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Manage texting for the Bark Watch

Updated
Paola Rivera

Block or Allow Texting

To manage your child's current texting settings from your dashboard, follow these steps:


New UI

  1. Tap your child.
  2. Under the routine you'd like to manage, tap the  new UI edit rules.png pencil.
  3. Tap Bark Watch.
  4. Allow or block Texting.
    new UI Bark Watch texting.png

Classic UI

  1. Tap the Bark Watch tile.
  2. Tap Text.
  3. Allow or block Texting.

A blocked text app results in...

  • The orange_messages_app.png Messages app becoming greyed out and inaccessible.
  • No notifications for new text messages.

How to send texts

If they haven't yet started a text conversation with that person:

  1. Short-press the top side button on the watch to open the home screen.
  2. Swipe from left to right ➡ to open the apps list.
  3. Scroll down and tap Contacts.
  4. Tap the contact you'd like to text.
  5. Tap orange_messages_app.png message on the bottom.
  6. Compose the text and send it!

If they have already started a text conversation with that person:

  1. Short-press the top side button on the watch to open the home screen.
  2. Swipe from left to right ➡ to open the apps list.
  3. Scroll down and tap Messages.
  4. Tap the conversation.
  5. Compose the text and send it!

How to delete texts

By default, texts they send or receive cannot be deleted on the Messages app on a Bark Watch.