As we are all working from home at the moment, and our kids are reliant on electronic devices for school and play, you may want to ensure they are not spending all day on their devices. Follow these steps to set up Screen Time limiting on iOS devices to restrict what apps they can use and how long they can use them for.
Set Up Screen Time on iOS Devices
- Go to settings and then scroll down until you find Screen Time
- Press on Turn on Screen Time
- Press Continue to the pop up
- Press on This is My Child’s iPad
- From here you can choose the Downtime – select the time and press Set Downtime
- Under App Limits – you can select the Categories you want to restrict
- For example, you can select Games – then press on Set to set the time
- Once you set the time press on Set App Limit
- Click Continue to Content and Privacy
- Choose the Screen Time Passcode and confirm the code
- Enter your Apple ID in case you need to recover the Screen Time passcode and then press OK
- When the time limit has been reached, you will see the following screen:
- To ask for more time press on Ask for More Time
- Enter the Screen Time passcode
- Approve for either 15 minutes, an hour or all day
- The kids are all set again!