How to install Kellet on Android
This is the walkthrough for an app that is not out yet. Kellet for Android arrives in Q4 2026; the steps below are what protecting a phone will look like on the day, published early so you know what you are agreeing to.
Kellet does not run on Android yet. It lands in Q4 2026. Everything below is worth knowing whichever blocker you choose, but Kellet itself is Windows only today. See what runs where.
There is nothing to install yet. When the Android app ships in Q4 2026 you will install it from Google Play, sign in with your Kellet account, choose Protect this phone and confirm it, and then switch on four permissions: the network filter, accessibility, usage access and device admin.
How to do it
Install the app from Google Play, from Q4 2026
Kellet for Android will be on Google Play. There is no Android build before then, and anything claiming to be one is not from us. The phone needs Android 10 or later.
Sign in with your Kellet account
Use Continue with Google, or your email address and password, or create an account in the app if you do not have one. Signing in never changes the phone: nothing is added to your account, blocked or watched until you choose to protect it.
Choose to protect this phone
The app asks what this phone should do. Choose Protect this phone. The other answer, Just support people, is for somebody who supports a partner and wants nothing on their own phone blocked.
Confirm on Protect this phone with your account?
This is the step that adds the phone to your account, named after its make and model unless you rename it. Signing in and confirming here is the only way a phone joins your account; there is no code to copy from a computer. If it is your first device, confirming starts your 14-day free trial.
Switch on the four permissions
The app asks for them one at a time, and explains each before Android does: the network filter, accessibility, usage access and device admin. Notifications are optional. Until the four are granted, Kellet is not blocking anything on the phone, and the app says so.
Choose the optional checks
On-screen detection, and checking saved photos and videos, are both off unless you turn them on. Each is a switch in the app that you can change later.
What each permission is for
- Network filter.Android shows it as a VPN. It is how blocking reaches every browser and app on the phone, not just one.
- Accessibility.Lets Kellet see which app is open and read the address bar of the major browsers, which is what blocks apps and single pages. It is also what on-screen detection uses, if you turn it on.
- Usage access.Feeds app usage and daily app limits.
- Device admin.Makes Kellet harder to remove on impulse, and lets a lock from your consequences lock the screen itself.
If blocking stops working after a few days
- The accessibility permission was revoked.Android turns these off automatically for apps it thinks are unused. Re-granting it takes a moment.
- A second user profile.A work profile or a second user is, as far as Android is concerned, a different phone. Kellet has to be installed there too.
Common questions
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