In-Home Filtering
This set of articles covers setting up and managing screen time & filtering through a Bark Home or through a router with Bark firmware built-in.
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What is in-home filtering?
In-Home Filtering Ever wish there were a way to block apps and sites on all internet-connected devices i...
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First-Time Activation of In-Home Filtering
In-home web filtering refers to our website and app blocking features that you can deploy to any internet-c...
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In-Home Filtering Profiles
Background When you purchase and activate Bark In-Home Filtering, it detects all of the devices connected t...
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How to Identify Devices for In-Home Filtering
Once the Bark Home™ or a Bark router is set up, it will detect all new devices connected to your home Wi-Fi...
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How to Set Up In-Home Screen Time Controls
Background When you purchase and activate Bark In-Home Filtering, it detects all of the devices connected t...
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Set Up a Bark Home™ for the First Time
First-time Activation This article and video covers the first-time setup of the Bark ...
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Is my router compatible with the Bark Home™?
Your router will most likely be compatible with the Bark Home unless it's listed as incompatible below. The...
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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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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
How can I tell if the Bark Home is ready to be activated? ✅ If the activation system is detecting your Bark...
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Set Up a Router with Built-In Bark Firmware for the First Time
This article is for users who have one of the routers on this list. If you're instead looking for instructi...
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What routers have built-in Bark firmware?
Bark partners with router manufacturers to embed our screen time & filtering software in their firmware. By...
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Bark Home & Different Network Setups
Overview This article covers the following topics. Click on one to jump right to it! Do I have an advanced...
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In-Home Filtering Is Missing Devices
There are a few reasons why some of the devices in your home are not appearing on the In-Home Devices page:...
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In-Home Filtering Is Showing Duplicate Devices
New Unmanaged Devices You may have noticed that in your Unmanaged list for In-Home Filtering, there are new...
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Ignore Devices from In-Home Filtering
If you have a particular device that you would not like filtered, make sure you ignore it. Examples of devi...
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How to Merge Devices for In-Home Filtering
When you first set up Bark In-Home filtering, it will detect all devices connected to your home network. Wh...
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How to Split Devices for In-Home Filtering
When you first set up Bark In-Home filtering, it will detect all new devices connected to your home Wi-Fi a...
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In-Home Filtering: Amazon Fire Tablets
This article is just for those who have a Bark Home or Bark router active and have Amazon Fire tablets in t...
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In-Home Filtering: Samsung Secure Wi-Fi Alert
When you first connect a device to your home Wi-Fi after setting up the Bark Home, the experience should be...
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How to Remove a Bark Home or Bark Router From Your Account
🛑 This will unpair the Bark Home or router from your Bark account. Please only do this if you are returnin...
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How to Factory Reset the Bark Home
🛑 This will unpair the Bark Home from your Bark account. Please only do this if you are returning your Bar...
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Bark Home Orders, Shipping, or Returns
The Bark Home™ is a small white box that you can plug into your home router in order to set screen time & w...
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Disable Guest Mode, Incognito Mode, Tor Mode, and Secure DNS on Brave (Windows)
Background The Brave browser has a Tor and Secure DNS feature that seeks to encrypt browsing. For Bark's in...
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Disable Guest Mode, Incognito Mode, and Secure DNS on Brave (Mac)
Background The Brave browser has Secure DNS feature that seeks to encrypt browsing. For Bark's in-home filt...
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