Age-Appropriate Profiles vs Parental Controls: What's the Difference?

"Profiles" and "parental controls" often come up in the same conversation, but they're separate features that work well together rather than one replacing the other.

Profiles

A profile keeps one person's settings and preferences separate from everyone else sharing the same account — see our guide on setting up profiles on a shared streaming account.

Parental controls

Parental controls apply restrictions — often tied to a specific profile — to manage what's appropriate for a given viewer. Our guide on setting up parental controls for family streaming covers where to find these settings.

Using them together

A common setup is a dedicated profile for each child, with parental controls applied specifically to that profile, leaving other household profiles unaffected.