How Kidsplorer Lets You Approve Websites for Your Child

Kidsplorer separates two jobs when you set up a safe browser for kids on Windows: the app enforces the active profile, while the web dashboard lets a parent approve websites from a phone or computer.

Download Kidsplorer free for Windows from the Microsoft Store. You create your account inside the app after installing.

1. Create an account and connect Windows

Install Kidsplorer from the Microsoft Store, open it, and choose Get started — free to create your account and your child’s profile. If you already have an account, sign in instead.

Free and Family use the same Windows app. Your plan determines which features and limits are included.

The guardian account manages settings in the web dashboard; the child’s profile supplies the browser’s approved sites and rules. A child does not need their own email address to have a profile. For the screen-by-screen installation and connection steps, follow Getting Started .

2. Choose the approved sites

A new profile starts with 10 starter sites selected for its age range. In the dashboard, review that list and add the domains your child needs for school, hobbies, and approved entertainment.

Free starts you off with 10 curated starter sites, ready to use. Family includes unlimited approved websites. If you already have a Family profile, you can export its template code and paste it into a new profile to copy its rules and schedule.

Begin with an activity your child already knows. Review its domain, add it to the intended profile, and test the complete activity in Kidsplorer after the online device syncs. Opening the homepage alone may not test the separate sign-in or media destinations used by a lesson. The approved-site guide covers domain scope, requests, and removing rules.

3. Add a schedule on Family

Set one or more allowed time windows for each weekday, plus one daily limit. Kidsplorer shows the profile’s approved sites during those windows and its lock screen outside them.

If more time is needed, the child can send a request for 15 more minutes. Family owners can enable extra-time emails and review enabled links without signing in, or review every request from the dashboard. The schedule applies to Kidsplorer, not to every Windows application.

An allowed time window makes the active profile’s whole approved list available. It does not automatically change which sites are allowed between school and leisure hours. Use the schedule instructions to configure the hours and test the lock boundary on the child’s computer.

4. Review new-site requests on Family

Site requests need the Family plan; on Free you add or swap sites yourself. When an unapproved domain is requested on Family:

1. The child submits a request from Kidsplorer.
2. The request appears in the dashboard. Family owners with site-request emails enabled also receive a secure review link.
3. The link opens a confirmation page; no dashboard sign-in is required.
4. Approving adds the domain to the profile.
5. An online device receives the change on its next sync.

The guardian can also approve or deny pending requests in the dashboard.

A whitelist decision is still an adult judgment: pages and embedded content on an approved domain can change.

Review the requested destination in your own browser before accepting it. Approval permits the domain, rather than only the individual article or video that prompted the request.

Check the setup from the child’s account

Once the rules have synced, try an approved website and an unapproved domain in Kidsplorer. If you use a Family schedule, check what happens outside allowed times too. On a shared family computer, confirm the active profile has the right resources for the child who is using it.

Keep the Windows device online while checking a saved change. If the result differs from what you expected, first check the assigned profile, the latest sync, and the domain used by the activity. Changing a rule in the dashboard and seeing it enforced on a connected device are separate steps in the workflow.

What the Windows controls cover

Kidsplorer controls browsing inside Kidsplorer; other browsers and apps need separate controls. Visited-page addresses are recorded for the parent for up to 30 days, and Kidsplorer does not capture screenshots, keystrokes, messages or location. Microsoft Store handles application updates according to the computer’s Windows policies.

Kidsplorer does not remove other browsers or replace Windows user-account security. For stronger device control, use a standard (non-administrator) child account and your normal Windows or network policies.

Choose your plan when ready

Start free on one device to learn the workflow. Family adds unlimited sites, up to five profiles and devices, schedules, device protection, and site and time requests.