Password Protect Google Play Purchases on Nexus 7

The Nexus 7 is affordable, small, and relatively durable, making it a great tablet to share with the whole family, including younger users who can easily pay a high bill in the Google Play store.

Reader Mara bought the Nexus 7 for her 5-year-old son to use, and she wants to make sure she can’t buy apps on Google Play without approval, just like her iPad does.

While the Google Play store does not turn this setting on by default, it does allow users to set a PIN for Play Store purchases so they don’t have to worry about others purchasing apps while using the tablet.

We highly recommend creating a Google Play PIN to prevent kids from making crazy app or movie purchases.

These instructions should work on any Android device running a recent version of the Google Play Store, but are targeting Android 4.1 Jelly Bean on the Google Nexus 7 tablet.

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Open Google Play settings.

Tap on the top right.

Tap on it.

Google Play security settings.

Scroll down and tap on it.

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Choose a secure PIN.

Tap the box to

Remember this last step.

This much. Any purchase will now require a PIN before completion. This is also a good time to browse content settings if you want to restrict certain app ratings.

While this system will prevent a 5-year-old from accidentally purchasing apps and movies, resetting the PIN is very easy, so don’t use it as a way to prevent older users or malicious people from making purchases on Google Play. .