Configuring Parental Controls on iOS 18 and iPadOS 18
Apple offers robust parental controls in both iOS and iPadOS, allowing you to impose restrictions regarding content and behavior for your children’s devices. Here’s how to set them up.
Most of the configuration options for content restriction and privacy are located within the Screen Time feature. Launched with iOS 12, Screen Time allows users to track their device usage effectively.
This feature enables parents to monitor app usage duration—ideal for assessing how much time a child spends playing games or browsing social media platforms. Additionally, it records notification activity.
Within this section, parents can also curb the use of particular apps while imposing limits on purchases as well as explicit content exposure.
Activating Content & Privacy Restrictions
To begin, ensure that your device along with any managed devices are running the latest software version. Follow these steps:
- Open Settings
- Select Screen Time
- Choose your child’s name under Family
- Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions and input your Screen Time passcode if required
- Enable Content & Privacy Restrictions by toggling them on
If you’re using Family Sharing, setting up Screen Time is consistent across all devices. The family organizer should access Settings on their own device to manage a child’s restrictions easily.
Establishing App Usage Limits Through Screen Time
The implementation of defined screen time boundaries is essential in preventing excessive use of an iPhone or iPad by children. You can create scheduled downtime alongside specific app usage limits here.
Setting Individual App Limits and Categories:
- Navigating Setup:Your first step is to open Settings >Select Screen Time>; Scroll downwards then select the option you wish to alter..
- The following restrictions are available:. Grouped under Limit Usage: .
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