Screen time on - child removing apps from Home Screen. Help please!

As the apps are not deleted from the device, but are still accessible in the Library, is it perhaps possible to show him how to access them there? If you remove as many apps as possible from the device, that would make this easier.

You can also use Guide Access to restrict him to one app until you give him access to another.

There is, unfortunately, no way to remove or restrict the App Library.

Justacornflake wrote:

Thanks. Given he’s deleting all the apps it may be easier to set the library on his own iPad as the last page. I can’t possibly do this with his school one as there’s about ten pages of apps. I can try guided access for that but that leaves him locked in one app which isn’t ideal.

Just a thought. Delete all of the apps from the home pages so that the App library is the only way to access them.

The library can't be pinned to the top. It's always the last page, however. If you delete all of the home pages but the first one and have a minimal number of apps, they should still be pretty easy to see in the App Library.

But, perhaps Guided Access is a better option.

Unfortunately, while you can stop him from deleting the apps from the device, you can't currently prevent him from deleting them from the Home Screen. At least as far as I can tell.

You should definitely let Apple know your concerns about this:

Product Feedback - Apple

They won't answer but, the more people who submit feedback, the more likely they are to make changes.

No, it doesn't sound like any of the answers are going to be ideal, unfortunately.

Is the school iPad managed by the school? If so, you should consult with them. The tools available to the school to manage iPads enrolled in their system are different than the ones available to you.

No, the App Library only sorts things its way.

If you're part of any homeschooling groups, I'd check around to see if anyone has had any luck with iPad management programs. I honestly don't know much about them. It sounds like you've tried one but there may be others. There's also a forum here for iPads in Business and Education (I think). You might try posting there.

Also, if your son has an occupational or speech/language therapist, I'd consult with them. These days, they are very well-versed in the use of technology augmentation.

My solution would be to buy a refurbished iPad as new as you can afford. This iPad will have the apps or whatever is required for his home schooling activities.

Take your iPad back, change the Password to log in, do not let him know this password, AND use Face ID set up for you, and if you have a partner, and do not let him use this iPad at all.

How old is this child? He seems to enjoy aggravating you!!

chrisky307 wrote:

My solution would be to buy a refurbished iPad as new as you can afford. This iPad will have the apps or whatever is required for his home schooling activities.

How would buying a different iPad solve this problem? Are you reading the above that the author is sharing an iPad with the child and that the child needs their own? I didn't read it that way, but agree that sharing is not optimal in this case.

However, a new iPad would still have the same problem, just perhaps fewer apps.

Idris, yes, I obviously did read the above. IMO having an iPad that is only used by the child would enable the parent to only have what apps this child needs for his home schooling, nothing else without any access to the adult iPad.

There would ‘t be the same problem with the child’s iPad. The child could put his apps anywhere he wants.