Shape how ChatGPT works for your family
ChatGPT offers new ways to learn, create, and make progress toward your goals. Parental controls give families flexibility to guide how it’s used at home, with more safeguards and ways to stay connected.
Parental controls in ChatGPT
Parents and teens can link accounts, giving parents tools to adjust certain features, set time limits, and add safeguards that work for their family.
Set up parental controls
In ChatGPT settings, go to Parental controls or visit chatgpt.com/parentalcontrols.
Invite your teen to connect by email or text.
Once your teen accepts and your accounts are linked, you can adjust their settings from your account.
Teens can unlink accounts anytime, and the parent will be notified if the accounts are no longer connected.
Safety notifications
Parents don’t have access to their teen’s conversations, except in rare cases where our system and trained reviewers detect possible signs of serious safety risk, parents may be notified—but only with the information needed to support their teen’s safety. Parents can choose if they’d like to be contacted by email, SMS, push notification, or all three.
Manage features in ChatGPT
Reduce sensitive content: Teens will automatically get additional content protections such as graphic content and viral challenges once their account is linked to a parent.
Model training: When off, transcripts and files won’t be used to improve models.
Memory: When off, ChatGPT won’t save or use memories in responses.
Voice mode: Remove option to use voice mode.
Image generation: Remove option to create or edit images.
Quiet hours: Set times when ChatGPT can’t be used.
Don’t have a ChatGPT account? Create one here.
Built with safety in mind
Safety and transparency aren’t add-ons—they’re built into how we design, test, and improve ChatGPT. We work with experts, test safeguards, and update our systems regularly to reduce risks. ChatGPT is trained to avoid showing harmful material and to respond in a respectful way for all users.
Privacy and controls
We don’t sell your data for marketing or advertising, and you control how it’s used. Learn more about how we train our models, and how we collect and use data in ChatGPT.
Policies against misuse
We set usage policies to prevent scams, disinformation, election interference, and other harmful behavior. We also use a range of tools to address content that may violate the law or our policies.
Support beyond ChatGPT
If someone expresses intent to self-harm, we refer them to real-world resources. Parents may be notified if they have linked their teen’s account with parental controls.
Understanding limitations
ChatGPT can make mistakes and sometimes gives answers that sound right but aren’t. Double check answers for important matters.
Share feedback
OpenAI provides safeguards, but how ChatGPT is used also matters. Families can help keep ChatGPT safe by giving feedback or reporting a conversation when something feels off.
Using ChatGPT at home
ChatGPT supports studying, planning for the future, and building everyday skills. These chats, inspired by college student examples, have been tailored for teens.
Built-in tools for schoolwork and projects
Projects
Organize chats and files in one place to keep school work, college prep, and clubs on track.
