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Disable Hot Spot ability on child's phone

Is there a way to turn off the ability on my kid's phone to create a hot spot?

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Posted on Dec 7, 2020 7:33 AM

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Posted on Dec 12, 2020 1:09 PM

Hey melican,


We see that you want to restrict the ability for your child's iPhone to create a personal hotspot, and we'd like to help!


Hotspot is a service offered by your wireless carrier. You'll need to contact your carrier, and they might be able to offer an option to disable hotspot for your child's device.


For other restrictions, you can use Screen Time for your child's iPhone: Use Screen Time on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch


We hope this information helps!


Best regards.

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Dec 12, 2020 1:09 PM in response to melican

Hey melican,


We see that you want to restrict the ability for your child's iPhone to create a personal hotspot, and we'd like to help!


Hotspot is a service offered by your wireless carrier. You'll need to contact your carrier, and they might be able to offer an option to disable hotspot for your child's device.


For other restrictions, you can use Screen Time for your child's iPhone: Use Screen Time on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch


We hope this information helps!


Best regards.

Dec 12, 2020 1:59 PM in response to jdo_apple

Thanks jdo_apple, I called Verizon and they blocked the service.


But, in order for the hotspot feature to work, it needs to be supported by both the wireless carrier and phone, it seems that I should have the ability to block the function on the phone. If Screen Time gave me the ability to lock out the setting on the iPhone that says "Set Up Personal Hotspot, I'm sure many parents would appreciate that feature. I'll send in a feature request. Thanks.



Jan 1, 2021 8:47 PM in response to melican

Of all the updates that they do to these phones, and all of the parents begging for this capability, why did they remove the ability to restrict hotspot on our children's phones from earlier models? It is ridiculous that this isn't something that cannot be restricted with screentime. I would love to have an update that allows us to disable hotspot and data.

Disable Hot Spot ability on child's phone

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