Block app download from child’s phone

How do I keep my kid from re-downloading Snapchat and TikTok? They had the abs installed on their device and so they can just go and re-download them. How do I keep this from happening?

Posted on Apr 28, 2024 4:55 PM

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Posted on Apr 28, 2024 5:56 PM

poebz wrote:

How do I keep my kid from re-downloading Snapchat and TikTok? They had the abs installed on their device and so they can just go and re-download them. How do I keep this from happening?

Try going to Settings > Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions > iTunes & App Store Purchases > Installing Apps under 'Store Purchases & Redownloads' and change it to 'Don't Allow'.


If that doesn't work, you can try giving the app a time limit of 1 minute. It's not perfect, but better than nothing.

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Apr 28, 2024 5:56 PM in response to poebz

poebz wrote:

How do I keep my kid from re-downloading Snapchat and TikTok? They had the abs installed on their device and so they can just go and re-download them. How do I keep this from happening?

Try going to Settings > Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions > iTunes & App Store Purchases > Installing Apps under 'Store Purchases & Redownloads' and change it to 'Don't Allow'.


If that doesn't work, you can try giving the app a time limit of 1 minute. It's not perfect, but better than nothing.

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