Screen Time shows "Ignore Limit" on child's iPhone

Same here. I turned off the screen time controls to my kids phone (on my phone) in order to download an app on my kids phone. When I turned screentime back on, my kid now has the option to “ignore” the screentime limit when literally 5 minutes befor it had been successfully blocking. So frustrating. I’m losing faith in this app. This is the second bug I’ve found tonight.

I am also having the same problem. It works sometimes and then other times just says "ignore limit". I have two iPads set up the same way. One Never gives problems and the other often does. I have a passcode set up , block at downtime is on. Turning it off and on again works but it's not sustainable. My son says it's when he is full screen on the You Tube app. Although that's Not always true. I hope it's fixed soon.

I have been having the toggle issue as described in addition to limits not being enforced with the toggles set correctly. This is just one of many issues in this disaster called screen time. The usage reports do not report accurate time in all cases. One example is Fortnite that is classified as a game however the total time shows over an hour and the details show Fortnite maybe 20 minutes when my child was playing Fortnite the whole time. Detailed example below where Fortnite usage was way higher than the report reflects.

I really think Apple needs to go back to the drawing board to squash the bugs and allow more functionality. My suggestions would include:

• Lockout mode toggle for the parent to lock out the device on demand
• Do a better job at eliminating work arounds that kids know about
• Ability to limit time for specific apps better than today
• Have an option to split up the usage time such as an hour and then a set downtime break until another approved time period instead of a one or two hour binge fest

Like someone else mentioned it gets really annoying to keep checking all the devices once or twice per day to ensure that the settings haven’t changed IF they already haven’t granted themselves access for the rest of the day. Totally ridiculous!

Same problem here. If anyone gets this sorted please post.

Doug, please reply if they fix your issue. Same thing is happening to my kids phones. Block at downtime is selected but they can ignore it. It used to have them request more time.

Hello, have you read what I wrote that worked for me?

Yes. Unfortunately, the option to block at downtime is already checked. It’s been checked from the beginning and used to actually block them, but no longer does.

Same issue here kids are able to ignore the limits which defeats the purpose of having time limits on phone

My phone says ¨ignore limit¨ if i press it will my parents get a notification?

There is no such setting on an iPad. Also, if you go under Content Restrictions > Allowed Websites Only; you are no longer able to edit a website address. Only the title is displayed. Hopefully Apple gets these issues resolved soon.

Thank you for this tip! This absolutely resolved this issue for me on an iPad. I still haven't downloaded the new iOS 12 for iPhone. I will wait till 12.1 comes out before downloading, but in the mean time, at least it works on my iPad now. =)

Same happened to me. Was working fine until last night. Now, my children have the option to ignore a restriction without a passcode. Also, my son’s Snapchat and Twitter aren’t locked at all even thought they’re on his blocked list and we’re within the restricted timeframe. Tried all the suggestions listed here and nothing has worked.

I have reset screen time, reset phone, changed screen time passwords, selected each place to select “block at downtime” limit downtime, and everything else we are supposed to do probably 30 times.

DEVICES with issues

Iphone X

Ipad air 2

PROBLEMS

• screentime passcode randomly turns off
• block at downtime randomly turns off
• Ignore limit is a choice... WTF Apple?! That is the selling point for IOS12! Kind of defeats the whole purpose of the screen time feature when my children can just select a button to continue to do what they want.
• I have every limit that can be set selected... Supposed to be 1hr 30min overall limit per day. This past week was a holiday and they AVERAGED 4hr 44min... (I knew it wasn’t working, allowed a lot of it due to seeing what it would allow. Long story, it will not block and will allow anything the kids wants)

APPLE NEEDS TO FIX OR GET RID OF THIS FEATURE! Parents (including this one) believe our children are protected. As parents figure out how bad this feature is there will be an uproar.

I have the same issue described above. I have set the limits, set to block at the end of the limit. Yet it shows she is using the apps I have blocked for extended periods of time. It’s very frustrating. There doesn’t seem to be any fix for this. If anyone out there has a solution or if Apple could resolve this, it would be wonderful.

Same here. Have all settings up, pass-code enabled, block after limit expired both on downtime and daily quota. Still, apps, when opened, allow "Ignore" link, which renders whole feature useless for parent control.

This feature could be a game-changer for families, I'd put fixing it on high priority if I were Apple.