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Beginner's guides

• Getting Started with Bark
• Sign in to your account
• Find your Device Codes
• Reviewing alerts
• How to do a Bark account health check
• Getting Started with Bark Jr
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FAQs

• What Bark Can Do
• Introduction to the Bark Phone
• What sets Bark’s monitoring feature apart?
• Uninstall Protection
• Time to Set Up
• Pricing
See all 27 articles

Monitoring

• What Bark Monitors on Social Media
• What Bark Monitors on Email
• What Bark Monitors on Online Storage Platforms
• Add a device or account for monitoring
• How does monitoring work?
• FAQ: Detecting new accounts and apps
See all 14 articles

Screen time and filtering

• How to set up mobile screen time controls
• How to Set Up Screen Time on iOS
• SafeSearch & YouTube Restricted Mode
• What is screen time & web filtering?

Location Tracking

• Location alerts and tracking
• Adjust radius of a location
• Check-ins
• Calibrate Location
• Calibrate Location on the Bark Phone
• Calibrate location on iOS devices
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Bark Phone

• How to set up the Bark Phone
• Managing Rules for the Bark Phone
• Manage the App Store on the Bark Phone
• Manage the Contacts on their Bark Phone
• Block sites & apps on the Bark Phone
• Manage Texting for the Bark Phone
See all 22 articles

Android monitoring

• How to Monitor an Android Device & Enable Screen Time
• Install or Update Bark on Androids Supervised with Family Link
• Update the Bark Kids App on Android
• Learn how to use Androids
• How to Monitor an Amazon Fire Tablet
• Update the Bark Kids App on Amazon Fire
See all 7 articles

iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch monitoring

• How to Monitor an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch
• How to Monitor Safari Browsing on iOS
• How to Monitor iOS Devices with the Bark Home
• Recommended Sleep Settings for Mac
• Recommended Sleep Settings for Windows
• How to prompt Bark to analyze an iOS device whenever you want
See all 7 articles

Screen time and filtering

• Manage your kid’s screen time schedule
• How to allow an app or website
• How to block an app or website
• Copy screen time rules from one kid to another
• How to pause the internet
• How to test app and site blocking is working

In-home filtering

• What is in-home filtering?
• In-Home Filtering Profiles
• Identify and Rename Devices for In-Home Filtering
• How to set up in-home screen time controls
• How to set up the Bark Home
• Is my router compatible with the Bark Home?
See all 13 articles

Computer monitoring

• How to Monitor Browsing on Computers
• How to Monitor Google Chrome on Computers
• How to Monitor Microsoft Edge on Computers
• How to Monitor a Chromebook
• Update the Bark for Chromebooks App

Videos

• Video: Set up the Bark Phone for your kid
• Video: Enabling Monitoring on iOS
• Video: Enabling Screen Time & Monitoring on Android
• Video: Adding an Exception to Screen Time Rules and Filtering
• Video: Enabling Screen Time on iOS
• Video: Set up the Bark Home on your network

Billing

• Account & billing information
• Manage your Bark subscription through Apple
• Referral program
• How do I cancel my Bark account?

My orders

• Bark Phone Orders and Shipping
• Bark Phone Data Usage
• Bark Phone Replacements and Returns
• Number Porting / Number Transfers
• How to find your number porting information
• Bark Home Orders, Shipping, or Returns

Notifications

• How to Delete Alerts
• How to find alerts using filters
• Parent app
• Bark alerts
• Add another family member to receive alerts
• How to adjust the sensitivity of alerts
See all 10 articles

Profile management

• Reset your password
• Update Profile Information (Account Holder)
• Update Profile Information (Child)
• How to remove a child or home profile
• My kid got a new phone, tablet, or computer
• How to merge devices
See all 9 articles

Troubleshooting the Bark Phone

• Troubleshooting the Bark Phone
• Stuck During Bark Phone Setup
• Can I use Google Family Link to supervise a Bark Phone?
• Unable to sign into Google Play Store or Google services
• Error on Google Play: "Problem communicating with Google servers"
• Error on Google Play: "This app won't work for your device"
See all 21 articles

Troubleshooting Androids

• Troubleshooting Android Monitoring
• Screen time protection has been disrupted on Android
• Turn off Secure DNS on Android
• Turn off Private DNS on Android
• Accessibility Disabled in Android
• Accessibility continues to get disabled
See all 17 articles

Troubleshooting iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

• There was a problem analyzing the iOS device
• Screen time protection has been disrupted on iOS
• Troubleshooting iOS Monitoring
• Error: Kid was asked to enter their passcode and we're still waiting
• iOS device not detected over Wi-Fi
• iOS device not detected over USB
See all 24 articles

Troubleshooting email and social media monitoring

• Yahoo and AOL Email Error: "Sorry, this feature is not available at present"
• Troubleshooting Social Media, Drive, & Email Monitoring

Troubleshooting screen time and filtering

• Screen time protection has been disrupted
• Troubleshooting screen time & web filtering
• Error in Bark Home Setup: Connection Status "Undetected"
• Slow internet speeds
• Turn off Secure DNS on Chromebook
• Device is using a private address or randomized MAC address
See all 23 articles

Other troubleshooting

• How to prevent your kid from deleting Bark
• Fix issues with push notifications
• Block Text Messages
• Block spam on your kid's devices
• Troubleshooting Edge, Chrome, & Chromebook Monitoring
• Accessibility Disabled for Chromebook
See all 11 articles

Bark for Schools Products

• Bark for Schools
• Bark for Schools+
• Family Packages
• Tips+

Bark For Schools: FAQs

• FAQs: Bark for Schools
• FAQ: Parent Portal
• FAQs: Web Browsing
• FAQs: Web Filtering

Set Up Processes

• How to Set Up Bark for Schools
• How to Set Up Bark for Schools on Microsoft 365
• How to Set Up Bark for Schools on Google Workspace
• How to Set Up Chrome or Edge Chromium Web Filtering
• Chrome Web Filtering on Google Workspace
• Edge Chromium Web Filtering on Microsoft 365
See all 14 articles

Super Admin Resources

• Upgrade Permissions for Google Workspace
• Super Admin Replacement
• How to Use the Web Filter Reports
• DNS Troubleshooting
• Bark For Schools+: Exporting Alert Reports
• Filter+: Exporting Web Filter Reports
See all 7 articles

Reviewer Resources (superintendents, principals, faculty, counselors)

• A Reviewer's Guide: Bark for Schools
• Bark for Schools Mobile App

Parent Portal Resources

• Parent Portal: After the Invite Goes Out
• Parent Portal: Best Practices for Administrators
• Parent Portal: ClassLink
• Parent Portal: Clever Application
• Parent Portal: Getting Started
• Parent Portal: How to Launch

Parent Resources

• Parent Start Guide
• Parent Response Toolkit
• Parent Guides to School-Issued Accounts
• How to Activate your Parent Portal Account