Limit daily screen time

For individual apps, you can set a timer that limits the amount of time you spend on the app every day.

TipTo manage your child's screen time, use parental controls.

To set an app timer:

  1. Go to Settings > Digital Wellbeing & parental controls.

    Or Settings > Apps > Screen time.

  2. Next to the app you want to limit, touch and tap the chart.
  3. Set the total time that you can use the app per day.

When you reach your time limit in an app:

  • The app closes.
  • Its icon dims and no longer opens the app.

The app timer resets at midnight. To use the app before midnight, go back to the timer in Settings and extend the time or delete the timer.