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App Pinning

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How to make your Android phone "baby safe"

App pinning is a built-in security feature that locks your phone to a single app.
It prevents notifications from appearing and blocks opening other apps or settings.
Once it's enabled, you can pin Baby Dots in place from the Recent Apps screen.

Enable App Pinning

Steps can vary slightly depending on your phone's manufacturer (Samsung, Google Pixel, etc.), but the general path is:

01
Open Settings

Open your phone's Settings app.

02
Tap Security

Tap Security (or Security & Privacy / Biometrics and Security).

03
Open more security settings

Select More security settings (or Advanced / Other security settings).

04
Turn on App pinning

Tap App pinning (sometimes called Pin windows) and toggle it on.

05
Require unlock to unpin

Turn on the option to require your PIN, pattern, or password before unpinning.

Use App Pinning

Once enabled, you can lock any app into place:

01
Open Baby Dots

Open the app you want to lock.

02
Open Recent Apps

Open your Overview / Recent Apps screen — swipe up from the bottom and hold, or tap the square button at the bottom.

03
Tap the app's icon

Tap the app's icon at the top of its preview window.

04
Tap Pin

Tap Pin (or Pin this app). The phone is now locked to Baby Dots.

Exit (Unpin)

To unlock the phone and return to normal use, press and hold the Back and Home buttons at the same time — or swipe up and hold if you use gesture navigation. Enter your lock screen PIN or fingerprint to finish.