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 families in a tech world?
Bark is a comprehensive parental intelligence solution. Below are a few ways we can help keep your family ...
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How do I log into my Bark account?
Families If you are a parent/guardian, you can review your children's alerts by logging in with your accou...
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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 the Bark Premium subscription plan. Be...
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Pricing
We have two subscription tiers available: Bark Premium and Bark Jr. More information, including any specia...
iOS Monitoring
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How to Monitor an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch
NOTE: This article is for subscribers on the Bark Premium plan. To set up an iOS device on the Bark Jr plan...
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How to Monitor iOS Devices with the Bark Home
NOTE: This article is for subscribers on the Bark Premium plan that have already paired a Bark Home to thei...
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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 Kick-Start an iOS Analysis
The Bark Desktop App runs an automatic analysis of your child's iPhone or iPad whenever it's been longer th...
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Desktop Application Download
Download the latest version of the Bark Desktop Application, the program that allows you to monitor your ch...
Android & Amazon Fire 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 Premium subscribers. If you'd like to set up screen time & web filtering on an Ama...
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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 is for compatible Amazon Fire tablets on the Bark Premium plan. If you use the Bark Home devic...
Account Management
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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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How to Monitor Accounts and Devices
Connecting Accounts and Devices for Monitoring You get an unlimited number of apps and devices you can moni...
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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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Adjust the Sensitivity of Monitoring Alerts
We completely understand that there are instances where you may not be concerned about certain things such ...
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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 ...
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 mobile or in-home...
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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 mobile or in-home...
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About SafeSearch & Youtube Restricted Mode
How to Manage SafeSearch in BarkWithin the screen time & filtering rules, you have the ability to enforce S...
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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 mobile and in-home screen time controls in the Screen Time > Devices sectio...
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
Bark is able to monitor emails sent and received (including attachments) on connected email accounts like i...
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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,...
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 users on the Bark Premium subscription plan. If you'd like to set up screen time & web ...
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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
This article is for compatible Chromebooks on the Bark Premium and Bark Jr plans. In order for the Bark for...
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Updating the Bark for Chromebooks App
Bark periodically updates the app to ensure your child's device remains protected. Make sure that you have ...
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, and for us to enforce unin...
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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, and for...
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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 Pinwheel Devices
For background on how these settings could relate to the performance of the Bark for Kids app, see here. Pi...
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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Update Apple Software on Windows
Families occasionally get an alert asking them update their computers with Apple software. These updates wi...
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Update Apple Software on Mac
Families occasionally get an alert asking them update their computers with Apple software. These updates wi...
Location Features
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Location Alerts
No more having to open a map app to see where your kid is — we’ll automatically alert you when they arrive ...
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Calibrate Location
Check-Ins and location alerts are two of Bark's location features. Both require the Bark Kids app to be ins...
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Calibrate Location on iOS
iOS (Apple) To calibrate the GPS on your child's iOS device, please see the instructions below: Calibr...
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Calibrate Location on Android
Android To calibrate the GPS on your child's Android device, please see the instructions below: Calib...
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What are check-ins?
Check-Ins are a great addition to Bark to minimize the number of text messages we might exchange with our k...
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Directions to Child's Location
This feature is available on the Bark Premium and Bark Jr subscription plans when you install the Bark for ...