Create a personal Screen Time schedule on your iPhone.

During non-work hours, you'll have access to only the contacts, messages, and apps you specifically allow. During downtime, you'll be able to get calls from people you've authorized to contact you, and you'll have access to the apps you've authorized to use at all times.

When you activate on-demand downtime, a reminder will be sent to you five minutes beforehand. As long as it is scheduled, it will remain on until the end of the day or the start of your downtime.

1. Open the Preferences menu Access Settings > Screen Time and activate Screen Time if you haven't already.

2. Select Downtime, and then either Turn On Downtime Until Tomorrow or (if Scheduled is active) Turn On Downtime Until Schedule.

   Select Turn Off Downtime to pause the service whenever you want.

Both app categories (like "games") and individual apps (like "social networking") can have their usage time limits restricted.

1. Select Preferences Activate Screen Time if it hasn't been done already

2. Select App Restrictions, then Add New Limit.

3. Choose one or more app types

   Tap the category name to see all the apps in that category, then select the apps for which you want to set limits. Any time limit you set for one category or app will be applied to all of those you have chosen.

4. Select the time limit by tapping Next.

   Use the Customize Days option to limit certain days to a certain amount of time.

5. After you've finished establishing parameters, select Add.

On the App Limits screen, select App Limits to temporarily disable restrictions on all apps. By selecting the category and then tapping the App Limit button, you can temporarily disable the time limit.

To remove a category's time restriction, select it and then select Delete Limit.

With Screen Time, you can set parameters for when and how you'll receive and make calls, video calls, and text messages from specific iCloud contacts.

1. Turn on iCloud Contacts in Settings if you haven't already. To enable Contacts, go to > [your name > iCloud.

2. Proceed to the Preferences menu If you haven't already, go to Settings > Screen Time and activate Screen Time.

3. Select one of the following for always-on communication (outside of downtime) by going to Communication Limits > During Screen Time.

   • To restrict access to your contacts only for the purposes of communicating with them

   • Groups with at Least One Contact: To restrict group chats to those in which at least one of the participants is in your contacts, and to limit one-on-one chats to those in which at least one of the participants is in your contacts.

   • Allowing for communication with anyone, including anonymous callers

4. Select "Back" from the top left menu, then "Downtime"

   During Screen Time is currently set to the option you chose. Select Specific Contacts and then one of the following options:

   • Select People from My Address Book to Chat with Me During Downtime

   • Assigning a new contact to your phone's address book makes it easier to stay in touch with that person even when you're not actively using your phone.

Calls and messages from people who are currently blacklisted by your Communication Limit settings will not be delivered.

Your recent calls and messages history will highlight the blocked contact in red if you try to call or message them while they are currently blocked by your Communication Limit settings. You'll be able to talk to them once the restriction on your communications is lifted. A Time Limit alert will appear if the restriction applies only to scheduled maintenance. When the downtime is over, you can pick up the conversation again.

By adjusting your Communication Limit settings as described above, you can restore communication with previously blocked contacts.

Screen Time lets you choose which apps and people can be used at any time, even when you're not actively using your device.

1. Get in the Preferences Display Time > Constantly Permitted

2. Click Allow under the list of compatible programs. or in the box next to an app's name to modify its status as an allowed app

3. Select Contacts to choose who you'll allow to communicate with you.

   Here you'll see the result of your choice in the "Communication Limits" section. Select "Specific Contacts," and then decide between the following options:

   • Select Individuals From My Contacts: To Pick Whom You Want To Share Your Messages With

   • To add a new contact and enable communication with that person

4. In the upper left, click "Back."

You can limit what can be purchased from the iTunes Store and the App Store and even block access to certain categories of content.

1. Open the Preferences menu Exposure to Electronic Media

2. To enable Content & Privacy Restrictions, tap the corresponding menu item.

   Also, a password protection for your settings is an option.

3. Limit iTunes and App Store purchases, app use, content ratings, and more with the help of these customizable settings.

   In order to disable SharePlay during FaceTime calls, go to Settings > Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions > Allowed Apps on your device. Turn on SharePlay to enable it.