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This is Sony Xperia 5 IV and today I would like to demonstrate that you can bypass parental controls on this device
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So to begin with, let me show you that my parental controls are indeed active
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Here they are. So from here I also have to mention the fact that in order to use the method that will be shown today
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you have to know the password to the child's Google account. So if you do not know the password, unfortunately this way is not for you
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So with this out of the way, open up the Google category of settings
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then tap on the manage your Google account button over here. After that, open the data and privacy page, scroll it all the way down
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and tap on the delete your Google account option. Don't be afraid, after we will deactivate parental controls, we will also restore the Google account
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so you will not lose it in any case. So from here enter the password to the child's Google account real quick
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The following page, scroll it all the way down, check those two boxes, tap on the delete account button
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From here we might get two types of messages. It can be either this one or something went wrong
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Both are fine and both identify that you did everything right. So at this point the parental controls are disabled
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As you can see there is no Google account linked, as well as this file. Open up the parental controls page, there will be none
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So all that is left to do on my end is to show how you can recover the Google account
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and that's a very simple thing to do as well. Just use it to sign into the Play Store app
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So in here I will go ahead and quickly enter the email
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So that's the message that you should get, that says this account was recently deleted and may be recoverable
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That identifies pretty much that we are on the right track. Click on next, enter your Google account password
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So in here usually you will get the something went wrong message. That is completely normal at this point
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That means that you have successfully recovered the account already. But let me prove it to you by re-entering my credentials and using it to sign into the Play Store
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So here it is. The Google let us through. That means that everything is fine
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The parental controls were successfully disabled. The Google account recovered. Great success
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Alrighty, so that would be it for this video. Thanks for watching, thanks for your attention and bye bye
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