 How to bypass screen time on iPad Resetting a time limit on games and apps by simply re-downloading them from family shared accounts When the time limit is up, kids are just uninstalling a game, or an app, from the device Then they run App Store, clicking on Cloud icon at the right top that provides access to other iCloud accounts inside Family Access Then kids can reinstall the same game from their parents account by finding this app and clicking on the Cloud icon Solution Disable installing games and apps at all by disabling App Store itself To do this go to Screen Time, Content and Privacy Restrictions, iTunes and App Store purchases Installing apps and select Don't Allow How to bypass screen time lock on YouTube App using iMessage While YouTube App and even Safari Internet Browser can be locked, disabled or even uninstalled, there is still a walk around that uses iMessage Solution Uninstalled YouTube App from iPad or iPhone completely This will also uninstall iMessage plugin that allows watching videos inside iMessage chat You may also want to disable access to the YouTube website How to Hax Screen Time on iPad by System Date and Time This hack seems to be pretty obvious Kids are just going to settings, then to general, date and time screen Then they are simply turning off automatic update and manually changing the current system date and time into the desired time period where all games are unlocked Solution Unfortunately, there is no way to disable access to the settings screen at all So the only possible solution is to disable access to an iPad or iPhone at all for your kid By passing a lock for Safari by running browser from settings via warning icon Some kids figured out that they can run launch an unrestricted browser by clicking a warning icon that appears on the website and app passwords settings screen This warning icon shows when the duplicated password is used and saved for two different websites Solution Number One Unfortunately, you can't disable access to the settings screen But you may set a system-wide limit to allow just a few websites to be accessed and opened in any browser window Solution Number Two The more reliable way is to disable physical access to the device without your prior approval every time Launching Safari browser from inside third-party apps using their built-in browser This hack is similar to the previous one but uses another path While you can use screen time to disable Safari at all or disallow access to the list of websites there are still other apps which have built-in browser window Solution Number One Set a system-wide limit to allow just a few websites to be opened Because of how iOS works even built-in browsers will be restricted to the list of websites you have set Solution Number Two The more strict approach is to disable access to the iPad or iPhone without your approval at all Stealing screen time password by recording video from the screen in the background A way to obtain the screen time password is recording a video from the iPad screen Screen video recording was added by Apple a few years ago and it records all the activity on screen into a video saved in camera and photos apps Solution Watch out for that small red icon on the right top every time you are inspecting the iPad or iPhone your kid gave you especially when you are entering screen time password Resetting screen time settings using hard reset Screen time parent control system is protected by a password But it will turn off automatically when the device is going through a so-called hard reset Kids are just going into general Erase and touching it to erase everything on their iPad or iPhone Then they are quickly set up this device as a new one They are entering their iCloud login and password and everything is restored in less than an hour from Apple iCloud Solution Change the iCloud password for your kids account so she won't be able to restore iOS devices without your approval Adding a new fingerprint under the adult's name So one day you think that I will share the password for iPad or iPhone to my kid because I will change it later Once your kid obtained the password she can go into settings, password and touch ID and can add a new fingerprint into the device Solution Add a password for screen time and do not share master pass lock for this iOS device Getting password by looking for a reflection of the password in parents eyeglasses You are looking at the screen and typing the pass lock or screen time password and your kid is looking at your eyeglasses for the reflection of what you pressing on the screen Then she is taking iPad and reproducing these 4 or 6 digits she saw reflected in your computer eyeglasses Solution Remove your eyeglasses when you are typing a pass lock on your kid's iPad or take a big towel and cover your head, hands and iPad and enter the pass lock the way that no way to see the reflection in your eyeglasses Getting a password from a video recording from another phone secretly recording you Solution Before typing in a pass lock for a device or for screen time, take a short walk around the room Check corners and other places for occasionally placed phones or other devices with the camera towards you Kids are doing their preparation first, they are putting one of their phones or gadgets with cameras on the shelf or into the corner in the room Faking device to look like it is turned off to prevent its unlocked state Instead of unlocking, your kid just ran a video player with a video that shows just a blank screen for hours and no sound Solution When you are verifying that iPad or iPhone is turned off, touch the screen or press the touch button for iPhone 5, 6, 7 and 8 or iPad to verify that the black screen is not a video player running a video What if kids still accessing the internet and how you can block this access Almost all modern apps and games require internet access The simplest way is to disconnect from the internet is to turn off the wifi router at all But this means you will turn off wifi for everything else too Solution When you are verifying that iPad or iPhone is turned off, touch the screen or press the touch button for iPhone 5, 6, 7 and 8 or iPad to verify that the black screen is not a video player running a video