How To Get To Restrictions On Iphone

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If you share your phone, you might want to enable or disable the restrictions feature. You can set up restrictions such as blocking websites, preventing app purchases, and restricting app use. This wikiHow teaches you how to disable restrictions on an iPhone through Settings.

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Open your iPhone's Settings. It's a gray app with cogs that can be found on one of your phone's home screens.
- It may also be in a folder labeled "Utilities."
2

Tap Screen Time . It's located in the second grouping of menu options next to an icon of an hourglass.^[1]
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Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions . If Restrictions has not been set up, you'll be prompted to select if this is your phone or a child's phone. Otherwise, you should be prompted to enter your passcode.
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Enter your Restrictions Passcode. If you've forgotten your Restrictions Passcode and/or enter the wrong Restrictions Passcode six times in a row, you will be locked out. You will need to erase your iPhone and set it up as a new device.
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Tap the toggle next to "Content & Privacy" to turn it off . Turning off Restrictions saves your previous settings, so you will see your previous settings as suggestions when you re-enter this menu.^[2]

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do you have to reset your iPhone if you forgot your restriction password?

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You can tap "Forgot passcode?" when you're prompted for the code and enter your Apple ID and password instead. If you forgot that as well, you'll have to erase your iPhone and set it up as a new device if you forget your Restriction passcode or enter it incorrectly six times.
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Will I loose my photos if I reset iphone

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You will not lose your photos if you have iCloud (or any other cloud storage like Dropbox or Google Photos) set to automatically back up your photos. You will lose any photos or videos that are located only on your phone, that aren't backed up with cloud storage.
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My restrictions function disappeared from the general settings on my iPhone. How do I find it?

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On iOS 12, "Restrictions" is now "Screen Time." Go to Settings > Screen Time, enter your Restrictions (Screen Time) passcode, then choose "Turn off Screen Time Passcode."

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1. Open Settings.
2. Tap Screen Time.
3. Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions.
4. Enter your Restrictions Passcode.
5. Tap the toggle next to "Content & Privacy" to turn it off.

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