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Hi guys. I’ve seen this question asked before but the solutions haven’t worked yet so far as I’m aware. My kids screen time limits and downtime keeps turning itself off. It’s infuriating and I’m sure it’s not down to them guessing or cracking the password as I’ve changed it a dozen times. I have to keep resetting it and I can’t remember to do it every day. Any advice please. I’ve tried deleting and then putting their accounts back on family sharing.
iPhone 6, iOS 12
Hello Mrasdfghj,
I understand how frustrating that can be. I have multiple devices and use Screen Time on some of my old phones so that my friends can play around with them and not mess up my accounts or get into personal stuff. I have seen this issue myself and it is one of the most annoying things I’ve dealt with. The only fix I’ve been able to figure out on my own that will keep it from resetting itself is to turn off Share Across Devices.
The reason why it kept resetting with this feature turned on, as far as I could see, was because I kept different settings on my main devices compared to my old phones that I kept under extreme restrictions. You can enable or disable this setting in Screen Time Settings, which is under the set/change/turn off screen time passcode. You’ll need to do it on your kids’ devices and sadly, when you do, it does reset the entire screen time settings. But once the setting is changed, your issue should be resolved. If this doesn’t work, let me know and I’ll send you some more info. Good luck!
Sincerely,
Captain
Hello Mrasdfghj,
I understand how frustrating that can be. I have multiple devices and use Screen Time on some of my old phones so that my friends can play around with them and not mess up my accounts or get into personal stuff. I have seen this issue myself and it is one of the most annoying things I’ve dealt with. The only fix I’ve been able to figure out on my own that will keep it from resetting itself is to turn off Share Across Devices.
The reason why it kept resetting with this feature turned on, as far as I could see, was because I kept different settings on my main devices compared to my old phones that I kept under extreme restrictions. You can enable or disable this setting in Screen Time Settings, which is under the set/change/turn off screen time passcode. You’ll need to do it on your kids’ devices and sadly, when you do, it does reset the entire screen time settings. But once the setting is changed, your issue should be resolved. If this doesn’t work, let me know and I’ll send you some more info. Good luck!
Sincerely,
Captain
Hello Mrasdfghj,
You are very welcome :) happy to help!
Sincerely,
Captain
Thanks so much for this Cap’n. I’ve turned off the sharing across devices feature and hopefully this will work. I’ll keep you posted! Thanks again Cap.
Hello,
You are very welcome :) sure hopes that fixes the issue! Good luck!
Sincerely,
Captain
Hi Cap,
4 days in and it seems to have worked. You’re right it does need to be done from each device rather then just on mine, but it hasn’t switched itself off yet.
thanks again.
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