Are you speeding up a bad amount of time scrolling your Instagram feed or checking notifications? Instead of difficult changes, you can take the help of the device. Apple offers a Screen Time feature to track how much time you spend in every app on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
To limit your habits, you also have the option to set App Limits on your Apple device to better manage your time and focus on what’s important. This post will share the steps to set App Limits on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Please note that your iPhone running iOS 12 or later, iPad running iPadOS 13 or later, and Mac running macOS 10.15 Catalina or later to use this feature.
How to Set App Limits on iPhone and iPad
Setting app limits can be useful when you don’t want to be distracted or want to limit spending too much time on your device. Whether it’s for yourself or your kids, you can set an App Limit using Screen Time on your iPhone and iPad.
But first, you need to check if the Screen Time feature is enabled on your iPhone and iPad.
Step 1: Open the Settings app on your iPhone and iPad.
Step 2: Tap Screen Time.
Step 3: Click ‘Turn On Screen Time’ to enable this feature.
Step 4: Follow the onscreen instructions to enable Screen Time for your device.
Then, turn on App Limits on your iPhone or iPad. The steps remain the same for iPhone and iPad.
Step 1: Open the Settings app on your iPhone and iPad.
Step 2: Tap Screen Time.
Step 3: Tap App Limits.
Step 4: Click Add limit.
Step 5: Select the category of apps for which you want to set the limit.
You can also tap the Arrow icon next to the category name to select specific apps.
Step 6: Click Next in the upper right corner.
Step 7: Use the Time slider to set a time limit for using your selected category of apps.
You can also tap Customize date and choose specific days to apply the time limit.
Step 8: Then, tap More in the upper right corner to set the app limit.
Your app limit will show up on the screen.
After you set App Limits, you can also use a Screen Time Passcode on your iPhone or iPad so that no one, especially your kids, can modify those settings.
Edit or remove app restrictions on iPhone and iPad
Here’s how you can make changes to App Limits on your iPhone or iPad. The steps remain the same for iPhone and iPad.
Step 1: Open the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad.
Step 2: Tap Screen Time.
Step 3: Tap App Limits.
Step 4: To edit App Limits, tap your app name.
You can turn off App Limits, change app usage time limits, or edit the list of apps that will follow the same time limit.
How to Set App Limits on Mac
If you primarily rely on your Mac to receive phone calls or notifications from apps, you can set App Limits on your Mac to manage your focus. You’ll need to make sure Screen Time is turned on on your Mac. Here’s how to set App Limits.
Step 1: Press Command + Spacebar to open Spotlight Search, type System Settings and press Return.
Step 2: Click Screen Time from the left sidebar.
Step 3: Select App Limits from the right pane.
Step 4: Click Add Limit.
Step 5: Select the category of apps to apply the limit to.
You can also select a specific app from a category to set an App Limit.
Step 6: After selecting the app, set the daily usage time.
You can also click Edit next to Custom to select a specific date for which App Limits will apply.
Step 7: After selecting, click Done in the lower right corner to confirm.
Your app limit will show up on the screen.
Edit or remove app restrictions on Mac
Here’s how you change the App Limits on your Mac.
Step 1: Press Command + Spacebar to open Spotlight Search, type System Settings and press Return.
Step 2: Click Screen Time from the left menu.
Step 3: Select App Limits.
Step 4: Click Edit next to the App Limits you created.
You can edit the time, remove the app limit, or change the date the app limit is applied.
Limit your distractions
The App Limits feature is a great way to limit distractions and focus on completing important tasks. For this feature to work, it’s important that you use Screen Time wisely. Refer to our post if Screen Time Limit is not working on your iPhone.
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