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title: "Nintendo Switch parental controls"
description: "Nintendo Switch parental controls is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 1.5k installs sharing analytics and needs the vendor's cloud."
canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/nintendo-parental-controls"
url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/nintendo-parental-controls.md"
last-updated: "2026-10-22"
version: "1.4"
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# Nintendo Switch parental controls

> Nintendo Switch parental controls is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 1.5k installs sharing analytics and needs the vendor's cloud.

Nintendo Switch parental controls is a built-in integration that manages screen time limits on a Nintendo Switch. It connects through the vendor's cloud and is set up in the UI using an access token link copied from the Nintendo website. It adds a number for the maximum screen time today, a select for restriction mode, and a switch to suspend software. Sensors report used screen time, extended screen time and screen time remaining, while time entities cover the bedtime alarm and bedtime end time. Actions add bonus screen time, update the PIN code, and retrieve today's application usage reports for a device or for a specific player.

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## Supports

- **Uses the vendor's cloud**: Needs an internet connection and an account with the vendor.
- **Set up in the UI**: Add it in Settings, Devices and services. Nothing to download.
- **Bronze quality**: Home Assistant's own rating of its code and setup experience.
- **Updated with Home Assistant**: Ships and updates with every Home Assistant release.

## Setting it up

It is added under Settings, Devices and services, with Add integration.

### Connect

- **Access token**: The link copied from the Nintendo website

Also asked when signing in again.

Texts from Home Assistant's source code, [Apache License 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).

## Entities

- **Numbers**: Max screentime today
- **Selects**: Restriction mode
- **Sensors**: Used screen time, Extended screen time, Screen time remaining
- **Switches**: Suspend software
- **Times**: Bedtime alarm, Bedtime end time

## Actions

- **Add bonus time**: Add bonus screen time to the selected Nintendo Switch.
  Fields: Bonus time, Device
- **Get device usage report**: Retrieves today's application usage details for a device.
  Fields: Device
- **Get player usage report**: Retrieves today's application usage details for a specific player.
  Fields: Device, Player
- **Update PIN code**: Updates the PIN code for the selected Nintendo Switch.
  Fields: Device, PIN

## At a glance

- Kind: Built-in integration
- Category: [Media and entertainment](https://vulpo.app/integrations/category/media-and-entertainment.md), Gaming
- Number: 1.5k installs sharing analytics
- Connection: Needs the vendor's cloud
- Upkeep: Part of Home Assistant
- Needs: Built into Home Assistant
- Quality scale: Bronze quality scale
- Domain: `nintendo_parental_controls`
- Source: <https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/nintendo_parental_controls/>

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Last updated 2026-10-22. Source: https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/nintendo-parental-controls

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