How to set up parental supervision on Meta Quest with Family Center

This guide shows you how to put a child or teen's Meta Quest under parental supervision with Meta Family Center, from picking the right account type to removing supervision later. These steps follow Meta's article on creating a Meta account for your child, its guide to setting up supervision and its overview of supervision on Meta Horizon. You manage everything from Family Center on the web or from the Meta Horizon app on your phone.

1. Check which account your child needs

Meta sets the account type by age, and Meta notes that the ages may vary by region:

• Under 10: children must be at least 10 to have a Meta account, and parents cannot create one for a younger child.
• 10 to 12 (preteens): a parent or guardian must create and manage the child's Meta account. These are called parent-managed accounts.
• 13 to 17 (teens): teens manage their own Meta account. Supervision is optional, and both parent and teen must agree to it.

Meta warns that using the wrong account for your age can mean losing access to the account, its apps and in-app purchases. The parent or guardian must be 18 or older.

2. Create a parent-managed account for a 10 to 12 year old

In the Meta Horizon app:

1. Tap Menu at the top of your Horizon Feed.
2. Tap Family Center, then Get started.
3. Choose Create an account for a child and follow the on-screen instructions.

On the web, go to Family Center, click Go to supervision, log in, click Add or Add family member, then select Create an account for a child. Once the account exists, your child can sign in on the headset. If the headset is new, our first-time Quest 3/3S setup guide covers the rest.

Parent-managed profiles are private, and the child cannot change the default privacy and safety settings. You manage Account privacy under Their settings, including Active Status, which is set to appear offline by default.

3. Link a teen's account with a supervision invite

For a teen aged 13 to 17, either of you can start the link. To send an invite as a parent:

1. Go to familycenter.meta.com/supervision.
2. Select Get started.
3. Select the profiles you want to supervise. If you can't find your teen's profile, share a link instead.
4. Tap Send invite.

Your teen opens the link and follows the on-screen instructions to accept or decline. Supervision starts only after the invite is accepted. A teen can also request supervision from their Teen Account settings by choosing Parent or Guardian and sending a request to you.

Keep these limits in mind:

• Invites and requests expire 7 days after they are created. After that, create a new one.
• Only one parent or guardian can supervise a teen's Meta account.
• You can only have one active invite link at a time.
• Supervision cannot be set up if either of you has blocked the other. Blocking each other later removes supervision.

A child on a parent-managed account is automatically enrolled in supervision when they turn 13. They get 30 days after their birthday to review the changes and agree to Meta's terms.

4. Approve and block apps

Teens can't access apps rated above their age by default. Apps a teen downloaded before supervision tools launched are not blocked by default. When your child asks for a blocked app, you get a notification. Open it in the Meta Horizon app, review the app and tap Allow or Block. For a preteen's paid app, tap Purchase to buy it for them.

To block an app at any time, open Family Center, select your teen's account, go to Apps (under Their experiences on the web), find the app and select Block. System apps such as Store, File Manager and Settings can't be blocked.

5. Set daily time limits and scheduled breaks

1. In Family Center on the web or in the app, select your child's account.
2. Select Manage time limits.
3. Set a daily limit, which can differ by day of the week, and schedule breaks when the headset can't be used.

When the limit is reached, your child gets a notification and the Quest restarts. They can't use the headset or the mobile app for the rest of the day. Meta says the headset software must be up to date for limits and breaks to work. Family Center also shows how much time your child spends in apps and Worlds.

6. Review purchases, social features and other settings

Meta lists these other controls for supervised teens:

• Purchases: you can see your teen's purchases, downloads and gifts. Preteens cannot buy Meta Credits themselves, but you can gift them packs or approve their requests.
• Followers: you can see your teen's followers and the accounts they follow.
• Social features: in Safety settings (under Supervision settings in the app), toggle Block social features to block or allow Horizon chats and calling. This does not block social features inside other apps.
• Browser: under Their experiences, open Apps, scroll to Browser and select Content filters. You can block categories such as Gambling, Sexual Content and Weapons. Other apps may still reach websites.
• Developer mode: in Safety settings, toggle Block developer mode. Meta warns that developer mode can let a teen load age-inappropriate content.
• Link and Air Link: you can block PC connections, so your teen needs your permission to connect the headset to a computer. See our PC VR on Quest guide for how Link works.
• Casting: you can watch your child's Quest view in real time by casting to a mobile device. Our casting guide walks through it.

Parents can't read a teen's private messages, change their avatar or username, delete their profile or reset their password.

7. Lock apps on a shared headset with a passcode

If your teen uses your headset, set a passcode on your own profile. It protects your profile, saved passwords and any apps you lock. On the headset:

1. Press the Meta button on the right controller to open the navigator.
2. Select Quick controls, then Settings, then Passcode.
3. Select Create next to Passcode, enter 4 to 16 digits and select Continue.
4. Re-enter it, select Continue, then choose whether it is needed to unlock the headset, view saved passwords or open locked apps.

You can also do this in the Meta Horizon app under Devices, Headset settings, Passcode, with the headset nearby and connected over Bluetooth. The passcode is separate from your Store PIN. A forgotten passcode can only be cleared with a factory reset.

8. End supervision

Either you or your teen can remove supervision at any time. In Family Center, select the other person's account, then select Remove supervision. The other person is notified. If your teen removes it before turning 18, they have 24 hours to restore it, and you can confirm the removal to finish it right away. Removal can't be undone, so your teen would need to send a new invite to start again. Supervision is removed automatically when your teen turns 18.