How to restrict ipad for child

Use parental controls on your child's iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

With Content & Privacy Restrictions in Screen Time, you can block or limit specific apps and features on your child's device. You can also restrict the settings on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch for explicit content, purchases and downloads, and privacy.

Set Content & Privacy Restrictions
Prevent iTunes & App Store purchases
Allow built-in apps and features
Prevent explicit content and content ratings
Prevent web content
Restrict Siri web search
Restrict Game Center
Allow changes to privacy settings
Allow changes to other settings and features

Set Content & Privacy Restrictions

Go to Settings and tap Screen Time.
Tap Turn on Screen Time, then tap it again. Choose "This is My [Device]" or "This is My Child's [Device]. "
- 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. After you confirm your passcode you'll be asked to enter your Apple ID and password. This can be used to reset your Screen Time passcode if you forget it.
- If you're setting up Screen Time on your child's device, follow the prompts until you get to Screen Time Passcode and enter a passcode. Re-enter the passcode to confirm. After you confirm your passcode you'll be asked to enter your Apple ID and password. This can be used to reset your Screen Time passcode if you forget it.
Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions. If asked, enter your passcode, then turn on Content & Privacy Restrictions.

Make sure to choose a passcode that's different from the passcode that 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.

With iOS 16, while you're setting up Screen Time for a child's device, you can set age-related restrictions for content in apps, books, TV shows, and movies. Just follow the onscreen instructions during setup.

If you forgot your Screen Time passcode, update your device to the latest iOS or iPadOS then reset your passcode. If you can’t update your device, erase it and set it up as new to remove the passcode and choose a new one. Restoring your device from a backup won't remove your passcode.

Prevent iTunes & App Store purchases

You can also prevent your child from being able to install or delete apps, make in-app purchases, and more. To prevent iTunes & App Store purchases or downloads:

Go to Settings and tap Screen Time.
Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions. If asked, enter your passcode.
Tap iTunes & App Store Purchases.
Choose a setting and set to Don't Allow.

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.

Allow built-in apps and features

You can restrict the use of built-in apps or features. If you turn off an app or feature, the app or feature won't be deleted, 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:

Go to Settings and tap Screen Time.
Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions.
Enter your Screen Time passcode.
Tap Allowed Apps.
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:

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

Here are the types of content that you can restrict:

Music, Podcasts, News, Fitness: Prevent the playback of music, music videos, podcasts, news, and workouts containing explicit content
Music Videos: Prevent finding and viewing music videos
Music Profiles: 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
App Clips: Prevent app clips with specific ratings

Prevent web content

iOS and iPadOS can automatically filter website content to limit access to adult content in Safari and other 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:

Go to Settings and tap Screen Time.
Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions and enter your Screen Time passcode.
Tap Content Restrictions, then tap Web Content.
Choose Unrestricted Access, Limit Adult Websites, or Allowed Websites.

Depending on the access you allow, you might need to add information, like the website that you want to restrict.

Restrict Siri web search

To restrict Siri features:

Go to Settings and tap Screen Time.
Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions, then tap Content Restrictions.
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:

Go to Settings and tap Screen Time.
Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions, then tap Content Restrictions.
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 with everyone, allow with friends only, or allow with anyone
Adding Friends: Prevent the ability to add friends to Game Center
Connect with Friends: Prevent the ability to share a Game Center friend list with third-party games
Screen Recording: Prevent the ability to capture the screen and sound
Nearby Multiplayer: Prevent the ability to enable the nearby setting
Private Messaging: Prevent the ability to voice chat or send or receive custom messages with game and friend invitations
Profile Privacy Changes: Prevent the ability to change profile privacy settings
Avatar & Nickname Changes: Prevent the ability to change Game Center avatars and nicknames

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:

Go to Settings and tap Screen Time.
Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions. If asked, enter your passcode.
Tap Under Privacy, then choose the settings that 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
Share My Location: Lock the settings for location sharing in Messages and Find My Friends
Bluetooth sharing: Prevent devices and apps from sharing data through Bluetooth
Microphone: Prevent apps from requesting access to your microphone
Speech Recognition: Prevent apps from accessing Speech Recognition or Dictation
Apple Advertising: Prevent changes to advertising settings
Allow Apps to Request to Track: Prevent tracking activity by apps that you've denied access to
Media & Apple Music: Prevent apps from accessing your photos, videos, or music library

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.

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

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

Passcode Changes: Prevent changes to your passcode
Account Changes: Prevent account changes in Accounts & Passwords
Cellular Data Changes: Prevent changes to cellular data settings
Reduce Loud Sounds: Prevent changes to volume settings for safe listening
Driving Focus: Prevent changes to the Driving Focus
TV Provider: Prevent changes to TV provider settings
Background App Activities: Prevent changes to whether or not apps run in the background

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Published Date: September 12, 2022

Set up parental controls with Family Sharing on iPad

With Family Sharing, the organizer can set up parental controls for children in the Family Sharing group. You can use Screen Time to manage how your children use their Apple devices. You can also turn on Ask to Buy, so children must receive approval for purchases or free downloads.

Learn about types of Family Sharing members.

Customize parental controls during setup

When you add a child to your Family Sharing group or set up a device for a child, you can customize parental controls from the start. You can change those settings at any time.

Follow the onscreen instructions during setup to add any of the following:

Age-related restrictions for content in apps, books, TV shows, and movies
Downtime and limits for specific apps
Restrictions for who your child can communicate with
Approvals for purchases or free downloads

See the Apple Support article Use parental controls on your child’s iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Set up Screen Time for a child later

Screen Time allows you to manage settings for downtime, app use, contacts, content ratings, and more. To use Screen Time, your child must be using an eligible device. See the Screen Time section in the Apple Support article System Requirements for iCloud.

Go to Settings > [your name] > Family Sharing > Screen Time.
Tap the child you want to set up Screen Time for.
Tap Screen Time, then follow the onscreen instructions.
For information about Screen Time settings, see Set up Screen Time for a family member on iPad.
To learn more about the different content & privacy restrictions, see the Apple Support article Use parental controls on your child’s iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

If your child requests more screen time, you can approve or decline the request in Settings > Screen Time or in Messages .

Turn on Ask to Buy for a child later

When you set up Ask to Buy, a child’s purchases must be approved by the family organizer or a parent or guardian in the family group.

Go to Settings > [your name] > Family Sharing.
Tap the child you want to set up Ask to Buy for.
Tap Ask To Buy, then follow the onscreen instructions.

See the Apple Support article Approve what kids buy with Ask to Buy.

Note: Age restrictions for Ask to Buy vary by region. In the United States, the family organizer can turn on Ask to Buy for any family member under age 18; for children under age 13, it’s on by default.

You can also set up an Apple Cash Family account for a child. See Use Apple Cash and Apple Card with Family Sharing on iPad (U.S. only).

See alsoApple Support article: If you forgot your Screen Time passcodeApple Support article: If Ask to Buy isn’t working

Using Parental Controls on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

Screen Time's Content & Privacy setting lets you block or restrict access to certain apps and features on your child's device. You can also set restrictions on inappropriate content, purchases, downloads, and privacy in the settings on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

Setting content and privacy restrictions
Blocking purchases in iTunes Store and App Store
Provision of access to built -in applications and functions
Banning of non -normative content and age restrictions
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Game Center restrictions
Ability to change privacy settings
Ability to change other settings and features

Setting the Content & Privacy setting

Go to the Settings menu and select the Screen Time feature.
Tap Turn On Screen Time, then tap again. Select "This is my [device]" or "This is my child's [device]."
- If you are a parent or guardian and you want to prevent another family member from changing settings on your device, select the Use passcode option, then enter your passcode again to confirm. After confirming your password, you'll be prompted to enter your Apple ID and password. They can be used to reset your passcode if you forget it.
- If you're setting up Screen Time on your child's device, follow the instructions until you're prompted for a Screen Time passcode and enter it. Enter the passcode again to confirm. After confirming your password, you'll be prompted to enter your Apple ID and password. They can be used to reset your passcode if you forget it.
Click Content & Privacy. If necessary, enter a passcode and enable the "Content and Privacy Restrictions" option.

Be sure to select a passcode that does not match the one used to unlock your device. To change the passcode on your child's device, go to Settings > Screen Time > [your child's name]. Then tap "Change Screen Time Passcode" or "Turn Screen Time Passcode Off" and confirm the changes using Face ID, Touch ID, or your device's passcode.

In iOS 16, when you set up Screen Time for your child's device, you can set age limits for content in apps, books, TV shows, and movies. Just follow the on-screen instructions during setup.

If you forget your Screen Time passcode, update your device to the latest version of iOS or iPadOS, then reset your passcode. If you're unable to update your device, wipe it and set it up as new to remove the passcode and choose a new one. Restoring device data from a backup does not remove the passcode.

Block iTunes and App Store purchases

You can also prevent your child from installing or uninstalling apps, making in-app purchases, and more. To block iTunes and App Store purchases or downloads, follow these steps:

Go to Settings and select Screen Time.
Click Content & Privacy. Enter a password if necessary.
Click iTunes & App Store Purchases.
Select a setting and set to "Do not allow".

You can also change your password settings for additional purchases from the iTunes Store, App Store, or Book Store. Follow steps 1-3 and select either "Prompt Always" or "Don't Prompt".

Share built-in apps and features

You can restrict the use of built-in apps or features. Turning off apps and features doesn't delete them, it just temporarily disappears from the Home screen. For example, if you turn off the Mail app, it won't appear on the Home screen until you turn it back on.

To change the list of allowed applications:

Go to Settings and select Screen Time.
Click Content & Privacy.
Enter the password for Screen Time.
Click Allowed Applications.
Select the applications you want to allow access to.

Profanity content prevention and age rating

You can also prevent obscene music and movies or TV shows with a certain age rating. Apps also have an age limit, which can be changed through content restrictions.

To restrict access to inappropriate content and apply an age limit, follow these steps.

Go to the Settings menu and select Screen Time.
Click "Content and Privacy" and then "Content Restrictions".
Select settings for each feature, or a setting in Allowed Store Content.

The following types of content can be restricted.

Music, Podcasts, News, and Fitness: Prevent music, videos, podcasts, news, and workouts from playing inappropriate content.
Video clips: Prevent the ability to search and view music videos.
Music Profiles: Prevent sharing what you're listening to and showing what they're listening to friends.
Movies: Exclude movies with a certain age limit.
TV Shows: Exclude TV shows with a certain age limit.
Books: Exclude content with certain age limits.
Applications: Exclude applications with a certain age limit.
Flash apps: Exclude flash apps with a certain age limit.

Web content blocking

iOS and iPadOS can automatically filter web content to restrict access to adult content in Safari and other apps on your device. You can also add specific websites to the allowed or blocked list, or restrict access to only allowed websites. Follow the steps below.

Go to Settings and select Screen Time.
Click Content & Privacy, and then enter your Screen Time password.
Click Content Restrictions and then Web Content.
Select Unrestricted Access, Adult Site Limit, or Allowed Websites.

Depending on the access granted, you may need to add certain information, such as the address of the website that you want to block.

Restricting the use of Siri to search the web

To restrict Siri, follow these steps:

Go to the Settings menu and select Screen Time.
Click "Content and Privacy" and then "Content Restrictions".
Scroll down to Siri and select the settings you want.

You can restrict the following Siri options.

Web search: Prevent Siri from searching the web.
Profanity: Prevent Siri from displaying profanity.

Game Center Restrictions

To restrict the Game Center app, follow these steps:

Go to the Settings menu and select Screen Time.
Click "Content and Privacy" and then "Content Restrictions".
Scroll down to Game Center and select the desired settings.

You can restrict the following features of the Game Center application.

Multiplayer Games: Disable the ability to play multiplayer games, allow only friends or anyone to play.
Add friends: Disable the ability to add friends in Game Center.
Play with Friends: Prevent sharing a Game Center user's friends list with third-party games.
Screen Recording: Prevent screen recording and sound recording.
Multiplayer Games Nearby: Remove the ability to enable the setting for games nearby.
Private Messaging: Do not use voice chat and send and receive random messages with invitations to the game or to friends.
Profile Visibility Changes: Prevent changing profile privacy settings.
Avatar and Nickname Changes: Remove the ability to change avatars and nicknames in Game Center.

Ability to change privacy settings

The privacy settings on your device allow you to control how applications access information stored on your device or hardware features. For example, you can let a social networking app ask you for permission to use your camera to take and share pictures.

To allow changes to privacy settings:

Go to the "Settings" menu and select the "Screen Time" function.
Click Content & Privacy. Enter a password if necessary.
Click "Privacy" and select the settings you want to restrict access to.

Here are some settings and features that you can disable.

Location Services: Lock settings to allow apps and websites to use your location
Contacts: Prevent applications from accessing your contacts.
Calendars: Prevent applications from accessing your calendar.
Reminders: Prevent applications from accessing your reminders.
Photos: Prevent applications from accessing your photos.
Share location: Prevent Messages and Find My Friends from accessing location information.
Bluetooth Sharing: Prevent devices and applications from sharing data via Bluetooth.
Microphone: Prevent applications from accessing your microphone.
Speech Recognition: Prevent applications from accessing Speech Recognition and Dictation.
Apple Advertising: Do not change ad settings.
Allow apps to request activity tracking: Deny activity tracking to apps that you have blocked access to
Media and Apple Music: Prevent apps from accessing your photos, videos, or music library.

Ability to change other settings and functions

You can allow changes to other settings and functions in the same way as in the case of privacy settings.

Go to the Settings menu and select Screen Time.
Click Content & Privacy. Enter a password if necessary.
In the Change Permission section, select the features or settings for which you want to change permission to change, and then select Yes or Deny.

Here are some settings and features that you can allow to change.

Passwords: do not change passwords
Change account: prevent changing accounts in the "Passwords" section.
Changing cellular data: prevent changing cellular data settings
Louder sounds quieter: Prevent changes to volume settings for safe listening.
Driving: Prohibit changing focus settings "Driving"
TV provider: prevent changes to TV provider settings
Background software activity: Prevent changes to background applications

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Publication date: September 22, 2022

Set up parental controls using Family Sharing on iPhone

The Family Sharing feature allows a host to set parental controls for children in a family group. Screen Time lets you control how your kids use their Apple devices. You can also turn on the Ask to Buy feature to have your kids ask for permission to buy or download for free.

Learn about the roles of family members.

Setting parental controls during device setup

Parental controls can be set for the child when adding a child to a family group or during device setup. These settings can be changed at any time.

Follow the on-screen instructions during device setup to add the following options:

content rating for apps, books, TV shows, and movies;
rest times and limits for certain applications;
restrictions on the child's communication;
approval for purchases or free downloads.

See the Apple Support article Use parental controls on your child's iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Set up Screen Time for your child later

With Screen Time, you can manage down time settings, app usage, contacts, content restrictions, and more. In order for you to use Screen Time, your child must be using a device that supports this feature. See the "Screen Time feature" section in the Apple Support article System requirements for iCloud.

Go to Settings > [ Your Name ] > Family Sharing > Screen Time.
Tap the name of the child you want to set Screen Time for.
Tap Screen Time, then follow the onscreen instructions.

For information about Screen Time settings, see How to set up Screen Time for a family member on iPhone.

To learn more about various content and privacy restrictions, see the Apple Support article Use Parental Controls on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

If your child needs more screen time, the request can be approved or denied in Settings > Screen Time or in Messages.