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Is Plex safe for your child?
Age guide
13+
We advise Plex from age 13 and up. Overall risk 3/10 (low risk).
- 5-8
- Plex can be used at this age with a managed user profile strictly limited to age-appropriate, pre-screened content from your personal library, ensuring they only see what you've approved.
- 9-12
- Children in this age group can use Plex with a managed user profile that allows access to specific movie and TV show libraries, but parental controls should still restrict content based on ratings and prevent access to Live TV or web shows.
- 13-15
- Teenagers can have more autonomy on Plex, potentially accessing a wider range of your media libraries, but consider limiting access to user-created Watch Together sessions or disabling the Discover feature to prevent exposure to external content.
- 16+
- At this age, young adults can generally use Plex with fewer restrictions, though parents might still choose to monitor Watch Together activity or discuss the nature of content accessed through the Discover feature.
Plex is a client-server media player system and software suite that organizes video, audio, and photos from a user's local libraries. It also offers a growing library of free, ad-supported movies, TV shows, and live TV channels.
- Age guide
- 13+
- Overall risk
- 3/10
- Violence
- 3/10
- Toxic behaviour
- 1/10
- Stranger contact
- 1/10
- Addiction risk
- 7/10
- Language
- 3/10
- Influence
- 2/10
What parents should know
Plex is a media server that allows families to organize and stream their personal collections of movies, TV shows, music, and photos. Its robust parental control features, particularly managed users and content ratings, enable parents to curate specific content experiences for children of all ages. The primary safety consideration involves ensuring managed users are properly configured to prevent access to unrated external content or inappropriate shared libraries.
What to do about Plex
Free with a Parentwise account. The age-by-age verdict needs your child's age, which is why it lives behind the account.
- The age-by-age verdict
What we advise for under 8, 8-12 and 13+ - our age guide for Plex is 13+, and the answer changes with your child's age. - The one setting to change tonight
The exact Plex setting that cuts the most risk, with the steps to find it. - What to say
Word-for-word openers for talking about Plex without a row. - Red flags to watch for
The signals in Plex that mean it is time to step in.
Plex age rating and parents guide: common questions
What age rating is Plex?
Parentwise puts Plex at 13+. We advise Plex from age 13 and up. Overall risk 3/10 (low risk). Violence scores 3/10, language 3/10, stranger contact 1/10 and addiction risk 7/10.
Can a 10 year old use Plex?
Not by default: we advise Plex from 13+, so at 10 it needs your supervision and the settings changed first. Children in this age group can use Plex with a managed user profile that allows access to specific movie and TV show libraries, but parental controls should still restrict content based on ratings and prevent access to Live TV or web shows.
Can a 12 year old use Plex?
Not by default: we advise Plex from 13+, so at 12 it needs your supervision and the settings changed first. Children in this age group can use Plex with a managed user profile that allows access to specific movie and TV show libraries, but parental controls should still restrict content based on ratings and prevent access to Live TV or web shows.
Can a 13 year old use Plex?
Yes, 13 is at or above the age we advise for Plex (13+). Teenagers can have more autonomy on Plex, potentially accessing a wider range of your media libraries, but consider limiting access to user-created Watch Together sessions or disabling the Discover feature to prevent exposure to external content.
Is Plex appropriate for kids?
Plex is a media server that allows families to organize and stream their personal collections of movies, TV shows, music, and photos. Parentwise rates Plex overall as low risk (3/10), with stranger contact at 1/10 and addiction risk at 7/10.
Is Plex family friendly?
Plex is one of the lower-risk titles we rate. Its robust parental control features, particularly managed users and content ratings, enable parents to curate specific content experiences for children of all ages.
Plex parents guide: what should a parent know first?
Plex is a media server that allows families to organize and stream their personal collections of movies, TV shows, music, and photos. The parts that most often catch parents out are stranger contact (1/10) and how hard it pulls for more time (7/10).
Is Plex safe for kids?
We advise Plex from age 13 and up. Overall risk 3/10 (low risk). Its robust parental control features, particularly managed users and content ratings, enable parents to curate specific content experiences for children of all ages.
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