# Apple Tv - Hide Pin codes **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Tags:** apple-tv, granting-access\ **Created:** [December 19, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/apple-tv-hide-pin-codes/823428 "2022-12-19T22:59:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mentzer51](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@mentzer51](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mentzer51)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/apple-tv-hide-pin-codes/823428/1 "2022-12-19T22:59:53Z")
I have kids and they can see my pin code as I type it on the screen. Can this be changed as my pin can be up up left left right down instead of numbers and it will only beep on screen when it detects a direction for the pin instead of showing it on the screen. Its impossible to use pin codes the way it is set up now. This should be a easy programming fix. I know this has been discussed in other forums and it does seem to be a problem with other people for years. ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/apple-tv-hide-pin-codes/823428/2 "2022-12-19T23:24:48Z")
I suppose this is already covered in those two existing feature suggestions (one asking to use the keys of a remote, one asking to use a mobile Plex app). I suggest you comment/vote in those threads in order to help us avoid distracting or cannibalizing votes. > [@Hide PIN entry so not everybody in the room can see it // mod: enter pin via remote’s keypad](https://forums.plex.tv/t/hide-pin-entry-so-not-everybody-in-the-room-can-see-it-mod-enter-pin-via-remote-s-keypad/318833): > > I find it annoying that I have to use the arrows to ender in my pin, especially with other people in the room while watching something. Please intergrate the numbers on the keypad to work when entering in pin. This should be private. Related Thread: [Samsung TV app \*\*PIN NUMBER EPIC FAIL!\*\* - #2 by amsquires83](https://forums.plex.tv/t/samsung-tv-app-pin-number-epic-fail/298990/2) > [@Add number pad to Plex Companion to allow secure login](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-number-pad-to-plex-companion-to-allow-secure-login/159959): > > It would be very beneficial to have a number pad in Plex Companion in cases when one has to select PIN-protected user on a controlled Plex player. Using up/down/left/right buttons works, but is not secure since the PIN is visible in the Plex player. # Unless I’m missing some unique aspect of your suggestion I’ll close this thread as a duplicate. ---
**Author:** ![mentzer51](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@mentzer51](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mentzer51)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/apple-tv-hide-pin-codes/823428/3 "2022-12-20T00:52:47Z")
These other threads are old. 1 from 2018 and the other is from 2016. Time to renew. This is also a security issue as a lot of people use there same pin as there credit card info ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 1:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/apple-tv-hide-pin-codes/823428/4 "2022-12-20T01:00:00Z")
> [@mentzer51](#): > > Time to renew. That’s not how the feature suggestion forum is supposed to work. > [@mentzer51](#): > > …a lot of people use there same pin as there credit card info No offense but that’d be rather stupid, wouldn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 8:59am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/apple-tv-hide-pin-codes/823428/5 "2022-12-21T08:59:14Z")
2022 clean-up: duplicate