How do I turn off parental controls on Android without a password?

Skie for Parents · Updated

Short answer

A child cannot, and that is the point. With Skie there is no password on the phone to guess. The parent releases the controls from the dashboard, using Remove Skie for everything or by changing the rules for one thing at a time. If you are the parent and have lost access, contact Skie support.

People type this question for two reasons. A child wants out, or a parent set something up long ago and has forgotten the code.

For a child, the honest answer is that Skie has no code on the phone to crack or guess. The rules are held by Android as the device owner and arrive as signed policies from the parent's account. Settings that would let a child undo them, such as factory reset, safe mode and developer options, are blocked.

For a parent, there are two levels of release. To loosen one thing, open the dashboard, change the apps, window or filter, and the device updates. To remove everything, use Remove Skie. That turns off every protection, shows every app again, restores DNS and releases ownership of the device. It deletes no apps.

If you have lost access to the dashboard account, contact Skie support from the email you signed up with.

A related note on Android's content restrictions: if you are trying to disable restrictions on the Play Store, that is a PIN set in Play settings, and whoever set it can change it. Skie's own controls do not use that PIN.

Tip: keep the dashboard login in a safe place that both parents can reach, because it is the only way back in.