Ways and Precautions: How to Hack Screen Time on iPhone/iPad

Parents always set up Screen Time for their kids to limit their surfing duration. For some reason, like accidentally forget the passcode, or cannot accept the correct passcode, the need of bypassing Screen Time on iPhone or iPad will surface. To satisfy your need on how to hack Screen Time, this article gives you up to 9 ways as reference. Moreover, if your children are using these kinds of methods to escape the restrictions, you could also find workarounds to cope with their addiction. Regardless of the cause, keep going to read this post.

• Part 1. FAQs about Screen Time on iPhone/iPad
• Part 2. Best Screen Time Passcode Hacker
• Part 3. Traditional Methods to Hack Screen Time
  • 3.1 Ask Siri to Send Messages
  • 3.2 Delete and Reinstall App
  • 3.3 Ignore Limit to Hack Screen Time
  • 3.4 Reset Screen Time Passcode
  • 3.5 Factory Reset iPhone/iPad
  • 3.6 Watch YouTube on iMessage
  • 3.7 Use Safari through Accessible Apps
  • 3.8 Access Messages via Contacts and Photos
  • 3.9 Use Screen Recording
  • 3.10 Change Date & Time
• Part 4. Video Guide on How to Hack Screen Time

Part 1. FAQs about Screen Time on iPhone/iPad

Q1: How to set up Screen Time on iPhone/iPad?

A: Go to Settings, scroll to Screen Time, tap Turn On Screen Time, choose "This is My iPhone" or "This is My Child's iPhone", and your activities will be recorded by the Screen Time. To set up a passcode to limit apps, select Use Screen Time Passcode and create a passcode. Also, you can customize Screen Time for Downtime, Always Allowed apps, etc.

Q2: How to add specified limits for apps or websites?

A: These limits could be added on the Settings app. Enter the Screen Time interface, choose App Limits, select categories or certain apps you need to restrict, and set up the duration. As for websites, you can scroll down to the bottom of the screen and add the websites you need to limit. Or, select Content & Privacy Restrictions and customize the settings based on your own situation.

Q3: Why could my kids hack Screen Time?

A: If your kids know the passcode, or you have not set up Screen Time strictly, there exists some loopholes allowing your kids to make Screen Time hacked. To know how to prevent your kids from hacking, this article shows you the answer.

Part 2. Best Screen Time Passcode Hacker

The first method to help you hack Screen Time without passcode is to use a third-party passcode remover – Joyoshare iPasscode Unlocker. With this program, you could easily bypass Screen Time with only 3 steps. If you are locked out of your iPhone or iPad without knowing the Screen Time passcode, this software is capable to solve it regardless of the models you are using. With the assurance of the high success rate and high-security factor, you could safely enter your device again and don't need to worry about your privacy disclosure. Apart from Screen Time passcode, Joyoshare iPasscode Unlocker has the ability to remove Apple ID with no data loss, and unlock digit screen passcode, Face ID and Touch ID. If your Apple device is supervised by the remote management, this program could help you a lot.

• Step 1 Plug iPhone/iPad into Computer

  First of all, plug your iPhone or iPad into a trusted computer and install Joyoshare iPasscode Unlocker. Launch this program and select Unlock Screen Time Passcode.

  

• Step 2 Check Find My Feature

  Check if the Find My feature is disabled on your device. If it's turned off, click the Start button to remove the Screen Time instantly. If it's turned on, go to Settings → Apple ID → Find My, and disable this feature. Then, you could hack Screen Time without passcode.

  

• Step 3 Set Up iPhone/iPad

  When the unlocking progress ends, your device will restart. On the Apps & Data screen, tap Don't transfer Apps & Data to ensure that your Screen Time is removed.

  

Part 3. Traditional Methods to Hack Screen Time

3.1 Ask Siri to Send Messages

When your iPhone is limited by Screen Time, and you need to send messages to someone, try to ask Siri to do this for you. But this requires that you have enabled Siri in advance. On Settings, enter the Screen Time screen, choose Content & Privacy Restrictions, tap Allowed Apps, find Siri & Dictation, and toggle this option on. After setting up, say "Hey Siri, text [your friend's name]." When Siri asks what you want to text, say the content and then confirm to send it. If you don't want your kids constantly to chat with their friends via iMessage, it would be better to turn this feature off.

3.2 Delete and Reinstall App

If a limitation is added for a certain app on your iPhone or iPad, a simple way to hack Screen Time is to directly delete this app and reinstall it. Find the app you need to uninstall on the main screen, touch and hold it, tap Remove App, choose Delete App and confirm your action. Then, open the App Store to download and reinstall it. And this app will not exist in the list of APP Limits.

To avoid this from happening, head to Settings → Screen Time → Content & Privacy Restrictions → iTunes & App Store Purchases, and set up Don't Allow for all these three options – Installing Apps, Deleting Apps, and In-app Purchase.

3.3 Ignore Limit to Hack Screen Time

Sometimes iPhone/iPad is limited by the downtime, especially in order to prevent from staying up late. During the downtime, you are under the control and merely allowed to use certain apps. However, there are three options for you to choose: one more minute, remind me in 15 minutes, and ignore limit for today. The bug is – when the first alert reminding of the Screen Time limit occurs, select "ignore limit for today", and the Screen Time is hacked successfully.

To prevent hacking Screen Time with the Ignore Limit option, it is available to turn on the Block at End of Limit switch when setting up App Limits. However, children might still ask for one more minute with this feature enabled.

3.4 Reset Screen Time Passcode

With Apple ID and its password, you could turn off Screen Time or change its passcode. On Settings, tap Screen Time, hit Change Screen Time Passcode, and you will be asked to enter the old passcode. Here tap "Forgot Passcode?", type into your Apple ID and password, and you could set up a new passcode for Screen Time. The steps to turn off it is identically.

3.5 Factory Reset iPhone/iPad

A radical but effective method to remove Screen Time is to factory reset your device. When your iPhone or iPad comes back to the default states, your Screen Time is absolutely deleted as well. Head to Settings → General → Transfer or Reset iPhone (iPad) → Erase All Content and Settings → Continue. But before resetting, you may still be asked for screen passcode and Screen Time passcode. Joyoshare UltFix offers a free factory reset feature with no passcode requirement, which is helpful in this situation.

3.6 Watch YouTube on iMessage

If you want to watch YouTube under the confinement of Screen Time, there is a loophole in iMessage. Usually the iMessage and the Contacts app are not on the restricting list, so Screen Time is unworkable when you are using these two apps. Navigate to iMessage on your iPhone, choose to write a new message, tap the Apple icon when your keyboard pops up, select YouTube to share links and the video is played on this screen.

To avoid this from happening, you can go to Settings → Screen Time → Content & Privacy Restrictions → Content Restrictions → Web Content, then select Limit Adult Websites. In the NEVER ALLOW section, tap on Add Website. Type the YouTube URL and YouTube will be blocked on your iPhone.

3.7 Use Safari through Accessible Apps

If you are restricted to use Safari on account of Screen Time, you can still follow links in other apps. There are still apps you have access to, like Mail, and Messages. Open one available app and tap on a link to a website, which will launch the Safari app and open the link. If most sites are blocked, it's still difficult to surf the web this way.

3.8 Access Messages via Contacts and Photos

Contacts and Photos can be served as workarounds to access Messages if you are restricted by Screen Time. To use Contacts to send messages, you can open the Contacts app, find a contact you want to text, tap the name, and tap on the message icon. And it will guide you to the Message app. Since the Contacts app is unable to be blocked thoroughly, it is available to add a strict time limit to it if you want to avoid chatting(for example, 1 minute per day).

As for accessing Messages via Photos, you only need to shoot a photo or take a screenshot, tap the Share icon, choose Messages when asking a way to share, and select or search for a contact. After fulfil the content, send it to the contact, and you are left to Messages.

3.9 Use Screen Recording

When the screen recording is permitted, it is potential to hack Screen Time passcode. Usually, the passcode will not be shown in the video you record, but there is still a chance to guess what it is. Open Settings, locate the Control Center option, then tap the + icon next to Screen Recording. Swipe up to open Control Center, then tap the Record icon. Once you've started recording, tap Stop at the top of the screen. Play back the recording so you can see the screen time code. To exclude this possibility, you could enter Content & Privacy Restrictions on Screen Time, choose Content Restrictions, locate Screen Recording, and tick Don't Allow.

3.10 Change Date & Time

Even if you set up the downtime or the duration of using apps, the Screen Time could be hacked by changing the time zone on your device. Run Settings, select General, find Date & Time, toggle off the Set Automatically option, and choose a city or region by tapping the Time Zone. Then the Screen Time will not limit your activity.

To block this, you only need to withdraw the permission of changing location. Still, on the Screen Time page, tap Content & Privacy Restrictions, hit Location Services, find System Services, scroll down to Setting Time Zone and disable it. Then come back to the Location Services to tick Don't Allow Changes.

Part 4. Video Guide on How to Hack Screen Time

Considering that you may feel hard to hack Screen Time with the above-mentioned ways, this article is provided for you to get easier methods to turn off Screen Time without passcode on your Apple device.

Summary

How to hack Screen Time without passcode on iPhone or iPad? This article gives you up to 11 workarounds to use limited apps even under restrictions along with a Screen Time passcode removal. Since not all these 11 ways are useful and convenient for your condition, Joyoshare iPasscode Unlocker is a better recommendation for unlocking the Screen Time directly. Moreover, as a parent, you could know how to set up stricter limitations for preventing kids from hacking Screen Time in this article. Hope your problem is resolved after reading and following these steps.