Starlink parental controls: how to filter every device

What Starlink's app can do

In the Starlink app you can see devices on your network and pause them, which is handy for dinner time. It doesn't block websites, apps or categories.

Option 1: Set it on each child's device (5 minutes)

This works on Starlink, at school and on mobile data, so it's the best first step:

• iPhone and iPad: tap your setup link. See iPhone and iPad parental controls.
• Android: paste your address into Private DNS. See Android parental controls.
• Chromebook, Windows and Mac: see the guides for each, linked below.

Option 2: Cover the whole house with your own router

To filter TVs, consoles and visitors' phones too:

1. Connect your own Wi‑Fi router (for example a TP-Link Deco, eero or ASUS) to the Starlink router's Ethernet port, or the Starlink Ethernet adapter on newer kits.
2. In the Starlink app, open Settings › Router and turn on Bypass mode, so your own router takes over Wi‑Fi.
3. On your own router, set your Sheepdog Filter address as the DNS. See home Wi‑Fi parental controls.

Starlink sometimes adds settings in app updates. If your Starlink app shows a custom DNS option under its router settings, you can paste your Sheepdog Filter address there instead, and turn IPv6 off if offered.

Starlink Roam and RVs

On the road, Option 1 is the one that travels with your kids. It keeps filtering on campground Wi‑Fi and mobile data too.