My daughter has an iPhone 6s. I ONLY want her to be able to talk and text. No internet whatsoever. How do I do that?

And the best way to meet that requirement is with a dumb phone. Smartphones are by design Internet devices; there is no way to disable that in any smartphone. While you may be able to contact your carrier and have them disable cellular data on the phone, there is no way to block Wi-Fi access. You can also go to Settings/Cellular and turn it off with the switch at the top, then go to Screen Time(set a passcode)/Content & Privacy Restrictions and turn Cellular Data Changes to Don’t Allow, but there is still no way to block Wi-Fi access. You can block the phone from your home Wi-Fi in your router settings, but that still won’t prevent her from using public Wi-Fi networks.

And since you mention phone and text, there are two versions of text, SMS (just short 160 character text messages) and MMS (picture messages). And MMS requires that cellular data be turned on.

I wouldn't say it's impossible, but it would take something like a corporate IT department to set up an iPhone where it can't connect to the internet. Think the demo models at Apple Stores with custom features. I've seen some pretty high-level stuff done to Apple devices, like an iPad Mini that only ran a custom hotel app, and where the only apps available were Apple Maps and Weather - not even Safari. Do you work somewhere that sets up iPhones and/or iPads for corporate use? If so, someone might be able to point in the right direction.

The problem is that data is required for texts. If you use iMessage, you need wi-fi or cellular data if you expect a response outside the home. Sending of MMS to non-iOS devices also requires cellular data because of the use of media. Very difficult to do except for the suggestion for a dumb flip phone that just does calls and simple text.

And if you put on restrictions, sneaky Will know how to circumvent them can be assured . Trust is the essence and limiting available finance on the phone .

On the phone go to settings type parental controls .

Here you can limit app access, screen time, all ways allow, communication limits to you, guardian etc……

You need to set up an iCloud account in family so you can manage the phone also add to find my so you know where the phone is at any time ( maybe even with the youth )

I would love to know how to do this! We have tmobile and family mode through them but it's still seems impossible to block everything besides phone and text. We have tried! :( We have called apple and have not got a resolve to this yet :(

I have to believe the responders on this thread do not have a teenage kid....because they are sneaky as **** and hard to trust AND need restrictions sometimes!

There are probably ways to do it (corporate devices often have custom setups) but it would take a heck of a lot of work to get that in an iPhone 6s. There's nothing that you could manage to do that's built in to a consumer iPhone.

Review the parental control options at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201304

I agree with you. Reeks to have a smartphone with no internet access, how lame is that…. Better to just have a Nokia brick phone.

Perhaps have a frank talk with the youth and apply a level of trust !

Now seriously give her a dumb phone problem solved .

correction my daughter got the iphone 13 not the 6

It doesn’t matter what the model is. It doesn’t change any of the information in this thread.

thanks a bunch!

I may get boo-ed for this, but ...

Get her a flip-phone (many call it a "dumb-phone") with GPS ability to know where she is.

iPhones are designed to share with the world through Wifi, hotspot, social media, cellular data, etc. The number of "software controls" you need to learn now and in the future to limit her access is staggering.