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How to pause the Bark Phone

How to PausePause is our remote lock feature. Here's how to use it! Open up your parent app / dashboard. Under your child's name, tap ⏸ Pa...

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How to Pause

Pause is our remote lock feature. Here's how to use it!

  1. Open up your parent app / dashboard.

  2. Under your child's name, tap ⏸ Pause.

    child card example with pause.png
  3. Choose how long you'd like to pause the phone or turn it on indefinitely.

  4. Wait a few minutes for the changes to take effect.

When the Bark Phone is paused...

  • All apps get grayed out.

  • The phone app remains available for emergencies.

  • Non-essential internet use is blocked.

  • Their avatar in Bark shows a pause_internet_symbol.png pause icon.

  • If contact approval is enabled, only emergency contacts can be called.


How to Undo

To un-pause the phone do these steps again.

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