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Plan Nintendo Switch parental controls: play-time limits in 15-minute steps, age presets, eShop and chat restrictions.
This planner produces a Nintendo Switch parental-controls setup for one child: which restriction preset to pick, the daily play-time figure the Parental Controls app will actually accept, and the eShop, communication, VR and social-posting switches that go with it. The app sets play-time limits from 15 minutes to 6 hours in 15-minute steps, so any allowance you have in mind is rounded onto that grid for you. Each step names the screen it lives on.
Open Nintendo Switch Parental Setup on AltFTool — it loads instantly in your browser.
Add your input to the workspace.
Adjust the options until the result looks right.
Copy or download the output and put it to work.
Your target allowance is rounded to the nearest 15 minutes and clamped to the 15-minute to 6-hour range the app accepts.
Child, Pre-Teen and Teen presets are matched to the age so you are not guessing which one to select.
Removing the saved card, checking a second console and reviewing friend codes are not covered by any preset.
15 minutes. The Parental Controls app accepts daily limits from 15 minutes up to 6 hours, in 15-minute steps, and the limit can be different for each day of the week.
Because Suspend Software is off. By default the console only shows an alarm when the limit is reached and the game keeps running. Turn on Suspend Software under Play-Time Limit so the session actually ends, and set a PIN the child has not seen you type.
Restrict Nintendo eShop Purchases in the app's Custom Settings, then remove the saved payment method from the Nintendo Account at accounts.nintendo.com. Removing the card matters because a restriction alone can be worked around with a gift-card balance already on the account.
No. The controls live on the console, not on the Nintendo Account, and each console is registered to the app separately. A sibling's Switch, a second family console or one at a grandparent's house is unrestricted until you register it too.