How to use the parental controls tool to protect your child when using the iPhone

Everyone is aware that the Internet is not a safe place for children, and it has become full of content that is not appropriate for our children, our religion, and the instinct that we were brought up with. If you want to allow children to access applications and the Internet, but in a safe environment, we will explain the parental supervision feature on devices. IPhone And the iPad provided by Apple, which will enable you to monitor and track what your children are doing on the web while restricting access to anything that is not useful to them.

Preventing store purchases

You can prevent your child from making in-store purchases or making an in-app purchase by:

• Go to Settings and tap on Screen Time
• Choose content and privacy restrictions (you may be asked to enter the device password)
• Click Buy from iTunes or the Apple Store.
• You will find three options in front of you, which is to install or delete applications or purchase from within. Set the option you want to "do not allow"

Thus, the child can be prevented from purchasing new applications, deleting applications, or in-app purchases. You can also choose to require the password always and when making the purchase, they will be prompted for a password that only you knows.

Block access to pornographic content

You can protect your child from accessing pornographic material which can be found in shows, TV shows and even apps as follows:

• Go to the settings on the device and choose the duration of use of the device
• Choose Content & Privacy Restrictions, then Content Restrictions
• In the ratings box, choose a country such as Saudi Arabia in order for relevant content ratings to be applied automatically for the country (there are things that are permitted at my age level in one country and are restricted to another age level in another country).
• Music and Podcasts Choose to prevent these files from being played that contain pornographic material
• Movies, TV shows, and apps, choose to block content with specific ratings

Block pornographic content on the web

The iPhone operating system helps you restrict access to certain or adult content and block web content that you do not want a child to open, as follows:

• From the settings choose the duration of use of the device
• Click on Content & Privacy Restrictions
• You need to type in the password for the period of use
• Then click on Content Restrictions and then Web Content
• In the Web content section, you will find three options. They are
• Unrestricted access or restriction of permitted websites or websites
• From there you can block access to all sites, porn sites, or certain sites

Restrict Siri features

You can disable Siri's voice assistant functions to prevent them from being used in web search by:

• Settings, then device usage time
• Click on Content & Privacy Restrictions
• Then choose Content Restrictions
• From this section click on Siri and then Settings
• You can restrict the web search feature when asked and can prevent Siri from displaying any explicit language.

Restrict features and applications in the iPhone

You can block the features and applications installed on the iPhone device by turning off that feature or application in order to hide them and prevent them from appearing on the main screen as follows:

• Go to settings, then device usage time
• Click on Content & Privacy Restrictions
• Enter the password for the duration of use of the device
• Click on Allowed apps
• From this section you can restrict the use of Safari, Mail, or Camera

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