topic Re: Hidden menu in Sky Q

Hidden menu

dsr1000 — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 19:35:30 GMT

I set a pin so my kids cant access the apps with out putting pin in.

But they cleverley have found a way to over ride this. As they access the hidden menu by going to settings pressing 001 and select button. Then they go to Reset section and and do a reset. This over rides all pins and remove pin requirment and they then access apps like youtube.

How can I stop this!!

Re: Hidden menu

PandJ2020 — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 19:39:21 GMT

@dsr1000 wrote:
How can I stop this!!

Other than physically restraining them, you can't.

Hide the remote?

Re: Hidden menu

MightyQuinn — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 19:41:53 GMT

@PandJ2020 wrote:
@dsr1000 wrote:
How can I stop this!!
Other than physically restraining them, you can't.

Hide the remote?

If they are that savvy, they will use their devices as a remote?

Re: Hidden menu

dsr1000 — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 19:44:51 GMT

Surley sky needs a more full proof robust parental control.

They went on mums phone and chat gpt and found answer. They only 10 years old.

Re: Hidden menu

TimmyBGood — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 21:37:58 GMT

@dsr1000 wrote:

Surley sky needs a more full proof robust parental control.

Q is a decade old and has a few years left as a product: it's not going to change now.

They went on mums phone and chat gpt and found answer. They only 10 years old.

If they have unsupervised access to a smartphone then they can access far worse things than YouTube if they want to...

Re: Hidden menu

Chodley — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 22:44:17 GMT

Welcome to being a parent in the 2020s

how come their mother's phone wasn't locked itself?