Apple Watch OS6 Screen Time

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Apple Watch OS6 Screen Time

Hi.

some how my Apple Watch has activated screen time - all apps are greyed out except key apple apps. When I select an app I get the message ‘Downtime - You’ve reached your limit on...’

i use this feature on my iPhone but have never activated on Apple Watch nor can I find away to turn it off. I’ve tried toggling on my iPhone, looked at every settings option on my watch but there does not seem to be an option of my watch.

Am i missing something or is this a big...

please help.

many thanks.

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Posted on Sep 23, 2019 1:38 AM

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RIKWHITMORE Author

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Sep 24, 2019 11:13 PM in response to raina_b22

Hi.

My iPhone screen time is scheduled to end in the morning but the watch simply stayed on all day no matter what I tried, including toggling the shared across devices option. Only removed after I did a full reset of my watch. Not ideal and perhaps a bug.

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raina_b22

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Sep 24, 2019 5:07 PM in response to RIKWHITMORE

Hey RIKWHITMORE,

Thanks for using Apple Support Communities! I understand you have some questions about Screen Time usage across all your devices. I can definitely provide some information, and I'm happy to help.

It sounds like you may have the "Share Across Devices" enabled for Screen Time. On the iPhone your Apple Watch is paired with, please go to Settings > Screen Time, then scroll down and you should see the option "Share Across Devices". You can disabled that, and then your Screen Time limits will only be on your iPhone.

You can see more about Screen Time here: Use Screen Time on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Thanks again, and have a great day!

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Apple Watch OS6 Screen Time

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