How to Disable "one more minute" screen time limit on iPhone?

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.

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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My teen is bypassing app limits by pressing one more minute continuously. It’s a nuisance that they are willing to accept to continue on their device. How do you defeat this child defeat method. It is more of a worse behavior than if they were to be allowed to continue using the device unbothered. Help Apple!!!

Because the problem isn’t her having the phone, it’s the parental control being defeated by the child. A control that is represented to the parent as a level of control as well as an expectation that one more minute is just one more minute.

The one more minute feature completely undermines parent controls. My kids discovered you use it then switch off phone and no limits at all. So fed up with trying to find ways to control this. So much easier if apple just listened to parents rather than their wallet and removed feature. Different make of phone next time?

I have been really frustrated that my son has been able to view his phone for one more minute, after I have activated downtime.

I have finally found a work around and now reduce the age restriction of the apps he has access to. This means when I block his phone he can no longer get onto his favourites Snapchat and Tik Tok (over 12s). I realise he can still access some apps but I feel I am now able to use the parental control to reinforce good behaviours, more effectively. I hope this is helpful.

Apple deliberately sets out to turn our children into device addicts. Don't expect any help from them.

Whats the use of screen time if child able to bypass by clicking add one minute. Why did apple do this? Any update coming in near future fixing this loophole?