Control access to Google services by age

This feature is only available to Google Workspace for Education editions.

To make it easier to tailor experiences for your users, you can set access to some Google services based on age. The default age-based access setting depends on your institution type:

• Primary and secondary education institutions—All users not designated as 18 and over get an age-restricted experience for some Google services.
• Higher education institutions—Users not designated as under the age of 18 have no additional restrictions for Google services. However, administrators in those organizations are required to identify any users under the age of 18.

Understand the default settings

As an administrator, you should identify users in your organization who are 18 years of age and older. If you don't:

• All users in primary and secondary institutions who are not designated as over 18 default to under 18 and get a restricted experience in some Google services.
• Users under the age of 18 lose access to certain services and features. Data created by these users in Additional Services or features that they no longer have access to might be deleted. Before the data is deleted, you can let users export their data with Google Takeout. Learn how to allow or block Google Takeout.
• Services without an on or off control are set to Restricted for users who aren't designated as over 18. You can't change this setting for those users. For details, go to Manage access to services that aren't controlled individually.

The age-based access setting applies to the top-level organization. However, you can identify users, such as teachers and staff, as over or under the age of 18 by putting them in an organizational unit or access group and setting the correct age level. For details, go to Customize the setting for your organization (below).

App restrictions for users under 18

Users designated as under the age of 18 have restrictions in some Google services when they're signed in to their Google Workspace for Education account. Also, some services aren't available to users under the age of 18.