What Is Downtime and How to Turn It Off on iPhone
Once Screen Time is enabled on your iPhone, you can choose the apps allowed to use or block some inappropriate content or websites. In order to have a good sleep or prevent kids playing with iPhone, change the Downtime settings and turn it on. It decides when you can use the iOS device. If you don’t want it to work temporarily, just take the following steps to turn off Downtime.
- Contents:
- Part 1: What Is Downtime and How to Use It
- Part 2: How to Turn Off Downtime in Screen Time
- Part 3: How to Disable Downtime Without Passcode
Part 1: What Is Downtime and How to Use It
There is a brief introduction of the Downtime feature. It is designed to set a schedule for time away from the screen. Before turning it on, you can select the specific apps you can open and the contacts you can call during downtime. Then you can turn on Downtime and adjust the start and end time.
Go to Settings and then choose Screen Time. After that, click on the Always Allowed option. Select the allowed calls and apps. Then go back to the previous page and tap on Downtime. Next, Toggle it on and choose the scheduled days or hours. Set a Screen Time passcode if needed.
And a downtime reminder will appear five minutes before running Downtime. Then when it automatically begins as scheduled, some apps will be greyed out on the Home Screen. If you click the unallowed app, you will get a message “You’ve reached your limit.”
Part 2: How to Turn Off Downtime in Screen Time
If Downtime can’t work well as expected, you can quickly remove Downtime in Screen Time. Reading the first part can help you clearly know how to turn it off, or follow the instructions below to disable Downtime with/without passcode.
Step 1: Launch Settings. Then scroll down and tap on Screen Time.
Step 2: Click the Downtime option. Enter the 4-digit Screen Time passcode if you set one.
Step 3: Toggle off Downtime (or hit Turn Off Downtime). At the same time, ensure you have disabled Scheduled in order to turn off the feature permanently.
Part 3: How to Disable Downtime Without Passcode
What if you forget Screen Time passcode so that you fail to turn off Downtime? Don’t worry, just enter the Apple ID to recover the passcode or use some third-party software to remove it.
Step 1: Download and install Cocosenor iPhone Passcode Tuner on your computer. Then launch the program and choose Remove Screen Time Passcode.
Step 2: Connect the iPhone to the PC via a USB cable. After that, ensure you have disabled Find My iPhone (check it in Settings > the Apple ID name > Find My).
Step 3: Click the Start button. When it is removed successfully, you can open Screen Time and turn off the passcode without entering it.
