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Configure Norton Family house rules for web supervision
Web supervision is supported on Windows computers, Android phones and tablets, iPhones, and iPads.
Web supervision lets your children explore the web freely while keeping you informed about which sites they visit and giving you tools to help them avoid unsuitable content. You can protect your children by blocking access to inappropriate websites.
Sometimes, an allowed website may host content that belongs to a blocked website or a category. In such a case, Norton Family blocks a specific part of the website instead of the entire website.
Ensure that you have installed and enabled VPN for efficient web supervision on iOS devices. For more information, read Set up Norton Family on your child's iPhone or iPad.
Based on the web supervision house rule that you set, VPN monitors or blocks your child's activities using apps other than the Norton Family browser.
On Windows, ensure that you have enabled Norton Family browser extension. If you child's PC has Norton Family version 3.7.3 or later, Norton Family adds a second layer of protection and shows a browser-specific block page even if your child had tampered browser extension, launched incognito or private browsing modes, or used unsupported third-party browsers to access a blocked website. However, when you receive an alert regarding such events, check your child's PC and enable browser extension for complete protection.
Update Web Supervision House Rules
You can use the Norton website or Norton Family app for parents to view or update the house rules.
Norton website or Norton Family app for iOS
- Sign in to your account.
- Under Parental Control, select the child for whom you want to set web supervision.
- On the Web section, click or tap the settings icon
and do the following.
- To start or stop Web Supervision, move the On/Off switch to On (Green) or Off (Red).
- Under Restriction Level, choose the required level of supervision based on your child’s age. Click or tap Yes to confirm.
Click or tap View Default House Rule by age range to see the recommended settings for your child's age. - Under Supervision, click or tap the drop-down menu and select one of the following actions that Norton Family should take based on the Web Supervision rules and settings:
- Block: Norton Family blocks the website if your child accesses an inappropriate website from the blocked category.
- Warn: Norton Family notifies the parent if the child accesses an inappropriate website from the blocked category.
- Allow: Norton Family does not block or notify you about your child's web activities, and all the websites are accessible. You can still view your child's activities in the report.
If you choose Warn or Block, you can configure the specific web categories and websites to allow or block.
- Under Web Categories, click or tap a category group to view the categories under it. Move the slider to On (Green) or Off (Red) to allow or block all the websites in that category.
For more information, see Norton Family Website categories. - If you want to allow or block any uncategorized websites that do not fall into any of the categories, under the Others category, click or tap the More options
icon, and click or tap Allow all or Block all.
By default, all the uncategorized websites are blocked. - To allow or block a specific website, click the Exceptions tab. Click Add and type the website URL for which you want to add an exception.
Select Block the website or Allow the website and click or tap Add Site.
If you want to remove a website from the exception, click the drop-down menu next to the website and click or tap Delete.
Norton Family parental control app for Android
- Open Norton Family parental control app in Parent mode.
- Under the child name whom you want to manage, tap House Rules.
- Tap the Web section.
- To start or stop Web Supervision, move the slider to turn it Off or On.
- Under Restriction Level, tap and choose the required level of supervision. Tap OK.
- Under Supervision, choose what you want Norton Family to do when your child does not follow the house rule.
If you choose Warn or Block, you can configure the specific Web Categories and websites to allow or block. - To block or unblock a website or a web category, under Allowed and Blocked Content tap Web Categories & Exceptions and then do one of the following:
- To block a web category, under Allowed Web Categories, tap the minus
icon besides the web category that you want to block.
- To unblock a web category, under Blocked Web Categories, tap the plus
icon besides the web category that you want to unblock.
- Go to the Exceptions tab and do one of the following:
- To add a website to the allowed list, next to Allowed Websites, tap Add New. Type the URL of the website that you want to allow, and then tap Add.
- To remove a website from the allowed list, under Allowed Websites, next to the website that you want to remove, tap the trash
icon.
- To block a website, next to Restricted Websites, tap Add New. Type the URL of the website that you want to block, and then tap Add.
- To remove a restricted website, under Restricted Websites, next to the website that you want to remove, tap the trash
- To block a web category, under Allowed Web Categories, tap the minus
If you are using Google account to sign in to Norton Family account, make sure that you sign out from your Google account in your browser after finishing the Norton Family setup.
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Last modified: 01/23/2025
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