Visit Profile to manage your account and view your Messages. Profile is accessible from the App Drawer.
View Account Information
1. In Profile > Account tab, tap Account on the left sidebar. You will see:
- The email address associated with the owner’s Barnes & Noble NOOK account.
- The name associated with the account owner.
- The country of residence.
Types of NOOK Profiles
Your NOOK supports three types of NOOK Profiles:
- Primary NOOK Profile: This is the profile created by default when you register your NOOK. This profile can view all the content on your NOOK an. It can also create and edit profiles for other users and manage those profiles’ access to content. All purchases made on the NOOK are processed using the payment method associated with this profile.
- Adult NOOK Profile: An adult profile can purchase any type of content. An adult profile can also control which content is visible to itself and which content is visible to any child profile. It can also set parental controls for child profiles. It cannot control which content is visible to the primary profile.
- Child NOOK Profile: By default, a child profile can only view and purchase content authorized by the primary profile or through parental controls configured by an adult profile. A child profile does not have the ability to create or edit other profiles. It cannot override parental controls.
Set up a New or Existing Adult NOOK Profile
To set up an adult profile:
1. From the App Drawer, tap Profile.
2. Tap the (+) sign in the upper right corner.
3. Enter details and tap Create New Profile to complete.
Switch Between NOOK Profiles
To switch between NOOK profiles:
1. From the App Drawer, tap Profile.
2. On the right panel, tap the Profile Name you wish to switch to.
Delete a NOOK Profile
Deleting a user’s NOOK profile does NOT remove the primary user account from your NOOK.
To delete a NOOK profile:
1. From the App Drawer, tap Profile.
2. Tap on at the account you want to delete.
3. Tap on Delete. Confirm the removal in the following dialog.
Create a Child NOOK Profile
Using NOOK Profile, you can limit the types of content that child profiles can view and purchase.
You set up parental controls when you create a child profile. You can adjust them later if you like by editing the child profile.
Using profile management, you can control whether or not a specific child profile can:
- Browse the Bookstore
- Purchase from Bookstore only when using your NOOK account password
- Shop only for kids’ content in the Bookstore
- Access Reads for kids
To create a Child NOOK Profile:
1. From the App Drawer, tap Profile.
2. Tap the (+) sign in the upper right corner.
3. Type a first name for the child profile, tap the check box next to child profile, enter the child’s age, and accept the terms and conditions, and then tap “Next”.
4. Select the permission that you want to enable, and then tap “Next” to complete.
NOTE: To add more parental controls on apps and web browsing, you need to use the Android Settings to create an Android Restricted Profile and/or add a Screen Lock. Using the Android Restricted Profile settings you can choose which apps, features, and content an Android restricted profile user can see and use.
Add an Android restricted profile
1. Tap App Drawer > Settings.
2. Under “Device”, tap Users Add user or profile.
3. Tap Restricted profile. It will prompt you to enter a lock screen PIN for the device owner user.
The new restricted profile opens with a list.
- To name the profile, tap “New profile”. Type the name and tap “OK”.
- To pick which listed apps, features, and settings the profile can see and use, tap the On/Off switches and Settings.
NOTE: It is highly recommended to enable the “Location” option to avoid issues with app performance.
4. At the top left, tap “Back”.
5. Tap the “New profile”.
Delete an Android restricted profile
1. Tap App Drawer > Settings.
2. Under “Device”, tap Users > Add user or profile.
3. Tap Restricted profile.
4. Next to the profile, tap Trash.
Manage Content for a NOOK Profile
Share Content
The same content can be shared by multiple profiles. Each profile may need to download the content independently to access it.
For example, if the Primary Profile owns a particular eBook and grants another profile access to it, the book may appear in the other profile’s Library with a download icon, indicating that the book is available for download. To read the book, the other profile simply has to tap its cover to download it to the profile’s storage area on your NOOK.
Annotations, such as notes and highlights, are specific to a profile. If one profile makes notes and highlights in a book, they will not be visible to other profiles reading the same book.
Similarly, if two profiles own the same book, their reading positions in the book are tracked independently.
Each profile will be taken to his or her most recently read page when the book is reopened.
Assign Content to Other Profiles
The primary profile can assign content to adult profiles and child profiles. An adult profile can assign content to child profiles.
Manage Access to a Single Item
To manage access to a particular book, magazine, or other Library item:
1. From the Library, tap and hold on the cover of the item.
2. Tap Assign to Profiles.
3. Tap the checkboxes to select which profiles should have access to the item, and tap “SAVE”.
Manage Access to Many Items or Content Categories
To manage access to many items or item categories,
1. From the App Drawer, tap Profile.
3. Tap the pencil icon next to the Profile you want to edit. Tap “Manage Content.”
4. Select the content you want to make available for this profile. Tap “Done.”
Manage Parental Controls for a Child NOOK Profile
To manage parental controls for a child profile:
1. From the App Drawer, tap Profile.
2. Tap the pencil icon next to the Profile you want to edit. Tap “Parental Controls.”
3. Use the toggles to turn permissions on or off for this child profile.
4. Tap done.
NOTE: NOOK parental controls do not control non-NOOK apps, such as apps in the Google Play store.
