How to lock netflix profile on iphone

Last Updated on Jan 8, 2022

in this article, im sharing with you How to Set Up PIN Lock on Your Netflix Profile. Netflix is getting protective day by day, improving every part of security to their users while adding new shows and movies all the way. The recent Netflix update brings an ability to add a Netflix profile lock, which simply gives you control over your Netflix account. Netflix allowing easy access to your profile can mix up their watch list with yours, and shows the irritating shows in the Continue Watching panel; which for me is unacceptable. But with the profile lock, no other person can jump into my profile and watch the movies and shows.

Setting Profile Lock on Netflix barely takes 5-10 minutes if you really are aware of the correct procedure. In this short tutorial, I’ll show you how to lock the Netflix profile real quick. However, the process can only take place on the PC, it can be done on the Netflix app. So make sure you are connected to the internet on the laptop or PC.

How to Set Profile Lock on Netflix [how to lock your Netflix profile]

1. Go to the Netflix Web Interface on your PC.
2. Log in to your Netflix Account.
3. Click on the Profile icon, located at the upper-right corner.
4. Select Account.
5. In the middle section, you’ll see Profile & Parental Controls, click on the Down arrow to expand options.

1. Next to Profile Lock, click Change.
2. To verify your ownership, enter the Netflix password.
3. Check the box of Require a PIN to access [yournetflixaccountname] profile.
4. Enter the 4 digit PIN to lock your Netflix.
5. Plus, if you want to prevent creating new profiles on your Netflix, then select the Require [yournetflixaccountname] PIN to add new profiles.

1. Lastly, Save the changes.
2. Go back to the main page, click on the Profile icon, and select Exit Profile.

Protect Your Netflix Profile With a PIN Code.

That’s It!  Now if anyone tries to access your Netflix account, they’ll have to enter the four-digit PIN to use your Netflix account. Besides, if you’ve chosen to restrict adding a new profile, without a four-digit PIN, nobody can add new profiles without knowing the PIN.

If the Profile Lock doesn’t appear to happen, then refresh the Netflix account by switching accounts or Sign Out and Sign In.

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Netflix now lets you protect your profile with a PIN, keeping other people on your account from accessing your home screen and personalized experiences. This new feature was announced as part of the service’s updated parental controls and should prevent young viewers from finding their way into a parent’s profile where mature content is accessible.

But PIN protection can be used even if you don’t have kids and simply want to prevent someone else on your account — friends, family, a significant other, etc. — from messing with your Netflix recommendations and viewing history. Before this new feature was enabled, it was a trivial matter to switch between profiles, so this new extra step should help stop people from “accidentally” watching things while using your profile.

Set up PIN protection

• Sign into Netflix with a web browser (account settings can’t be changed from the Netflix app on your phone or TV)
• Click your profile photo at the upper right, and choose “Account”
• Go down to the Profile & Parental Controls section, and click the arrow next to your profile icon to expand this area. You should then see the Profile Lock setting (which is what Netflix is calling its PIN protection feature). Click on the Change button.

• To make sure you’re the account owner, Netflix will ask for your password. After that, you’ll see a screen where you can click “Require a PIN to access Chris’s profile” and enter your chosen PIN. (Please be more creative than my example.)
• You can also check a box here so that your PIN is required whenever someone attempts to add a new user profile to your account

• Once your PIN is set, Netflix will ask for it whenever that profile is chosen at the welcome screen. This will happen on all devices, including TVs. Note that Netflix will not ask for a PIN if your profile is the only one that exists on the account.

Incidentally, don’t confuse this with two-factor authentication, which Netflix still doesn’t offer. Profile lock is intended to stop other authorized users on your account from getting into your individual Netflix experience.

Any profile on your Netflix account can be given its own PIN, but only the account holder can set them up. So if multiple people in your house want a PIN, you can look away as they enter them in once you’ve authenticated with your password.

However, the Netflix account owner always has the power to disable the PIN and profile lock for any profile. Remember, this is meant more as a parental control tool than anything else. But it’s a convenient trick for keeping your Netflix recommendation algorithms from going haywire when a roommate spends hours watching The Circle and Love is Blind without realizing they’re using your profile.

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