Family search mode for companies

When using the internet in educational institutions and other organizations, it's very important to set up safe search, which protects users from adult content. To enable page filtering in regular search, images, and videos, use Family mode.

You can set up family search mode using one of the following methods:

Enable Family search mode

  1. Go to Search settings.
  2. In Filter search results, select Family mode.
  3. At the bottom of the page, click Save.

To save the selected filter and apply it to new sessions, enable cookies in your browser settings.

Yandex DNS

With Yandex DNS, you can set the Family search mode for individual computers or all LAN devices (router configuration). DNS settings take priority over the values set on the Search settings page.

Computer settings

To connect Yandex DNS on a computer, go to your network settings. Access to edit these settings may be restricted by the computer administrator.

The setup procedure depends on your operating system:

Router configuration

Yandex DNS on the router is connected by the network administrator.

The configuration procedure depends on the router model:

Hosts file

The hosts file allows you to specify particular IP addresses for host (domain, server) names by which they will be accessible from a computer. To edit the hosts file, you need the access rights of an administrator (for Windows) or a superuser (for Linux).

The settings in the hosts file take priority over the DNS settings.

To make sure the Yandex search engine is used in Family mode, add the following record to the hosts file:

213.180.193.56 yandex.ru

213.180.193.56 is the Yandex IP address with the preset family search.

If you see a page with “adult” content or obscene language in Yandex in Family search mode, please report this to support.