Why doesn’t Screentime work anymore?

It has been at least a year now of screentime no longer functioning properly. I setup settings for all of my kids and then within 24 hours they are cleared out. No, my children do not know the passcode. I have changed it multiple times. I see this posted all over the Internet. All Apple’s previous suggestion do not fix the issue. When will Apple address this?

Posted on Jan 15, 2023 2:56 PM

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1 reply

nick_h2

Community Specialist

Jan 17, 2023 10:47 AM in response to pdesantes

Hello pdesantes,

We want to make sure Screen Time is working the way it should.

Go to Settings > Screen Time.
Tap Change Screen Time Passcode, then tap Change Screen Time Passcode again.

Test if this occurs with a new Screen Time passcode.

Contact Apple Support if this continues

We hope this helps.

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