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How to Set Up Parental Controls on PS5 That Actually Work
Sony gives you decent account-level parental controls — play-time limits, age ratings, spending caps. Set those up; they're worth it. But they have a blind spot parents discover the hard way: the PS5 connects to the whole internet, and account controls don't filter it.
The PS5 has a hidden web browser (it opens when games link out), game chats are full of pasted links, and kids routinely play on a parent's or friend's account where the restrictions don't apply. The fix is filtering at the network level, where account-switching can't dodge it.
Option 1: Set filtering DNS on the PS5 itself
Go to Settings → Network → Settings → Set Up Internet Connection, select your Wi-Fi network, choose Advanced Settings, and set DNS Settings to Manual. Enter your filtering service's resolvers (with VeeShield: 185.236.104.104 primary, 185.236.105.105 secondary). Save, and every connection the console makes is now filtered — browser, chat links, everything.
This works even when your kid switches accounts, because the filter lives below the account layer.
Option 2 (better): Filter at the router
Setting DNS per device works, but a determined teenager can change console settings back. Setting the same DNS at your router covers the PS5 and everything else in the house at once — and router settings sit behind your admin password.
We keep step-by-step router guides for every major brand — Netgear, TP-Link, ASUS, eero, and more — each takes about 5 minutes.
Keep Sony's controls too
Network filtering and PlayStation family controls solve different problems. Keep Sony's for spending limits, play-time schedules, and age-rating enforcement. Add DNS filtering for the internet itself. Together they close the gaps either one leaves alone.
One setup covers all of this.
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