Linden Lab Official:Setting your maturity preferences

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Adult Content help in the Knowledge Base

Viewer 2 has renamed maturity ratings. Learn more.

• Adult Content controls FAQ
• Maturity ratings: an overview
  • Setting your maturity preferences
  • Maturity ratings and inworld search
  • Maturity ratings and media access
• What are the different types of Account Verification?
  • How to become verified as an adult
  • Age Verification FAQ
  • Age Verification Parcel and Estate Management Features
• More...

Maturity preferences can be set once you are logged into Second Life. It is necessary to use Viewer version 1.23 or higher to access the maturity preferences. Download the latest Viewer.

From the Viewer menu:

1. Go to Edit > Preferences.
2. Select the General tab.
3. Select a maturity setting from the Rating drop down menu.
4. Click Apply.

Note: Access to the Adult maturity preference requires account verification. To learn how to become verified as an adult, see the following Knowledge Base article: How to become verified as an adult.

Using Maturity Settings between Viewer versions

If you have downloaded the latest Viewer and have changed your maturity rating, that rating will stay set if you change to a previous Viewer version, such as 1.22. If you want to change the setting again, you need to use the latest Viewer 1.23 or higher.

General Information

Maturity ratings affect many aspects of Second Life such as Search and land. There are over 30 articles about maturity ratings in the Knowledge Base. Search for "maturity" to view them all!