How to Use Guided Access On iPhone and iPad

With Guided Access on iOS, you can temporarily restrict your iPhone or iPad to a single app. This can be useful when you let a child use your device, or when you want to stay focused on a task.

The feature lets you set a time limit, customize which features, hardware buttons, and areas of the screen are available, and even restrict access to the keyboard.

You can set up Guided Access by following these steps on your iPhone or iPad:

1. Open Settings.
2. Tap Accessibility.
3. Tap Guided Access, then turn on Guided Access and configure these settings:

• • Passcode Settings: Set a Guided Access passcode and choose whether to use Face ID or Touch ID as another way to allow a Guided Access session to be paused or ended.
  • Time Limits: Choose whether to play a sound and have the remaining Guided Access time spoken before a time-limited session ends.
  • Accessibility Shortcut: Choose whether to show the Accessibility Shortcuts panel when you triple-click the side button on iPhone, top button on iPad, or Home button on your older device. Guided Access will be one of the accessibility shortcuts listed in the panel.
  • Display Auto-Lock: Set how quickly your device automatically locks when not in use during a Guided Access session.

Watch the following Apple tutorial video to learn how to set up and start a Guided Access session on your iPhone or iPad.