Bark for Families
FAQs
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Getting Started with Bark
Bark is an award-winning technology solution created by parents, for parents to offer a better, easier, an...
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How does Bark help me keep my family safe?
Bark is a comprehensive parental intelligence solution. Below are a few ways we can help keep your family ...
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Getting Started with Bark Jr
Bark is an award-winning technology solution created by parents, for parents to offer a better, easier, an...
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What Bark Monitors on Different Platforms
Sign up for your free trial! Below we show you what Bark monitors on subscription plans that include conten...
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Pricing
We have two subscription tiers available: Bark Premium and Bark Jr. More information, including any specia...
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The Bark Difference
Bark’s specialty is content monitoring. When content monitoring is set up, Bark analyzes activities on your...
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iOS Content Monitoring
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How to Monitor an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch
This article is for Bark subscribers whose subscription plan includes content monitoring. In order for Bark...
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How to Monitor an iOS Device on Mac
In this article, we'll be walking you through setting up an Apple device for content monitoring. Apple's st...
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How to Monitor an iOS Device on Windows
In this article, we'll be walking you through setting up an Apple device for content monitoring. Apple's st...
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Recommended Sleep/Wake Settings for Mac
The Bark Desktop App is set to automatically analyze your child's iOS device texts, photos, and more when i...
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Recommended Sleep/Wake Settings for Windows
The Bark Desktop App is set to automatically analyze your child's iOS device texts, photos, and more when i...
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How to Force a Backup on the Bark Desktop App
The Bark Desktop App is set to run an automatic backup of your child's device over Wi-Fi whenever it has be...
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Android & Amazon Fire Content Monitoring
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How to Monitor an Android Device
This article is for compatible Android devices on the Bark Premium plan. For monitoring Android devices on ...
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How to Monitor an Amazon Fire Tablet
This article is for Bark subscribers whose subscription plan includes content monitoring. If you'd like to ...
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How to Monitor Pinwheel Devices
What makes Pinwheel different from other Android devices? Pinwheel devices have no browsers, email...
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Installing or Updating Bark for Kids on Androids Supervised with Family Link
Watch this video to learn how to install or update Bark for Kids on Android devices supervised with Family ...
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Updating the Bark for Kids App on Android
This article is for updating compatible Android devices. Monitoring Amazon Fire tablets and Chromebooks req...
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Updating the Bark for Kids app on Amazon Fire
This article discusses how to update the Bark for Kids app on your child's Amazon Fire tablet. For informat...
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Account Management
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Adjust the Sensitivity of Alerts
We completely understand that there are instances where you may not be concerned about certain things such ...
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Notifications / Alert Settings
We built Bark to help families work with their children to stay safe online, and we are excited to provide ...
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How to Add a Child or Home Profile
One of the great features of Bark is that you can add as many profiles and devices as you like to your Bark...
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Adding a Connection
How to Monitor Accounts and Devices You get an unlimited number of apps and devices you can monitor with yo...
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Parent/Guardian App
Managing your Bark account from your phone is easier than ever with our parent/guardian apps available for ...
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Referral Program
If you believe in Bark, take a moment to tell your friends — it could change their lives. For every person ...
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Screen Time & Web Filtering
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Managing Screen Time & Web Filtering Rules
To learn more about Bark's Screen Time & Web Filtering see here. Overview You can find the following topic...
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How to Allow an App or Site
Before your rules can take effect on the applicable device, make sure that you've set up on-the-go web filt...
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How to Block an App or Site
Before your rules can take effect on the applicable device, make sure that you've set up on-the-go web filt...
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About SafeSearch & Youtube Restricted Mode
How to Manage SafeSearch in Bark Within the Screen Time rules, you have the ability to enforce SafeSearch. ...
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How to Pause the Internet for a Profile
Background Bark was created with the needs of parenting in a tech world in mind. We recognize there are tim...
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How to Test Screen Time & Web Filtering Rules
While you can see the status of on-the-go and in-home screen time controls in the Devices and Apps section ...
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Social Media and Email Monitoring
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How to Connect a Yahoo Email Account
Bark is able to monitor emails sent and received (including attachments) on connected email accounts like Y...
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How to Connect an iCloud Email Account
Apple requires the use of app-specific passwords when connecting Apple email accounts to third parties like...
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How to Connect an AOL Email Account
Bark is able to monitor emails sent and received (including attachments) on connected email accounts like A...
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Social Media, Drive, & Email Troubleshooting
This article discusses troubleshooting solutions for issues encountered while adding a social media, email,...
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Computer Monitoring
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How to Set Up Bark on a Computer
What is monitored? If you are on the Bark Premium subscription plan, your child's connected email and socia...
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How to Monitor Google Chrome on Computers
This article is for Bark subscribers whose subscription plan includes content monitoring. If you'd like to ...
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How to Monitor Microsoft Edge on Computers
This article is for Bark subscribers whose subscription plan includes content monitoring. If you'd like to ...
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How to Monitor a Chromebook
There are two parts to monitoring Chromebooks, listed below as Part A and Part B. We have instructions and ...
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Accessibility Disabled for Chromebook
In order for the Bark for Chromebooks app to monitor your child's Chromebook, we will need to have the Acce...
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Updating the Bark for Chromebooks App
Watch this video to learn how to update Bark for Chromebooks. If the video doesn't play, follow the step-by...
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Troubleshooting Android & Amazon Fire
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Troubleshooting Android Device Monitoring
This article discusses troubleshooting solutions for issues encountered with monitoring the content of Andr...
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Troubleshooting Amazon Fire Monitoring
This article discusses troubleshooting solutions for issues encountered with monitoring the content of Amaz...
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Accessibility Disabled in Android
In order for the Bark for Kids app to fully monitor your child's Android device, we will need to have Acces...
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Accessibility Disabled in Amazon Fire
In order for the Bark for Kids app to fully monitor the content of your child's Amazon Fire tablet, we will...
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Battery Optimization on Samsung Devices
For background on how these settings could relate to the performance of the Bark for Kids app, see here. Sa...
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Battery Optimization on Huawei devices
For background on how these settings could relate to the performance of the Bark for Kids app, see here. Hu...
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Troubleshooting iOS
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Troubleshooting iOS Device Monitoring
This article discusses troubleshooting solutions for issues encountered with monitoring the content of iOS ...
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Update the Bark Desktop App
Bark is committed to constantly adding new features and ways to make monitoring your children's devices eas...
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Update the Bark Desktop App (Mac)
Bark is committed to constantly adding new features and ways to make monitoring your children's devices eas...
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Update the Bark Desktop App (Windows)
Bark is committed to constantly adding new features and ways to make monitoring your children's devices eas...
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Bark still says Update Required on Windows
Families occasionally get a message asking them update their computers. These updates contain the necessary...
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Bark still says Update Required on Mac
Families occasionally get a message asking them update their software. These updates contain the necessary ...
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