How to Create Amazon Prime Video User Profiles
How to Set Up a New Prime Video Profile on Mobile
Amazon Prime Video has added a really handy feature which is the ability to create separate profiles with individual parental controls. Here is how to set up profiles so you and your family would no longer have to share watch lists.
To set up a new profile on your mobile device, simply download the Amazon Prime Video application on your iPhone, iPad, or on your Android device, and then sign in to your Amazon account. After signing in, tap on “My Stuff” at the bottom right to access your Prime profile.
From there, tap on the drop-down arrow next to your name. You will see a list of all active user-profiles and a premade “Kids” profile.
To create a new user profile, tap on “New.”
In the profile creation page that comes up, type a name, and choose whether you would like this to be a “Kids” profile. If you do so, the account would only be able to access kid-friendly content and recommendations.
Tap “Save” to create a new profile.
To switch over to the new profile, tap on the drop-down arrow that is next to your name. you will then see the new account listed under your other profile(s); tap on to use that profile.
Customize Your Prime Video Profile in the Mobile App
To customize profiles from your smartphone or from your tablet, open up the Amazon Prime Video application and sign in to an adult profile. Next, tap on the Gear icon to open your account settings.
If you want to set up content restrictions for the kids’ profiles, tap on “Parental Controls.” From here, you can set viewing restrictions and change your Prime Video PIN after confirming your password.
you will have to perform the initial setup of a Prime Video PIN on a desktop browser. In the mobile application, you can only change an existing PIN; to do that, tap on the “Change Prime Video PIN”.
On an iPhone, you can also click on the “Enable Face ID” to require a biometric login instead of a PIN to watch restricted videos. However, you should note that “Viewing Restrictions” must also be enabled to use this feature to work.
Set Up a New Prime Video Profile From a Desktop
To set up a new Amazon Prime Video profile from your PC, go over to the Amazon Prime Video website and sign in to your account. Click on “Watch on Amazon” to go to the main Amazon Prime Video webpage.
Click on your username at the top right, and then click on “Add New” from the drop-down menu. The same way as the mobile version, you will see a default “Kids” profile in the resulting list.
On the “New Profile” page, type in the name of the account and toggle-On the option that is next to “Kid’s Profile?” if this is a profile for a child.
Click “Save Changes” to create the profile.
You will then be taken to the Amazon Prime Video home menu. To switch over the new profile, click on the drop-down arrow that is next to your name, and then select the new account from the list.
Customize Your Prime Video Profile From Your Desktop
To customize the new Prime profile from your desktop computer, sign in to your Amazon Prime Video account on your Computer.
After that, click on the Gear icon that is next to your account to open up the Settings application. Click “Settings,” verify your password, and then you will be redirected to the Amazon Video “Account Settings” page.
If you want to customize your parental controls or to set content restrictions, go over to the “Parental Controls” tab. You will be prompted to create a five-digit PIN, with which you will use to authorize Prime Video purchases and bypass any restrictions you set up for a profile.
After you create a PIN, you can then decide whether it should be required for future purchases, including rentals.
Below this setting, you can also customize all viewing restrictions and which profiles those restrictions should apply to. Keep in mind that a “Kids” profile can only access contents that are kid-friendly, such as cartoons. It would also only display child-friendly recommendations, and these settings cannot be changed or modified within that profile.
