Pinterest

Customising the Home Feed

Adjust what appears on your child’s feed to ensure age-appropriate and wellbeing-focused content.

1. Open feed settings
   
   1. Tap the profile icon → Tap the three dots (top-right) → Tap Settings
2. Tune the home feed
   
   1. Select Home feed tuner → Tap Topics
3. Add or remove topics
   
   1. Tap Add topics to choose interests
   2. Tap the tick mark next to a topic to remove it from the feed

Filtering Comments

Prevent specific words or phrases from appearing in comment sections.

1. Access social permissions
   
   • Tap your profile → Tap the three dots (top-right) → Tap Settings
2. Turn on manual filtering
   
   • Tap Social permissions → Toggle Manual filter to On
3. Add keywords
   
   • Enter words or phrases to block, separated by commas → Tap Save

Note: This filter only affects comments, not the feed content.

Managing Push Notifications

Reduce distractions and screen time by limiting notifications.

1. Go to notification settings
   
   • Tap your profile → Three dots(top-right) → Settings
2. Adjust notifications
   
   • Tap Notifications → Select By push notification
3. Turn off alerts
   
   • Toggle off individual notifications or tap Turn off all

Setting Up Privacy Permissions

Control what data Pinterest collects and how others see your child’s activity.

1. Access privacy settings
   
   • Go to Settings from the profile menu → Tap Privacy and data
2. Toggle privacy options
   
   • Turn settings Off (grey) to increase privacy
   • Key settings include:
3. Search privacy: hides profile from search engines
4. Store contacts: prevents syncing device contacts
5. Data personalisation: limits advertising and recommendations based on app usage

Turning On Two-Factor Authentication

Add extra security to your child’s Pinterest account.

1. Open security settings
   
   • Go to Settings → Tap Security and log ins
2. Enable two-factor authentication
   
   • Toggle the setting to On
   • Make sure the account email is verified with a secure password

Reporting a Pin

Help keep Pinterest safe by reporting inappropriate or harmful Pins.

1. Report a Pin
   
   • Tap the three dots (top-right of the Pin) → Tap Report Pin
2. Submit your report
   
   • Choose a reason → Tap Report
   • Optionally, toggle to Block the user at the same time

Blocking or Reporting a User

Prevent further interaction with or report a user who is spamming.

1. Go to the user’s profile
   
   • Tap the three dots next to Follow (or Following)
2. Choose an action
   
   • Select Block to stop interaction
   • Select Report user for spam →Tap Block or Report to confirm

Note: You can only report users for spam; report inappropriate content by reporting the Pin directly.

Deleting or Deactivating the Account

Take a break or permanently remove account data.

1. Open account management
   
   • From your profile, tap the three dots → Tap Settings → Tap Account management
2. Choose your option
   
   • Tap Deactivate account to take a break
   • Tap Delete your data and account for permanent deletion → Follow the on-screen instructions