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HOW TO REMOVE A PERSONAL SCREEN TIME PASSCODE WHEN YOU’VE FORGOTTEN IT

Screen Time is a somewhat useful feature to help limit time on screens, online, and, particularly, apps. It’s used by parents for kids, but you can also use it for yourself. With Screen Time enabled, you can choose your own limits.

You can go one step further by setting a Screen Time passcode—you might want to have to enter a passcode instead of just tapping when you exceed limits you’ve set for yourself. (You might even ask someone else to set the code and not tell you if you need some additional, external help.)

When you set up a Screen Time passcode for your iCloud account, Apple prompts you to enter an Apple ID and its password to cache the code. It doesn’t have to be the same Apple ID

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