How To Lock Apps Temporarily On IPhone With Screen Time
How To Lock Apps Temporarily On iPhone with Screen Time
Everyone have apps on their iPhones that are very sensitive in nature or that contain private information that could make use of an extra layer of security. While it is hard for you to directly lock apps on your iPhone, a Screen Time workaround permits you to restrict an app’s access. Here’s how you can use it.
The trick that is used to lock apps on an iPhone or iPad involves the imposing of minimum daily limit on their use. Once you have used the maximum limit, what you need to do is to enter your Screen Time passcode to open the app. The only downside to this method is the fact that you’ll have to manually exhaust the Screen Time limit per day so you can activate the lock.
Getting Started
1. To get started, first open the “Settings” app and select the “Screen Time” option that you see on your iPhone or iPad.
2. Now click on the “Turn On Screen Time” button to enable Apple’s screen time management tool on your iPhone or iPad.
3. Enable screen time on iOS
4. From the following confirmation message that is sent to you, hit the “Continue” button. On the next screen, and just choose “This is My iPhone.”
5. Confirm Screen Time on iOS
6. Getting to the “Screen Time” menu, select the “App Limits” option.
7. Visit app limits in iOS settings
8. Toggle on the “App Limits” listing.
9. Enable app limits on iOS
10. Select “Add Limit.”
11. Add a screen time limit on iOS
12. Select the app that you’d like to lock and then click on the “Next” button in the top-right corner.
13. Choose apps for screen time limits on iOS
14. Set the limit’s time to a single minute.
15. Set app screen time limit on iOS
16. Tap the “Add” link in the top-right corner to continue.
17. Add a screen time limit on iOS
18. When you’re done with the configuration of the limit, return to the “Screen Time” settings page. Then you scroll down and set your passcode with “Use Screen Time Passcode.”
19. Enable screen time passcode on iOS
Note: Now, it’s very important to be aware that your iPhone or iPad won’t automatically lock the app by itself. It will only happen after you’ve made use of the app for a minute. In addition to that, you’ll also have to wear out the subsequent option so as to extend the limit by a minute.
20. So in order to do that, you'll need leave the app open for a minute. Once you see the “Screen Time” alert appears, just click “Ask For More Time.”
21. Click on the "Ask for more time" button on iOS
22. Next, select “One More Minute.”
23. Extend app limit by a minute on iOS
24. After the additional minute has elapsed, the only way for you to access that app is to enter the Screen Time passcode.
25. Lock apps with Screen Time on iOS
26. For the rest of the day, your iPhone or iPad app will have an extra layer of security.
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