Answered By: Maddy Newquist
Last Updated: Aug 01, 2025     Views: 5

Use Libby's Content Controls to filter content intended for certain audiences. No titles are hidden from the Shelf or Tags screens.

The Libby for Grown-ups preset hides juvenile and young adult titles in the Library and Search screens in the app.

The Libby for Kids preset only shows titles for juvenile (0-12) and young adult (13-18) audiences, and hides general content and mature content in the Library and Search screens.

If you use Libby on multiple devices, you'll need to set up content controls on each one. Content controls do not sync between devices.

 

Content Controls on Libby

  1. Select Menu Three horizontal lines representing the Menu icon in Libby. .
  2. Scroll down to Settings and select Content Controls.
  3. Select an icon for the preferred Content Control: the young child for Libby for Kids; the superhero for the Libby for Everyone (default); or the zombie for Libby for Grown-ups.
  4. You can customize the presets even further by toggling the switches below a selected preset.

Libby's Content Controls screen showing the Libby for Everyone preset option.