Does your child usually use your iPhone to watch videos or cartoons? This simple trick to do in the phone settings will block access to your calls, messages and other functions that are prohibited.
In transport, long car trips, waiting rooms at the doctor’s… We all have lent our phone to our child to occupy, calm or distract him. Because even if the screens are to be limited in toddlers, they are sometimes useful. But there, while watching his favorite cartoon, your child can’t help tapping on your phone. He then leaves the interface of your streaming or video application, and looks at your photos, your messages. Unintentionally, sometimes they even manage to send an SMS or make a call! To avoid funny situations, here a simple trick to do in the settings of your iPhone.
The unstoppable trick to prevent your child from rummaging through our phone while watching his cartoon
On the Instagram account @jimmy_laura_astuces, followed by more than a million subscribers, a couple regularly shares their daily tips. One of them concerns the use of mobile phones by parents by their children. On an iPhone, only one setting in the settings is enough to block browsing for children. The trick is relatively simple to set up. Here are the steps:
- Go to iPhone settings
- In “Search”, write “Guided access”
- Check the “Guided access” function
- Go to “Code settings”
- In “Set the Guided Access code”, add a code and memorize it
- Go back, go to your video app
- Start a kids video
- Triple-click the left side button on your iPhone
- The “Guided Access” panel is displayed, click on “Options”
- Uncheck all the boxes and click “OK”
- Click on “Start” and enter your code twice
- The setting is activated!
What is this feature for in iPhone for kids?
With this “Guided Access” feature in the iPhone, you set up an access limit to a specific app, in your case, it’s a videos app. Concretely, with this trick, your child can continue to watch a video on your iPhone, but they can no longer browse as they see fit on the mobile and browse other apps or folders. Access is forbidden!