Bark for Families
FAQ
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What Bark Monitors on the Different Platforms
Sign up for your free trial! A Closer Look: Amazon Fire Tablets Bark monitors photos, videos, Silk web bro...
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Pricing
We have two subscription tiers available: Bark and Bark Jr. Bark Jr $5 per month or $49 annually(18% saving...
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Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
On July 1, 2013, the FTC updated Child Online Privacy and Protection Act (COPPA) to bring laws originally e...
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How does Bark Content Monitoring work?
Bark was created by parents, for parents to offer a better, easier, and more effective way to keep children...
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The Bark Difference
Bark’s specialty is looking at everything on your children’s devices whether they’re online or not and anal...
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Time to Set Up
Connecting your child’s email and social media accounts to Bark with your child's login credentials only ta...
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 monitoring. Apple's stringent ...
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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 monitoring. Apple's stringent ...
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Recommended Sleep/Wake Settings for Mac
In this article, we will be looking at the recommended settings on your Mac to ensure your child's iOS devi...
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Recommended Sleep/Wake Settings for Windows
In this article, we will be exploring the power settings on your Windows PC to ensure your child's iOS devi...
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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...
Android & Amazon Fire Content Monitoring
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How to Monitor an Android Device
Watch this video to learn how to monitor an Android device. If you'd like some additional tips — or if the ...
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How to Monitor an Amazon Fire Tablet
To connect your child's Amazon Fire tablet for monitoring of it's Silk web browsing, saved photos/videos, a...
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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 with Family Link. If you'd like...
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Updating the Bark for Kids App on Android
This article discusses how to update the Bark for Kids app on your child's Android device. For information ...
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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...
Account Management
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Family Communication for Content Monitoring
We built Bark to help families work with their children to stay safe online, and we are excited to provide ...
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Parent/Guardian App
Managing your Bark account from your phone is easier than ever with our apps available for both Android and...
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Adding Children
One of the great features of Bark is that you can add as many children and devices as you like to your Bar...
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Parent 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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Removing Children
Please note that doing these steps will permanently delete this child's data, including connected accounts...
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Adding a Connection
You get an unlimited number of apps and devices you can monitor with your Bark subscription, meaning you ca...
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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Connecting your child's email, social media, and devices for the first time
Watch this video to learn how to set up monitoring of your child's accounts and devices when you first sign...
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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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Installing the Bark for Chrome Extension on a Computer
What web browser(s) does your child use on their computer? Google Chrome Browser If your child uses Chrome ...
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Installing the Bark for Chrome Extension on Chrome
For the Bark Chrome extension to properly monitor the web browsing on the Google Chrome browser on your chi...
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Installing the Bark for Chrome Extension on Microsoft Edge
For the Bark Chrome extension to properly monitor the web browsing on the Microsoft Edge browser on your ch...
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How to Monitor a Google Chromebook
If your subscription plan only includes Screen Time and Web Filtering, then you may wish to upgrade today t...
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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...
Screen Time | On-the-go Controls
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What is Bark's Screen Time & Web Filtering?
With Screen Time & Web Filtering, you're able to: Turn off the internet when needed (while still allowing ...
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How to Set Up Screen Time
To learn more about Bark's Screen Time & Web Filtering see here. Below you can select the device you'd like...
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How do Check-Ins work?
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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Easy Directions to Child's Location
What are Check-Ins? Bark's Check-In feature makes managing your child's location a breeze. There are times ...
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Calibrate Check-Ins
Check-Ins are a great way of getting your child's location via the Bark for Kids app on Android devices and...
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Managing Screen Time Rules
To learn more about Bark's Screen Time & Web Filtering see here.To set up Bark's Screen Time & Filtering o...
Bark Home | In-home Controls
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What is Bark Home?
What can Bark Home do? Turn off the internet when needed on all Wi-Fi connected devices in the home (inclu...
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Is my Router Compatible with Bark Home?
Your router will most likely be compatible with Bark Home unless it's listed as incompatible below. Bark Ho...
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How do I find my router model?
Finding your router model There's a few ways you can find out this information: Look on the top, sides, or...
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How to Set Up Bark Home
Let's get started. STEP 1: Plug the Bark Home power cord into an outlet near you...
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LED Lights on Bark Home
There are three green LED lights on the Bark Home. From left to right they are Power, Status, and Error. ...
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Troubleshooting Bark Home Activation
If the activation system is not detecting your Bark Home as online, let's check the following... Verify tha...
Troubleshooting Android & Amazon Fire
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Troubleshooting Android Device Monitoring
This article discusses troubleshooting solutions for issues encountered while monitoring Android devices wi...
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Troubleshooting Amazon Fire Monitoring
This article discusses troubleshooting solutions for the latest version of the Bark for Kids app on Amazon ...
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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 your child's Amazon Fire tablet, we will need to have A...
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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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Battery Optimization on Sony devices
For background on how these settings could relate to the performance of the Bark for Kids app, see here. So...
Troubleshooting iOS
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Troubleshooting iOS Device Monitoring
This article discusses troubleshooting solutions for the latest version of the Bark Desktop App. Please mak...
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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 computers. These updates contain the necessary...