# Does anyone know how to deactivate parental code on PS2?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 20, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-how-to-deactivate-parental-code-on-ps2/208450 "2003-10-20T02:22:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![DaPearl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@DaPearl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaPearl)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-how-to-deactivate-parental-code-on-ps2/208450/1 "2003-10-20T02:22:59Z")

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Long story short, I accidently set a parental code on my PS2 (for DVDs) and I want to deactivate but I don’t know how. I have the code number, I just don’t want to bother entering it all the time but can’t seem to find the menu that gives me the option to turn it off.