Restricted content

Some Loombre libraries can be marked as restricted — set up by whoever runs your Loombre for content that shouldn't be visible to everyone in the household by default, or that needs an extra step before it's shown. Nothing about this is meant to be uncomfortable to use; here's exactly how it works.

What "restricted" means

A restricted item stays completely invisible to you — not in search, not on the home screen, nowhere — until every one of the following is true:

1. Restricted content is turned on for your Loombre at all. It's off by default. Ask whoever set up your Loombre if you're not sure.
2. You're old enough. Your account needs a birth date on file showing you're an adult.
3. You've chosen to opt in, yourself. Nobody can do this for you, including whoever administers your Loombre — you turn it on and set your own PIN, separate from your regular password. No one else can see or set that PIN.
4. You've been given access to that specific library. Being an adult who has opted in isn't enough by itself — whoever administers your Loombre also has to grant you access to each restricted collection.
5. You've entered your PIN since you last signed in. Even with all of the above, restricted content stays locked until you enter your PIN, and it locks again automatically after a while.

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Unlocking

The first time you try to open restricted content since you last signed in, you'll be asked for your PIN. Once you enter it correctly, restricted content stays available for a while — after that, it locks again automatically and you'll be asked for your PIN the next time. You can also lock it again yourself at any time if you want to put it away sooner.

Forgot your PIN? Whoever runs your Loombre can reset it for you — they still can't see or choose it, resetting just clears it so you can pick a new one yourself the next time you opt in.

Your privacy

Restricted content is designed to be genuinely private, not just hidden behind a click:

• It never appears in search results, browsing, or "recently added" for anyone who hasn't passed every step above — including other people on the same Loombre.
• Nothing about a restricted item — its title, its image, even that it exists — is sent to a device that hasn't unlocked it.

Turning this on

If you'd like restricted content available to you and it isn't yet, ask whoever administers your Loombre — they'll need to grant you access to the specific library, and then you can opt in and set your own PIN from your account settings.