Screen time not blocking youtube

Hi

I have a strange issue with screen time. I have set it up for my daughter to block all apps after 30min and it does block everything besides youtube! Anyone has the same problem? Already triple checked if youtube is somewhere in allow list but its not...

iPhone Xs, iOS 12

Posted on Oct 7, 2018 12:33 PM

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Posted on Mar 9, 2019 11:06 PM

i was having the same issue. Snap, insta, YouTube and safari still available during downtime. And the time limit I set for social media apps was not working either. Tried a bunch of things, but what worked for now is to: Turn off screen time, go to “Settings”, “General”, at the very bottom of the screen select “Reset” and choose “Reset all Settings”. (This doesn’t lose any data.) Once phone has Reset go back and redo the screentime limits. When I did this at least snap, insta and YouTube were blocked during downtime like they should be. Safari still available. Not perfect but better than it was.

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Feb 24, 2020 4:54 PM in response to k_czka

Here’s the thing: As a parent, I rely on Apple’s representation that the Screen Time function works when I give a device to my child. The fact that it so reliably fails and Apple has not provided a fix in well over a year shows that they have no interest in solving the problem. I went through a whole tech support case last year trying to fix this, and while it seemed like it worked at some point it’s back to broken again. YouTube not blocked when clearly in downtime. This feels like a class-action issue.

Feb 28, 2020 7:27 PM in response to Justin Leavens

I agree. This is a HUGE Apple fail. Screen time simply will not work on my daughter's phone for Tik Tock or Snapchat. Everything else works, and yes I've tried almost every trick in the thread. It works briefly, occasionally, then is back to magically not working.


Apple, not only is this frustrating for parents but it also is a symptom of the bigger problem: Your quality control sucks lately, at least with software. Get it together if you want to keep your customers.

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