Skip to content

For parents

How can I limit my child's in-game purchases?

Google Play and the App Store offer parental controls with purchase approval and content limits.

Google Play

  • In the Google Play app, tap the profile icon → Settings → Authentication to require authentication for every purchase.
  • Set age limits under Settings → Family → Parental controls.
  • With Google Family Link you can require approval for your child's purchases.

App Store

  • Ask to Buy in Family Sharing makes your child's purchases wait for your approval.
  • Under Settings → Screen Time → Content & Privacy Restrictions you can turn off in-app purchases completely.

If an unwanted purchase was made, you can ask the store for a refund; see Can I ask for a refund for a purchase? for details.

Back to the help center

Still need help?

Contact support

Cookie preferences

We use cookies that the site needs to work, and optional ones that remember your choices. Our visitor statistics don't use cookies and don't identify you.

Necessary

Security and your cookie choice, plus, for this browser session only, an identifier-free promotion state (which promotions you've seen or closed). The site can't work properly without them.

Always on

Preferences

Remembers your language and keeps the promotion state for a year, so promotions you've seen or closed don't come back on later visits.

Statistics

Counts visits without cookies or personal identifiers so we can improve the site.