Amazon has made shopping easy by giving voice commands to the Amazon Echo, Echo Show, Fire TV, and other Alexa-enabled devices. If you don’t want your kids or anyone else buying things without your permission, you’ll need to know how to disable purchases on Alexa.
How to Stop Amazon Alexa from Asking You to Buy Things
You can buy songs, movies, games, apps, and literally anything in the Amazon store with a simple request to Alexa. Alexa is always listening for your next command, and some customers have reported Alexa adding items to their carts after they’ve listened to a conversation or TV show.
Alexa will always ask you to confirm transactions, so accidental purchases are unlikely. However, if you have children, they could easily make purchases without you knowing. At the very least, you should consider setting up a PIN to authorize voice purchases.
To disable shopping on Alexa devices using the Alexa app for iOS, Android, or Fire tablets, follow these steps:
