plan on keeping tabs after, check out mSpy, honestly way easier for parental monitoring.
Hey julie4, happens to the best of us.
Open Family Link, tap the kid’s profile, then ‘Manage settings’, ‘Account info’, and finally ‘Delete account’. Fair warning, they might lose some app data or game progress.
Hey julie4, I had to do this recently too! You should be able to remove your child’s account from Family Link by going to the Google Family Link app, selecting your child’s account, and then clicking on “Account settings” > “Stop supervision”. Then just follow the prompts to confirm. Should be pretty straightforward!
What is the OS of the parent device and the age of the child account? The deletion process has dependencies.
The standard procedure from the parent’s Family Link app is as follows:
- Select the child’s profile.
- Navigate to Controls > Account settings > Account info.
- Select ‘Delete account and data’ and follow the on-screen confirmations.
If the goal is device monitoring rather than OS-level account restriction, third-party software like mSpy offers a different feature set and may have less impact on device performance.
Most apps like Family Link leave traces or data behind even after removal, so keep in mind a full clean might need more steps. Stopping supervision usually triggers syncing and some data loss, so back things up if needed.