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No Longer Able To Change Current Screen Time Passcode

I am no longer able to change my current screen time passcode to a new one, on any of my 5 iOS devices since I've updated them to 13.x.x.


Currently, I am running iOS 13.1.2 and when I go to

Settings > Screen Time > Change Screen Time Passcode > Change Screen Time Passcode

and I go through the motions of setting up a new passcode by

Enter Old Scren Time Passcode > Enter New Screen Time Passcode > Verify New Screen Time Passcode

the process seems to succeed but the passcode has still not changed to the new one I just chose and the old Passcode continues to be the one that works with Content & Privacy Restrictions etc. and not the new one that I tired to set.


This used to always work up until 13 as I have been changing my passcode every 3 months all along. Not sure what happened but is anybody else having this issue and more importantly, what is the fix?

Posted on Oct 1, 2019 4:11 AM

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Posted on Oct 2, 2019 2:41 AM

Here is what worked for me - I toggled the passcode for a fix:

Settings > Screen Time > Change Screen Time Passcode > Turn Off Screen Screen Time Passcode > Enter Screen Time Passcode

and then

Settings > Screen Time > Use Screen Time Passcode > Set a Screen Screen Time Passcode > Re-enter Screen Time Passcode

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Oct 2, 2019 2:41 AM in response to !cultOfApple

Here is what worked for me - I toggled the passcode for a fix:

Settings > Screen Time > Change Screen Time Passcode > Turn Off Screen Screen Time Passcode > Enter Screen Time Passcode

and then

Settings > Screen Time > Use Screen Time Passcode > Set a Screen Screen Time Passcode > Re-enter Screen Time Passcode

No Longer Able To Change Current Screen Time Passcode

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