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GoGuardian Reviews Summary

The overall reputation of GoGuardian is significantly marred by customer concerns regarding privacy invasion and excessive censorship. Users express strong dissatisfaction with the monitoring capabilities, which they perceive as intrusive, particularly when used beyond school hours. Common complaints highlight the blocking of educational and harmless content, leading to frustration and a sense of distrust towards educators. While the intent behind the tool may be to maintain focus and safety, the overwhelming sentiment reveals that it is viewed as a detrimental force in students' online experiences, overshadowing any potential benefits.

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Alabama
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I hate this app
March 13, 2025

It takes control of people and what they are able to do please fix this I hate I hate it I hate it this is real fuC4InG trash.

Date of experience: March 13, 2025
New York
1 review
4 helpful votes
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GoGuardian Sucks
March 6, 2025

#BanGoGuardian GoGuardian sucks like who in the right mind would create something that makes me angry and want to rage at my teacher these people are not okay

Date of experience: March 6, 2025
Texas
1 review
10 helpful votes
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This app fuc17g sucks. It is literal spyware. It restricts everything appropriate after school hours and on weekends.

Date of experience: March 5, 2025
Michigan
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Yeah, this is messed up.
February 6, 2025

My district had made the decision to choose this extension to keep students on task, and for the record, I think this whole GoGuardian thing is incredibly disturbing, and is going in the wrong direction when to comes to monitoring.
I just cannot get over the fact that I am still being WATCHED after school hours, and keep in mind that all of this is happening while you're using your personal wifi at home. Creepy. The extension provides no privacy, whatsoever, meaning they can see your search history, and currently, its making me lose trust of my teachers. The block screens are so distressing when they show up, it's almost making you feel like an idiot being on the wrong thing. Our administrator is worse, they have blocked all gaming websites, which means no more free time when we've actually earned it.
Also, I do not know which teacher it is, but every sick day, they keep the GoGuardian on, and block everything (including Google Classroom) besides a few learning websites. If you're done with those learning websites and have to do an online assignment on Google Classroom, then screw your grades.
Overall, the fiery pits of the damned is where this extension belongs.

Date of experience: January 29, 2025
California
2 reviews
6 helpful votes
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Freaking Moronic
January 30, 2025
Updated review

Whoever came up with this has an IQ of 1. Goguardian minds everyone's business. Who cares about this stupid screenseer?

Date of experience: January 30, 2025

Bad
January 8, 2025
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Date of experience: January 8, 2025
Ohio
1 review
5 helpful votes
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UGHHH
January 14, 2025

I CANT EVEN DO ANYTHING ON MY CHROME BOOK I AM IN 5TH GRADE AND I DONT LIKE GOGARDEN BECAUSE IT LOOKS AT ALL OF MY STUFF AND ITS ANOYYYIIIIIINGGGGG UGHHHHHHHHH

Date of experience: January 14, 2025
North Carolina
1 review
15 helpful votes
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WHY IS GO GUARDIAN EVEN A THING IT SHOULD BE BANNED FROM THE WHOLE WORLD DUDE YOU CANT PLAY GAMES OR INSTALL GAMES PS IT SUCKS

Date of experience: January 10, 2025
Washington
1 review
10 helpful votes
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GoGuardian gives teachers and administrators complete control over everything you do online, as well as letting them monitor you even outside of class. It also invades your privacy by giving them the ability to track your location and even see through your camera. It allows school staff to censor pretty much anything they want, even educational websites that you need for class. Its only purpose is censorship and invasion of privacy. That it is so widely used reflects the hypocrisy of a society that claims to hate censorship and value privacy, yet has no qualms about taking actions that show exactly the opposite.

Date of experience: January 9, 2025
Minnesota
1 review
6 helpful votes
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It is the most horrible thing on planet Earth. It even tracks your location, which is just wrong. This tool is often abused, and I would recommend just going into developer mode if it gets added to your Chromebook. I swear it makes browsing a nightmare. This is a gamer's worst nightmare. One of the ways to submit this review was even blocked. I mean, WTF?

Date of experience: September 23, 2024
California
1 review
9 helpful votes
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ILLEGAL!
December 18, 2024

I got an F in math because I got a bunch of math videos blocked because goguardian said: "This content is blocked because it belongs too category "Education"". It even blocked GAMING MUSIC! This app does NOT deserve to be capitalized. 1 star.

Date of experience: December 18, 2024
California
1 review
13 helpful votes
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GOGUARDIAN IS THE WORST F#CKING XTENSION EVER. TEACHERS ABUSE IT SO MUCH. IT BLOCKS SCHOOL APPROPIATE SITES AND ALLOWS TEACHERS TO WATCH YOUR SCREEN. THIS IS JUST AN INVASION OF PRIVACY. ALSO TEACEHRS CLOSE TABS AND CAN TURN ON YOUR CAMERA. AND IT WATCHES YOUR F#CKING LOCATION. IF I COULD GIVE ZERO STARS I WOULD. F#CK GOGUARDIAN F#CK GOGUARDIAN F#CK GOGUARDIAN F#CK GOGUARDIAN F#CK GOGUARDIAN F#CK GOGUARDIAN. IF I WAS PRESIDENT THE FIRST THING I WOULD DO IS BAN THIS EXTENSION

Date of experience: December 4, 2024
Connecticut
4 reviews
6 helpful votes
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STOP THIS NOW
December 6, 2024

INVADING MY PRIVACY WITH THIS VIRUS ITS TOXIC AS@#$% GET THIS OUT OF KIDS LIFE IT CAN SPY ON YOU OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL DONT USE ITS SPYWARE

Date of experience: December 6, 2024
Georgia
1 review
3 helpful votes
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As someone who is in school, I can say that my school uses GoGuardian. However, this app made me have trust issues as this app made me think that there was someone watching me everywhere. If I need to search something up for my assignment, NO. GoGuardian gave me trust issues because now I am paranoid that GoGuardian will close my tab for doing by WORK.

Most schools use GoGuardian, and that's bad because they are not able to trust students enough to do their work. However, teachers should be able to walk around the room and check if their students are on appropriate sites and doing the things that they need to do...not only that, but there is something called History...

Overall, this app is HORRIBLE.

Date of experience: December 1, 2000
North Carolina
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Date of experience: November 5, 2024
Nevada
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Goguardian more like $#*!guardian
November 5, 2024
Updated review

I'm at home right now and my annoying $#*! teacher turns on goguardian and BLOCKED YOUTUBE FOR NO REASON NOW I CANT EVEN LISTEN TO MY music this app is just a dumb way to make sure students are not on task they take away the fun for no $#*!ing reason they even block websites that ARE NOT EVEN BAD LIKE ITS VERY ANNOYING LIKE IF WE ARE DOING something bad THEN GET YOUR LAZY ASSES UP AND TELL US NOT TO and it's very weird and creepy that they can see your camera. Without for your damn permission they won't even let you remove your search history which is just a invasion of students privacy and seriously why the hell would you want to have it on even on the weekends and at home it makes no sense like we can't even have fun anymore because it's this stupid app and taking away the fun whoever made this $#*!ty $#*! app i hope you get bankrupt also hope this stupid company gets hacked. I'm not done there they also block videos that are not even inappropriate let's see if you're watching music and it's blocked tHis VidEo iS BlOcKeD BeCuAse iT bRinGs calgArY muSic WHICH IS VERY DUMB they freaking blocked coolmath to like its not even fair this app sucks its very annoying that's stupid screws use this app

Date of experience: November 5, 2024

GoGuardian SUCKS
February 9, 2024
Previous review

This app is very annoying they can track your location down which is illegal and sketchy they can take screenshots they can even block stuff that's not even inappropriate they even block videos many videos that are not even close to being inappropriate or bad even when my home they're still spying on us LIKE COME ON even on the weekends too like what Why is the stupid app on the Weeknd's Can't even play Cool Math because it's blocked LIKE WHY i hope this app gets hacked by hackers so we can stop being spied on by this ridiculous app

Date of experience: February 9, 2024
Georgia
1 review
10 helpful votes
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They frick kids
October 8, 2024

This website is FOUL! My kid came home from school today crying. She said that she was being "stalked" her teacher told her that Go Guardian sells all your information, and USES YOUR CAMERA TO LOOK AT YOU, and now she doesn't even want to go to school again. This website single-handedly ruined her life. And I will sue!

Date of experience: October 8, 2024
Georgia
1 review
10 helpful votes
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"why do they want my location? What is this? I don't feel safe. My students don't deserve this! They are blocking everything! ####you!" (words said by many innocent ones) why? Just why? This needs to end. The hacking, stalking, blocking, adviat shinde (the one who carted this website) look around don't you realized how much you done to us? Kids are crying, teachers are mad. Some don't Evan care about us on much how gogardian treats us. we are trying to tell you the problems that are in that website but you just ignore it. It hurts to see our favorite YouTuber gets blocked or a favorite song or Evan a favorite show. Its apposed to keep us away from the harmful gun or violence ECT but insted its doing the opposite. Extra: now I found this website called lightspeed filter go check it out! In conclusion: I love tacos :)

Date of experience: September 3, 2024
New York
1 review
4 helpful votes
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BAD. I hate it because it blocks RANDOM safe websites for NO ABSOLUTE REASON. Such as...
Neal.fun
Scratch profils
RANDOM Youtube websites... etc.

Date of experience: August 29, 2024
Nevada
1 review
10 helpful votes
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This app is so stupid it literally blocks stuff that's not even inappropriate I understand yall are trying to keep us safe but having it on at home or even the weekends that's a little too far and The most creepy thing is that they can see your history and you can't even clear it they also block videos that are not bad and Appropriate websites too this app needs to be banned ASAP

Date of experience: August 20, 2024
Ohio
1 review
9 helpful votes
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Bull$#*!
August 18, 2024

This is the worst thing ever!. Imagine I you just came back from a long day of and want to play chess. Chess is not distracting, or bad in fact it helps your brain. NOPE goguardian wants to unneccearciaaly block chess. Goguardian wants to bock nearly every website in the world!. F*cking SH*T

Date of experience: August 18, 2024