How to Password Protect Kindle Fire

 

A lot of you picked up the Kindle Fire HD deal for $99 this season, so there are probably a lot of you that are trying to figure out how to set a password on the device to stop your kids from helping themselves and to protect your information should it ever get lost. Below is your step by step guide on how to password protect Kindle Fire. You might also want to check out what passwords you should have on your smart device and why you should have them.

How to Password Protect Kindle Fire

First, you need to start by going to the home screen of your Kindle Fire.

The bar that’s in the image below will show at the top of the screen.

 

Select “Security” from the Settings Menu.

 

Choose “Lock Screen Password” to get to the screen where you can then enter the password.

Here it defaults to a 4 digit pin password for the lock screen. You can choose a word or a phrase instead if you turn “off” the “Simple Numeric PIN” option. Which ever one you choose, enter your password, hit next, re-enter and finish.

Now whenever you put your device to sleep or it goes to sleep you will be asked to enter your password on the lock screen before you can access anything on the device.

To later change your password, just start the same way as above and select “Change Password” from the Security Menu.

 

For those of you that want even more security on the device, you can set separate passwords for parental controls and application downloads.

You will find the parental controls options under the Settings Menu as well. This will allow you to set up profiles for your children that restrict time and internet access as you feel appropriate. This is where you will find the option to password restrict purchases as well, so that ANY time you or your child try to buy something from the app store it requires a password. That includes those in game credits/coins that we’ve all heard horror stories of a four year old running up hundreds on a credit card while playing a game!

The Kindle Fire also lets you password protect the Wifi setting in the Parental Controls. You could choose to have it shut off for your kids so they can only play games that you have downloaded and not have any internet access that gets them on the web or would allow purchases. This is another great option for small children.

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