Enabling Parental Controls Using Screen Time on Apple Devices

ENABLING PARENTAL CONTROLS USING SCREEN TIME ON APPLE DEVICES

(from support.apple.com)

TURN ON SCREEN TIME

1. On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, go to Settings > Screen Time. 2. Tap Turn On Screen Time. 3. Tap Continue. 4. Select This is My [device] or This is My Child's [device].

You can now get a report about how you use your device, apps, and websites, any time you want.

If it's your child's device, you can set up Screen Time and create settings right on their device or you can use Family Sharing to configure your child’s device from your own device. After you set up your child’s device, you can also use Family Sharing to view reports and adjust settings any time, right from your own device.

With Screen Time you can also create a dedicated passcode to secure settings, so only you can extend time or make changes.

Make sure to choose a passcode that's different from the passcode you use to unlock your device. To change or turn off the passcode on your child's device, tap Settings > Screen Time > [your child's name]. Then tap Change Screen Time Passcode or Turn Off Screen Time Passcode, and authenticate the change with Face ID, Touch ID, or your device passcode.

VIEW REPORTS AND SET LIMITS

Screen Time gives you a detailed report about how your device is used, apps you've opened, and websites you've visited, any time that you want to see it. Just go to Settings > Screen Time and tap the graph. There, you can see your usage, set limits for your Most Used apps, and see how many times a device was picked up or received a notification.

If you turned on Share Across Devices, you can view overall usage across devices that are signed in with your Apple ID and password.

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SET UP FAMILY SHARING

Family Sharing makes it easy for up to six people in your family to share iTunes, Apple Books, and App Store purchases, an Apple Music family subscription, and an iCloud storage plan, without sharing accounts. When the family organizer turns on purchase sharing, you can pay for family purchases with the same credit card and approve kids’ spending right from a parent’s device. Family Sharing also lets you share photos, a family calendar, and more to help keep everyone connected.

STARTING A FAMILY GROUP

One adult in the family—the family organizer—can set up Family Sharing for the group from their iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac. If you turn on purchase sharing, you'll be asked to confirm that you agree to pay for purchases initiated by the family members you invite and that you have a valid payment method on file.

1. Go to Settings > [your name]. If you're using iOS 10.2 or earlier, go to Settings > iCloud. 2. Tap Set Up Family Sharing, then tap Get Started. Follow the onscreen instructions to set up your family and invite your family members. 3. If you’re using iOS 11 or later, choose the first feature you’d like to share with your family. Then follow the instructions to invite your family members using iMessage.

INVITE FAMILY MEMBERS

As long as you both use iOS 8 and later or OS X Yosemite and later, you can add anyone who has an Apple ID to your family.

Use the steps below to create an Apple ID for your child, then add them to your family group. After you add your child to your family group, they will have their own Apple ID that they can use on any Apple device. Your email address is the rescue email address for your child’s account, and you can use it with the security questions you provided to reset a forgotten password.

FYI: If the child already has a Game Center account, but not an Apple ID, you don't need to create a new account for them. Just search for their nickname instead.

1. Go to Settings > [your name] > Family Sharing > Add Family Member > Create a Child Account > Next. If you're using iOS 10.2 or earlier, go to Settings > iCloud > Family. 2. Enter your child's birthday and tap Next. Be sure to enter the correct date. 3. Review the Parent Privacy Disclosure and tap Agree. 4. Enter the requested information for your payment method and tap Next. If you don't have a payment method on file, you need to add one. 5. Enter your child's name, tap Next, then create their Apple ID (username@icloud.com) and tap Next. Tap Create.

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6. Follow the onscreen instructions to set a password, choose security questions, and set up your child's account. Choose passwords and security questions that you can both remember. 7. Turn on Ask to Buy to approve all iTunes, Apple Books, and App Store purchases initiated by your child. You will be responsible for all charges to your account. Tap Next. 8. Review the Terms and Conditions. Tap Agree.

Use the steps below to add someone who already has an Apple ID.

1. Go to Settings > [your name] > Family Sharing. If you're using iOS 10.2 or earlier, go to Settings > iCloud > Family. 2. Tap Add Family Member. 3. Enter your family member's name or email address and follow the onscreen instructions. 4. If you’re using iOS 11 or later, choose whether you’d like to send an invitation via Messages or to invite them in person. Then follow the onscreen instructions.

If your family member is with you, they can enter their Apple ID password on your device to accept the invitation. You can also send them an invitation, and they can accept from their device. If you have multiple Apple IDs in iTunes, you can invite each of your accounts to the

After you send the invitation, you can check its status under the person's name.

1. Go to Settings > [your name] > Family Sharing. If you're using iOS 10.2 or earlier, go to Settings > iCloud > Family. 2. Then select that person's name to see the status of the invitation. If you need to resend the invitation, select Resend Invitation.

TURN ON ASK TO BUY

With Ask to Buy and Family Sharing, whenever a child initiates a new purchase or free download, a request goes to the family organizer. The organizer can review the item and approve the purchase or decline the request right from their own iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. For example, this could be a request for items in the iTunes, Apple Books, or App Store, In-App Purchases, or iCloud storage.

If the family organizer approves the purchase, the content downloads automatically to their family member’s device. If they decline, no purchase or download will take place.

The family organizer can turn on Ask to Buy for any family member who isn't an adult. It's on by default for any children under 13, and you'll be asked to set up Ask to Buy when inviting anyone under 18 to your family group.*

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Use these steps to turn Ask to Buy on or off for family members who are under 18* in your family group. If you turn off Ask to Buy for a family member after they turn 18,* you can't turn it on again.

1. Go to Settings > [your name] and tap Family Sharing. If you're using iOS 10.2 or earlier, go to Settings > iCloud and tap Family. 2. Tap your family member's name. 3. Tap Ask to Buy.

APPROVE OR DECLINE A PURCHASE

If you're the organizer, you can use these steps to make or decline the purchase from your iOS device or Mac:

1. Open the notification to see the item that your family member wants to get. 2. Approve or decline the purchase. 3. If you approve, you need to sign in with your Apple ID and password to make the purchase.

After the item's purchased, it's added to your child’s account and shared with the rest of the family group. If your child downloads a previous purchase again, downloads a shared purchase, installs an update, or uses a redemption code in the store, you won't get a notification.

If you decline the request or don't make the purchase, it will be deleted after 24 hours, and the child will need to make the request again.

If you’d like to designate another person in your group the ability to approve or decline requests follow these steps:

Settings > [your name] > Family Sharing, tap your family member, then tap Parent/Guardian. If you're using iOS 10.2 or earlier, go to Settings > iCloud > Family.

SET CONTENT & PRIVACY RESTRICTIONS

1. Go to Settings and tap Screen Time. 2. Tap Continue, then choose "This is My [Device]" or "This is My Child's [Device]." 3. If you're the parent or guardian of your device and want to prevent another family member from changing your settings, tap Use Screen Time Passcode to create a passcode. Then re-enter the passcode to confirm. 4. If you're setting up Screen Time on your child's device, follow the prompts until you get to Parent Passcode and enter a passcode. Re-enter the passcode to confirm. 5. Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions. If asked, enter your passcode, then turn on Content & Privacy.

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SETTINGS FOR APPS AND ITUNES/APP STORE PURCHASES OR DOWNLOADS

1. Go to Settings and tap Screen Time. 2. Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions. If asked, enter your passcode. 3. Tap iTunes & App Store Purchases. 4. Choose a setting and set to Don't Allow. 5. You can also change your password settings for additional purchases from the iTunes & App Store or Book Store. Follow steps 1-3, then choose Always Require or Don't Require.

ALLOWED APPS

You can restrict the use of built-in apps or features. If you turn off an app or feature, it won’t delete it, it’s just temporarily hidden from your Home screen. For example, if you turn off Mail, the Mail app won't appear on your Home Screen until you turn it back on.

To change your Allowed Apps:

1. Go to Settings > Screen Time. 2. Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions. 3. Enter your Screen Time passcode. 4. Tap Allowed Apps. 5. Select the apps that you want to allow.

PREVENT EXPLICIT CONTENT AND CONTENT RATINGS

You can also prevent the playback of music with explicit content and movies or TV shows with specific ratings. Apps also have ratings that can be configured using content restrictions.

To restrict explicit content and content ratings:

1. Go to Settings and tap Screen Time. 2. Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions, then tap Content Restrictions. 3. Choose the settings you want for each feature or setting under Allowed Store Content.

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Here are the types of content that you can restrict:

• Ratings For: Select the country or region in the ratings section to automatically apply the appropriate content ratings for that region • Music, Podcasts & News: Prevent the playback of music, music videos, podcasts, and news containing explicit content • Music Profiles & Posts: Prevent sharing what you're listening to with friends and seeing what they're listening to • Movies: Prevent movies with specific ratings • TV shows: Prevent TV shows with specific ratings • Books: Prevent content with specific ratings • Apps: Prevent apps with specific ratings

RESTRICT SIRI WEB SEARCH

To restrict Siri features:

1. Go to Settings and tap Screen Time. 2. Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions, then tap Content Restrictions. 3. Scroll down to Siri, then choose your settings.

You can restrict these Siri features:

• Web Search Content: Prevent Siri from searching the web when you ask a question • Explicit Language: Prevent Siri from displaying explicit language

RESTRICT GAME CENTER

To restrict Game Center features:

1. Go to Settings and tap Screen Time. 2. Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions, then tap Content Restrictions. 3. Scroll down to Game Center, then choose your settings.

You can restrict these Game Center features:

• Multiplayer Games: Prevent the ability to play multiplayer games • Adding Friends: Prevent the ability to add friends to Game Center • Screen Recording: Prevent the ability to capture the screen and sound

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RESTRICT WEB CONTENT iOS can automatically filter website content to limit access to adult content in Safari and apps on your device. You can also add specific websites to an approved or blocked list, or you can limit access to only approved websites. Follow these steps:

1. Go to Settings > Screen Time. 2. Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions and enter your Screen Time passcode. 3. Tap Content Restrictions, then tap Web Content. 4. Choose Unrestricted Access, Limit Adult Websites, or Allowed Websites Only. 5. Depending on the access you allow, you might need to add information, like the website that you want to restrict.

ALLOW CHANGES TO PRIVACY SETTINGS

The privacy settings on your device give you control over which apps have access to information stored on your device or the hardware features. For example, you can allow a social- networking app to request access to use the camera, which allows you to take and upload pictures.

To allow changes to privacy settings:

1. Go to Settings and tap Screen Time. 2. Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions. If asked, enter your passcode. 3. Tap Privacy, then choose the settings you want to restrict.

Here are the things you can restrict:

• Location Services: Lock the settings to allow apps and websites to use location • Contacts: Prevent apps from accessing your Contacts • Calendars: Prevent apps from accessing your Calendar • Reminders: Prevent apps from accessing your Reminders • Photos: Prevent apps from requesting access to your photos • Bluetooth sharing: Prevent devices and apps from sharing data through Bluetooth • Share My Location: Lock the settings for location sharing in Messages and Find My Friends • Microphone: Prevent apps from requesting access to your microphone • Speech Recognition: Prevent apps from accessing Speech Recognition or Dictation • Advertising: Prevent changes to advertising settings • Media & Apple Music: Prevent apps from accessing your photos, videos, or music library

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ALLOW CHANGES TO OTHER SETTINGS AND FEATURES

You can allow changes to other settings and features, the same way you can allow changes to privacy settings.

1. Go to Settings and tap Screen Time. 2. Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions. If asked, enter your passcode. 3. Under Allow Changes, select the features or settings you want to allow changes to and choose Allow or Don't Allow.

Here are some features and settings you can allow changes for:

• Passcode Changes: Prevent changes to your passcode. • Account Changes: Prevent changes to settings for Accounts & Passwords • Cellular Data Changes: Prevent changes to cellular data settings • Volume Limit: Prevent changes to volume settings for safe listening • Do Not Disturb While Driving: Prevent changes to Do Not Disturb While Driving • TV Provider: Prevent changes to TV provider settings • Background App Activities: Prevent changes to whether or not apps run in the background.