Need for option to disable “one more minute“ in screen time limits, kids are able to continue using apps that are limited, what’s the use of screen time limits if they can continuously use one more minute? should be able to turn that off in screen time settings
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This doesn’t quite get to the solution.
Having set all the App and Time restrictions, a teenage child is still willing to use the “one more minute” option over and over again which makes the screen restrictions a mere inconvenience to them.
Parents need a way to fully disable the device during restricted screen time. I would prefer that the “ one more minute” option was fully disabled.
The app limits function is consistently temperamental and frequently does not work. I have tried so many things to fix this including following the many instructions posted to various threads, watched numerous YouTube videos, followed the instructions on the Apple website, installed the latest iOS software on my phone and that of my child’s. It is so irritating.
I need to add my voice here. My kid got many games from purchase history of family sharing, and for all games she takes advantage of that "one extra minute", adding her 30 extra minutes in total. Need an option to disable this feature. Sometimes, I feel like apple dont want to give such compatible features.
My settings have been like this for a long time and my child keeps doing the One More Minute thing, and all apps limits are set to "Block at the end." I mean, the apps do block at the end but he keeps doing one more minute for other things, I don't know what else to do. Meanwhile, my other 2 kids have Chromebooks, so easy to manage... not even fair how much Android kicked Apple's behind on the simplicity for parents to manage screen time for their children.
My teen can just click the “ignore limit for today” on their ipad, then they just plays games for the rest of the night! Whats the point of downtime if your kid can IGNORE it for the entire NIGHT? I tried switching their screentime to a 12 year old setting, so it but it showed the same options (A.K.A, loopholes)! Please, please help!
The one more minute feature does not seem to be removable. Super annoying and actually pointless to be honest. The best work around I have found is to ALSO do a limit on each application. Even if you only set it to 5 minutes.
andrzej276 wrote:
Reply from Apple is a joke! They completely ignore serious concerns of their customers. I am moving to Android!
No one from Apple has replied in this thread. And, I doubt anyone here cares if you move to Android. If Android phones suit you better, I say go for it.
I agree this on-more-minute is a terrible feature. My daughter uses this.
Daughter also found that in recent versions of the OS the restarted phone has no limits (including communication contact restrictions that dont get the one-more-minute thing) for 30sec or so until it communicates to the screen time server! Deselecting ‘share across devices’ shortens this period but doesn’t remove it.
The only way to fix these holes is to remove the iPhone from the child and publicise and avoid buying further iPhone / iPad for kids. Commercial pressure is the only thing that works. Shame because it’s a good product otherwise and I’ve been using and enjoying apple stuff since 1986.
Apples screen time is an absolute mess and not fit for purpose! My kid just repeatedly uses one more minute also which just makes time limits and downtimes pointless! That’s not to mention all the other bugs that are rife in the screen time system.
The one more minute bug makes screen time useless. My son reboots his phone and gets in. Yes I have bark and smart family limits too and it is all useless. This is an apple iPhone problem. I have watched over 20 tutorials to lock down the phone. I have changed the screen time code. No he can’t delete apps. Yes downtime is toggled when they run out of time. Yes photos and videos are restricted and so is Siri and notepad and anything that you can share or access through another app. It’s all blocked and scenting does not work.
You are correct, but when a child has multiple apps, he or she can go to multiple apps and select one minute more for each and every app they have.
I found out last night my child did this. She was still up past her bedtime one minute at a time
Yes! Amen, all my kids phones live downstairs day or night for accountability on many levels. It did mean we had to buy them traditional alarm clocks, but so much better for them! If they sneak them, they lose them altogether unless there is a specific time I want/need them to have them. If during that time they still do something they shouldn’t, the length of the consequence resets. Trying to help them develop good habits and self control, but app limits can even be helpful for some of us adults at time with these addicting screens!
measterling wrote:
Yes! Amen, all my kids phones live downstairs day or night for accountability on many levels. It did mean we had to buy them traditional alarm clocks, but so much better for them! If they sneak them, they lose them altogether unless there is a specific time I want/need them to have them. If during that time they still do something they shouldn’t, the length of the consequence resets. Trying to help them develop good habits and self control, but app limits can even be helpful for some of us adults at time with these addicting screens!
You sound like a great parent!
I agree that the app limits don't always seem to work the way they should, but one has to work with what one has.
My kids are using "one more minute" on all their apps over and over to get hours and hours of screentime every day. That's how persistent kids are (and how addictive screentime is for them). I'm sure my family is not alone in this struggle.. I'm so glad to hear that Android phone makers listened to parents and fixed this major hole in their screentime controls app!!! ....It's too bad that Apple doesn't care what parents want because I like Apple but not enough to overlook this one... I am shopping for Android phones now for my kiddos after realizing that Apple refuses to provide this easy fix. Kids need to study, get chores done and do other things and parents should be allowed to choose this. "Take the phone away" is not an option for teens. Anyone have a good recommendation for a teen-friendly Android for us? Heck maybe the whole family will switch, including Granny.
I know this is an old thread but I have solved the problem. Go into content restrictions and set apps to 4+ or younger. It removes all apps for over 4yr olds. The apps disappear from their phone all together. My daughter hates it when I do it.
How odd. My Daughters phone has had ios17 since its launch and she sat next to me yesterday and ‘one-more-minuted’ in order to show me something.
Her school mandates MS Surface products for work (which I was against) but I must say the parental controls are excellent (with no one-more-minute). Hmmm
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How to Disable "one more minute" screen time limit on iPhone?
