Keeping our children safe in the digital age is a priority. This isn’t simply about restricting adult content from them, but also restricting features that they may only have access to when they are more mature, such as purchasing and downloading on the phone. On iPhones, this can be very simple to control. Here are some simple ways to set some parental controls on your child’s iPhone.
How to set up content rating restrictions
- Open Settings.
- Tap Screen Time.
- Enable Content & Privacy Restrictions.
- Tap Content Restrictions.
- Choose the desired settings for any content you wish to restrict.
How to allow or restrict built-in apps and features
- Open Settings.
- Tap Screen Time.
- Enable Content & Privacy Restrictions.
- Tap Allowed Apps.
- Choose the desired built-in apps to allow on the home screen.
How to set web restrictions
- Open Settings.
- Tap Screen Time.
- Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions.
- Tap Content Restrictions.
- Tap Web Content.
- Choose between unrestricted access, limit adult websites and allowed websites only.
- Choose the desired websites to allow and block.
How to restrict Siri web search
- Open Settings.
- Tap Screen Time.
- Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions.
- Tap Content Restrictions.
- Select Siri.
- Choose between web search content and explicit language.
How to restrict Game Center
- Open Settings.
- Tap Screen Time.
- Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions.
- Tap Content Restrictions.
- Select Game Center.
- Choose the desired Game Center feature to restrict.
How to prevent iTunes and App Store purchases
- Open Settings.
- Tap Screen Time.
- Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions.
- Select iTunes & App Store purchases.
- Choose the desired setting and set to ‘Don’t allow’ to prevent it from being used.
Summary
By using these simple settings, you can easily set up parental controls to keep your child safe. We recommend checking the settings regularly in case there are any updates which may make new changes or offer new settings for you to use.