In iOS 15 how do you lock the volume on an iPad (not headphone, but actual volume)

Same issue here. Wildly annoying to have this feature removed from the older OS. I just want my kid to be able to play Daniel Tiger and not have to hear Daniel Tiger at full blast in front of her face.

Here here. I have a child with special needs, who doesn’t accept having the volume slider NOT set to the highest level… despite how loud this makes the device.

this is causing much discomfort in our house.

come on Apple. Give us the ability to set a max volume for the speakers, to save our sanity.

Same problem, limiting volume to max 75 decibels is simply too loud. Doing a quick Google search says it is too loud. For our children who will not, or cannot, turn their volume down there should be a better option. So many disabled people use Apple devices that you'd think Apple would make this an acceptable feature for them.

If Apple could make this better, it would be really wonderful.

Thank you!

Ditto. As above, I have experienced the same issues. I have child with learning difficulties who does not understand instructions to not whack his Talking Tom up to full blast constantly. He knows enough to use the volume control switches but there does not appear to be a way of restricting the maximum volume level. And agree with an earlier poster - a lot of the information is out of date or incorrect. Using 15.1 on a iPad Mini.

Hi LotusPilot,

Thanks for your input. I have already submitted a feature request/comment directly to Apple (via the link previously posted). I would urge others to do so if they have not already done so. However, they do not respond individually to these requests. Posting on this forum allows a public, open debate and illustrates to others, that find this lack of feature frustrating, the reassurance they are not alone in their frustrations. This is why I have posted here. Hopefully Apple will see this, together with individual requests, and implement a change.

Hello remotely_working,

Thank you for reaching out to Apple Support Communities, and we'll be happy to help in any way we can. We understand you're having issues with locking the volume on iPad in iOS i5. The related article the best place to start for using Parental Controls on your iPad, and how to restrict the Volume Limit. This link goes over how to adjust the volume on your iPad, and turn off Change with Buttons which may help: Adjust the volume on iPad

For more information, check out this link: Sound and Hearing FAQ

If you'd like to leave feedback to request the feature be returned, pease provide it here: Product Feedback

We hope this helps.

Cheers!

Correct - this setting does indeed apply only to the Headphone level - and was not intended to offer a full solution.

There isn’t a volume limit exposed in iOS/iPadOS. Apple do invite constructive comment and feature requests via there product feedback pages. For iPad and iPadOS:

Feedback - iPad - Apple

You and others make a very compelling argument for inclusion of this type of control. As I have already outlined, Apple invite constructive comment and feature requests via their product feedback pages. This would be most appropriate channel through which to voice both your concern and request for change.

For iPad and iPadOS:

Feedback - iPad - Apple

Same boat as remotely_working. I have adjusted headphone settings. I want to adjust overall ipad volume so that I don't have to blare my TV when my child is in the same room with the ipad on full volume. It's extremely loud on little ears and needs a way to be limited.

This is so frustrating. I have a special needs

child and he would always listen to music to the maximum volume possible. I

have had this problem for years. Each year (when a new IOS is released) somehow

this feature gets taken away. And each year I have to wait for one or two

updates to see this feature come back. What’s more, each year this feature is

found in a completely different area. One year, you would have to go to settings,

music, etc. The other year, you would have to go to sounds, the next it was

under hepatics and the forth year I don’t even remember. This time, I am

already at 15.2.1 and we still don’t have a solution. I bought a new ipad for

my son last year and with the update to IOS15 my son has not been able to use

his ipad at all ever since. I wish I could get money back but that is not an option.

To me, when this feature is not available, the devise is rendered useless. It

really is. I made multiple phone calls to Apple but all were in vain. I am just

speechless and will never understand how this feature gets taken away each and

every year. They seem not to know what they are doing – a three-trillion-dollar

company. Over the last 5-10 years, when including all iphones, ipads, macs, ipods,

and airpods,I have had at least 30 apple products. I will look to see if this feature

is available in android. If so, I swear I would never buy apply devise again. It

looks like things like this need to happen so that we finally open our eyes and

look beyond Apple.

I also have the same problem with my second son, also autist, and the iPhone is at the moment the best option since I decided to hide the TV remote control FOR GOOD for him! The sound used to reach almost 90 on my Samsung TV. Windows has a limit software for this I already installed on the computer with success so please 🙏 create some way to limit the sound of IPHONE. My son don’t put any sort of headphones so this “help” don’t work for me…

Apple does this each and every year. They remove that feature once a new IOS is launched. If you have an issue, they will not talk to you if you don't have the latest update. Once you update it, there is no way going back so each year we have to wait for several updates before they return that imperative feature especially if you have kids with special needs.

Apple is just trying to make sure we stay fit and keep jumping through their hoops. Yay!