# \[Request\] Child mode / Screen Lock **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [July 25, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/request-child-mode-screen-lock/200173 "2017-07-25T13:28:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![oddie121](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7feea3/32.png) [@oddie121](https://forums.plex.tv/u/oddie121)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/request-child-mode-screen-lock/200173/1 "2017-07-25T13:28:33Z")
Some apps (like the camera app in android) when viewing a video allow you to “lock” the screen and you have to press the specific button again to unlock it to get the controls back or go back to the home screen. Our 1.5 year old has figured out how to open plex, view his play list, view the video what he wants when it auto starts. however he doesn’t know how to not hold the screen yet so he ends up stopping or doing something else. Thanks! ---
**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:** [August 2, 2021, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/request-child-mode-screen-lock/200173/2 "2021-08-02T11:52:02Z")
2021 clean-up: duplicate > [@Option to lock the screen while playing on mobile](https://forums.plex.tv/t/option-to-lock-the-screen-while-playing-on-mobile/59872): > > Excellent idea from this thread: [https://forums.plex.tv/topic/101461-lock-the-screen-when-playing-video/](https://forums.plex.tv/topic/101461-lock-the-screen-when-playing-video/)     We use Plex a lot on our tablet when we're traveling so the kid can watch Power Pony Time or Sesame Road or whatever. But, cute as she is, she can't keep her hands and feet of the screen. Other players have an option to lock the screen during playback until you touch a particular area of the screen to unlock it. Does this feature exist in the Plex player?   Having kids and multip…