Online video games like Fortnite can be helpful in the brain development of young teens but giving this platform excessive time can also impact these kids negatively.
Therefore, it’s vital to set up parental control on kids’ Fortnite accounts to protect them from the potential risks involved in this gameplay.
You can pretty easily right-place the features of Fortnite parental controls - to know how to do it, keep on scrolling to the bottom.
How You Can Set Parental Controls on Fortnite?
There are only a few easy steps that need to be followed to set up parental controls on Fortnite.
To begin, you first need to set up a security PIN, and the steps are below:
- Go to Main Menu >> Profile icon >> Settings.
- Tap PARENTAL CONTROLS >> SET UP PARENTAL CONTROLS.
- To add another email address, tap CHANGE EMAIL >> NEXT.
- Enter a six-digit security PIN and tap NEXT.
So, as here you got your PIN, now whenever your kids try to make changes to the settings, they will require a PIN to enter.
However, there are many other changes you can make to settings to enhance the security of your kids in this gameplay.
So, if you are interested, keep scrolling!!
- As you proceed with the Parental Controls and enter the Fortnite PIN, you’ll see the list of options.
- The first you’ll see is FILTER MATURE LANGUAGE. Turn it ‘ON’ and tap SAVE.
- The second option you have is REQUIRE PIN TO ADD EPIC FRIENDS. Set it ‘ON’ too, and tap SAVE.
- The third option you have been provided is VOICE CHAT. Set the pointer to NOBODY and tap SAVE.
- Moving to the fourth one, you’ll see the option WEEKLY PLAYTIME REPORTS. Turn it ‘ON’ and tap SAVE.
- Last but not least, the fifth option is Text Chat. In this, you can select Only Allow Friends to allow your kids to add known contacts, or you can turn it “OFF” to completely disable text chat.
- And don’t forget to click on SAVE, to save the changes.
The controllers also allow you to report the player who’s interrupting your kids while battling. To report:
- Go to Settings >> REPORTING >> REPORT A BUG, PLAYER, OR ISLAND >> Report A Player.
- Choose a Reason, and then select the Player’s Name >> Continue.
- On asking ‘DO YOU WANT TO BLOCK THIS PERSON’ select what you want, and then tap ACCEPT.
Here, you are all done with a successful parental control setup on Fortnite.
Reference: Radarro.com
