Set the Safety Levels of Your Flickr Content or Account
8 days ago Updated
Safety levels let other members know that your content might contain nudity, sexuality, or graphic imagery that some have chosen not to see.
Understanding Safety Levels
The following is a general guide to Safety Levels:
- Safe - Acceptable to a global, public audience. Think of what would be appropriate for children or your grandma.
- Moderate - Partial nudity, like bare breasts and bottoms. This would include areolas, nipples, thongs, nipple covers/pasties, or see through topless nudity.
- Restricted - Full-frontal nudity and sexual acts. This would include genitalia, pubic hair, full-frontal nudity, imagery depicting/insinuating sexual activity, gore, graphic violence, and adult themes (Photos only – videos cannot contain restricted content and are deleted if reported.)
Note: Effective May 1, 2022, Free accounts will be limited to posting Safe content only. Members interested in uploading Moderate or Restricted content will need to
upgrade to Pro.
Accounts are categorized using the same safety levels. The account safety level can only be changed by Flickr staff.
- Safe - All items have been correctly categorized (default setting).
- Moderate - One or more moderate item is incorrectly categorized as safe.
- Restricted - One or more restricted item is mis-categorized as safe or moderate.
If you have received a warning that content on your account was improperly moderated, please use the steps below as a guide to restore your account to its previous status.
Update safety levels for photos and videos
- Hover over You | select Organize.
- Drag & drop the images you'd like to update the safety filter for.
- Click Permissions | select Set safety filter.
- Select a safety level | click Change Safety Filters.
Restore your account safety levels to "Safe"
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