Screen time keeps turning off

This is not helpful. A LOT of people are having the same issues with parental control screen time disabling on it's own. I also have experienced it happening even right after I turned it back on. There is a bug in iOS 16 and apple needs to address this! Being fully integrated in the apple ecosystem for my family and having control of my kids devices right from my iPhone is critical. It worked great in iOS 15, FIX IT!

I have even had to delete some apps on their devices and they were able to redownload them afterwards even though I have the app store blocked. This is an apple issue, not the users.

I'm very upset by my new iPhone 14 Pro Max. There're numerous small bugs, the screen display is actually dimmer than the previous models and additionally there's this problem with the Screen Time. Too much for a premium phone.

I'm beginning to wonder that is this bug only affecting a very small number of user because Apple isn't taken any measures to fix this. This (pretty major IMHO) bug has been here for couple of months already and still no fix.

Just wanted to add to the chorus that my Screen Time limits on apps for my daughter keep resetting to none. Like the others, she has definitely not found the password. She actually told me herself this morning that the limits on TikTok were not in place anymore.

Same here! The biggest issue is that it no longer restricts safari! My 9 year old was able to get to a video chat website she’d heard about on YouTube and within minutes a grown man exposed himself to her!!! Really pi***d off mom here. All devices have been taken away until this is fixed. How can apple just be sitting on this?!?!

I think it’s screen time itself not so much the limits portion. I noticed it some months ago with 16.0. I don’t have use for limits, I was checking my monthly usage of an app for a post … nothing there. Then I noticed on my devices that the widget would just go blank sporadically and when I checked in settings, all the info was gone. A hard reset of the device kind of fixed it but it started from zero as if I had just bought the device. And next, sporadically going *poof* again.

Same for us and it’s quite annoying. I don’t want to use a third party app. Because the last third party app completely hosed my daughters phone and we had to use insurance to get a new one. Cmon apple!

Struggle with this since iPhone 14 pro. Not sure why it takes so long to fix. Are there no Apple employees with kids using it? Don’t understand why is it working for some and doesn’t for other. My brother have 4 devices running new iOS 16 but all are pre 14 generation and have no issues ?

so tired of this now and resetting daily 🤦🏻‍♂️🤬

Came to add to the bunch.

it’s happened twice now, set downtime on my sons phone and two days later it’s all turned off. Was starting to think he figured out some trick but then also noticed that my usage wasn’t showing up/turning off. Safe to say reading all these comments, it’s Apple.

I have the exact same problem after upgrading to iPhone 12 Pro 5 months ago. Been in contact with Apple support on several occasions but they just keep telling me to upgrade mine and the kids (3) devices, turning off/on phone, screen time, swapping code for screen time. I have done that and the problem is still there. Why can’t they just fix the problem!? I just don’t want my kids to watch adult content and they really need to have their phones with them to school, practise, to friends etc.

Glad this isn’t just me, but really sad there are so many with this but Apple don’t seem to be prioritising it. Screentime worked fine for years, I think the problem started around iOS 16, but I didn’t notice straight away. I recently got an iPhone 14 Pro, but it definitely happened before this because I was hoping the new phone would fix it. I have three kids and one or more of their Screentime (or parts of it) will turn off randomly. It can stay on a minute, hour, week or even fortnight, but that’s pretty much as long as you can get. I’ve watched it turn off or reset features in front of my eyes. It is next to useless now. I have a reminder to check each one every few days, but it is such a pain!

Its really really annoying and frustrating. I was following this thread to have an update or solution but nothing so far. I dont know how Apple can sleep over it. I too have iPhone 14 Pro Max and recently changed my kid’s iPad from iPad Air to iPad Mini and everyday screentime gets reset. I’ve been using screentime to control my kid’s device since years and it always worked. Its definitely not the issue with iPhone 14 but with iOS/iPadOS 16. I am using Macbook and iPad as well with the same apple id and can see the screentime gets reset even there.

I contacted apple support and with screensharing i showed the exact problem and showed them this thread as well. Hoping to have the fix ASAP.

Same issues! Almost daily or several times a day the phones screen time settings get reset. Also super glitchy when trying to reset things back; they will toggle back after I enable them or disable them. Really frustrating!

Please read my post two messages above yours; no one who can fix this is reading you say "Apple fix this!!!!"

Contacting support or filing feedback will put your comments before someone who can get it fixed.

Finally, I have found a workaround. The case with Apple is still ongoing and they have not provided any solution yet.

However, I discovered this workaround myself, and so far it is working on my devices to control my kids' screen time, as well as on my brother's device to control his kids' screen time.

To implement the workaround, completely turn off Screen Time for yourself and your kids' devices. Make sure to do this on all of your devices (Mac, iPhone, iPad) and confirm that it is not configured anywhere.

Then, set up Screen Time again for your kids' devices from scratch, and it should work properly.