Kidsplorer works in four steps. After setup, your child uses it every day and you manage it from your phone — you rarely need to touch the child’s computer again.
Step 1 — Download and Install on Your Child’s Computer
Download the Kidsplorer installer for Windows from kidsplorer.com and run it on the computer your child uses. Installation takes about two minutes. Kidsplorer registers the device to your account automatically.
What Kidsplorer installs: A locked browser that replaces access to the default open browser on that computer. Kidsplorer runs as the only browser your child can use. Other browsers remain installed but Kidsplorer’s schedule and PIN enforcement prevent switching to them on non-admin accounts.
Mac support is in active development and available on the Family plan.
Step 2 — Create Your Parent Account and Build the Whitelist
After installation, create your parent account at the Kidsplorer portal. This is where you manage everything remotely.
Build your first whitelist:
- Add sites your child uses for schoolwork (Khan Academy, library databases, educational tools)
- Add sites for approved entertainment (National Geographic Kids, PBS Kids, appropriate YouTube channels)
- Install a curriculum pack for instant subject-specific approved lists — math, reading, science, and more
- Import a shared template from another family or your child’s school
Your whitelist syncs to the computer within 60 seconds. You do not need to be at the computer to apply changes.
Step 3 — Set the Browse Schedule
Open the schedule editor in your parent portal and set allowed browsing hours for each day of the week.
How the schedule works:
- During allowed hours, Kidsplorer is open and your child can browse their approved sites
- When the schedule ends, Kidsplorer displays a lock screen — browsing stops automatically
- Your child can tap “Request more time” — you receive a notification and approve or deny from your phone
- On weekends you can set a different schedule than school days
You adjust the schedule from your phone at any time. Changes apply within 60 seconds.
Step 4 — Approve Site Requests from Your Phone
Once the setup is complete, the ongoing management flow is simple:
- Child finds a site they want to visit that isn’t on the whitelist
- Child taps “Request site” inside Kidsplorer
- You receive an email notification with one approve link
- You tap approve — no login, no app required
- The site appears on the whitelist within seconds
This is the daily interaction that replaces arguments, manual checking, and guesswork. Your child learns to ask; you review and decide from wherever you are.
What happens on the computer all day
Your child opens Kidsplorer and sees their approved sites. Kidsplorer is the only browser they can reach. When they try to visit a site not on the whitelist, they see a friendly “Not approved” message and the option to request it.
Outside schedule hours, Kidsplorer shows the lock screen. The computer is available for other uses — only the browser is locked.
Kidsplorer updates itself silently in the background. You will never be asked to update it manually.
How schools and institutions set up Kidsplorer
For institutional plans (schools, churches, libraries), the setup process has a few extra steps:
- Download the MSIX silent installer from the admin dashboard
- Deploy to all computers using Group Policy, SCCM, or any MDM system — or manually if the lab is small
- Devices appear in your admin dashboard automatically after first run
- Assign whitelist profiles to groups of devices (e.g., one profile for a computer lab, another for a reading room)
- Push whitelist updates to all devices at once from the dashboard
After the initial deployment, ongoing management is entirely from the dashboard. No one needs to visit individual computers.
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