I would like to lock my kids iphone remotely and it has a passcode so she just keeps unlocking it anyway to override without erasing it?

To change the passcode: Settings > Passcode (enter current passcode) > change passcode

To lock remotely, iCloud and Find My iPhone have to be enabled. Utilize Lost Mode

If you change the passcode and she doesnt know it she can't use the iPhone. You can't remotely lock it and even if you could you would leave her no way to use the iPhone. Better off settings up restrictions with a different passcode to control what she can do.

DDid it work out. Cause I know another way

And what would that be?

Think about what you are asking for. If there was a way to lock a phone remotely, think of all of the pranks (and more sinister uses) that this would enable.

Will you please tell us what it is? I would like to be able to lock my daughter's phone. I could do it with Android but not with her iphone.

Thanks!

The only way to do it would be to jailbreak the phone. And that would expose your daughter to much greater threats than any that should could encounter by using the phone unlocked. As I posted earlier in the thread, think about what you are asking for. If there was a way to lock a phone remotely, think of all of the pranks (and more sinister uses) that this would enable.

RcNorth wrote:

If this was only allowed by the parent on a family sharing plan then it would be a great tool, with little way for someone else to use it to prank.

I would also like to be able to set a time when the kids can't login into the device so that I don't need to remember to lock it every night.

Have them turn in the phone to you every night at a certain time...

You can plug them in to charge in your bedroom.

Never with an iPhone

Father of Apple Kids wrote:

So, the only way to lock it remotely is if you don't enable the passcode on the device?

No. You can't lock it remotely.

You are posting here because?

Yes you can, if you disable the passcode lock on the device. You can use the Find IPhone app to lock the device remotely by turning on lost mode and entering a passcode.

Try using the OurPact app. I can block everything except for texting and phone calling.

You can schedule iPhones and iPads to go off for different times of the day like bedtime, homework time and dinner time. Just make sure you have it set to schedule under each child's name.