Get started with Screen Time on iPad (2024)

FAQs

Get started with Screen Time on iPad? ›

Within Screen Time, you can set limits and restrictions for your own device or manage a child's device. You can also manage settings for a child's device with Family Sharing: Open the Settings app, tap Family, select your child's name, then tap Screen Time and select a category to set limits and restrictions.

Within Screen Time, you can set limits and restrictions for your own device or manage a child's device. You can also manage settings for a child's device with Family Sharing: Open the Settings app, tap Family, select your child's name, then tap Screen Time and select a category to set limits and restrictions.

How to use Quick Start. Turn on your new device and place it near your current device. The Quick Start screen appears on your current device and offers the option of using your Apple ID to set up your new device. Make sure you're using the Apple ID you want to use, then tap Continue.

If you enable screen time, go into content restrictions, go into web content, click on 'allowed web content only' then set up a whitelist. open safari. type in any website that's not in the list, It should be blocked as per usual. it will bypass the content filtering and give you access to the site.

Swipe down from the top-right edge. You can jump to specific groups of controls by swiping down through the icons on the right edge of the screen. Swipe up through the icons to go back to the first group. To close Control Center, swipe up from the bottom center of the screen.

Set the auto-lock to never

To keep your iPad from going to sleep, update the Auto-lock setting. To do this, go to your iPad Settings > Display & Brightness > Auto-Lock. Set Auto-Lock to "Never". This will keep your screen awake, but still respect your screen dimming settings.

Go to Settings > Screen Time > Tap Change Screen Time Passcode, then tap Change Screen Time Passcode again. Tap Forgot Passcode. Enter the Apple ID and password that you used to set up the Screen Time passcode.

How to get rid of Screen Time? ›

There is an Uninstall option in the menu of the Screen Time app. You will need to uninstall Screen Time from within the app and not through the normal method of uninstalling Android apps.

Another option for kids to turn off Screen Time without passcode for free is to use the iCloud Find My feature. You can remotely erase the device, which will also remove the Screen Time passcode and settings.

As you can see, once you perform 10 failed screen time passcode attempts, you will not be able to try again until 60 minutes later.

choose Display and Brightness in the list on the lefthand side, then on the right side tap Auto- Lock. (cont.) Choose the interval you would like to pass before the iPad goes to sleep (we recommend 15 minutes), then press the blue back arrow near the middle of the screen to back out of the selections.

On your iPhone or iPad

Go to Settings > General > Date & Time.

A Screen Time passcode is something you need to prevent your child from bypassing or even shutting off the restrictions you set up. The passcode acts as a barricade, to protect the Screen Time settings from being edited by the non-authenticated individual.