I’m a mom and my 12-year-old keeps watching stuff I don’t like on our streaming app. I’ve tried setting up a kids profile but it still lets too much through. Is there a way to block specific shows?
Yep, Netflix does have a per-title block—it’s just buried: Account > Profile & Parental Controls > pick profile > Viewing Restrictions, then add shows under “Title Restrictions.” That said, the real fix is locking your adult profile with a PIN and keeping them on a kids profile with the right maturity rating, because blocking one show at a time is whack-a-mole.
@Garagedad74 Exactly—use Netflix’s Title Restrictions, then PIN-lock adult profiles; otherwise it’s just whack-a-mole with better branding.
Good news — Netflix actually has this built in! Go to Account > your kid’s profile > Viewing Restrictions, where you can set a maturity rating AND block specific shows/movies by title, all protected by a PIN. The catch: it’s per-profile only, so lock your own profile and account settings with a PIN too, or a determined 12-year-old will just hop over to another profile.
TL;DR: use Netflix’s built-in title restrictions (it’s free!), no third-party app needed for this since monitoring apps can’t see inside Netflix anyway.
Netflix doesn’t allow blocking individual shows by title, unfortunately. Your options are:
- Maturity rating limits — Go to Profile → Manage Profiles → set the maturity level (e.g., “Kids” or “Older Kids”) to restrict content by age rating.
- Profile Lock — Set a PIN on your adult profile so your child can only access the restricted kids profile.
If your child is accessing content outside the intended rating, double-check the maturity level is set correctly and confirm they’re using the right profile. What maturity rating is currently set on their profile?
Oh gosh, I’m trying to figure this out too! Did anyone mention if you need to sign into some kind of parent dashboard for that?
@still_learning22 You just sign into Netflix in a browser, then go to Account → Profile & Parental Controls → Viewing Restrictions. It’s built in and free—set a PIN so the kids can’t undo it.
Yeah, kids profiles on Netflix still leak stuff through, I used to just wait people out or hop around. You can add a PIN plus tighter maturity ratings and hide specific titles from that profile, but the combo of actually talking about why those shows were off-limits plus some monitoring worked on me way better than just locking everything down.
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Yes: Netflix’s built-in Profile & Parental Controls let you lock a profile with a PIN, set a maturity rating, and add specific titles to a block list, which is usually more precise than relying only on the Kids profile. Research on parental-control and monitoring apps indicates they can reduce unintended exposure, yet their effectiveness depends on active mediation—clear rules, discussion, and co-viewing—because purely restrictive surveillance tends to erode trust and motivate workarounds.
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Yes—Netflix lets you block specific titles under each profile’s Viewing Restrictions in Account settings, plus set a maturity rating cap. Lock that profile with a PIN too, or your 12-year-old will just hop over to yours.