Block Apple Settings

Block Apple Settings with the Swiitch Shortcut

If you’re looking to enable the maximum strength resistance to distractions on your iPhone with Swiitch, you can use the Swiitch Shortcut to prevent yourself from accessing your iPhone settings when you have an Swiitch schedule active.

This will ensure you cannot get around your own rules by preventing changes to screen time access or other settings. Here’s how to set it up:

  1. Install our pre-configured shortcut: Download here
  2. Open the Shortcuts app and navigate to the “Automation” tab, which is one of the three tabs all the way at the bottom
  3. Click the “+” icon in the top right
  4. Search for “App” and click “App”
  5. Click on the blue “Choose” button (next to “App” under “When”)
  6. Search for Settings and select Settings, click the on the Blue Tick in the top Right.
  7. Select "Is Opened" below 
  8. Select “Run Immediately” from the bottom two options (leave “Notify When Run” off)
  9. Click “Next” in the top right corner
  10. Under “When “Settings” is opened” click “Search” and search for “Swiitch”, select the shortcut you downloaded in step 1 called “Block Settings When Swiitch Is Blocking Apps”
  11. In the Swiitch app, add the Shortcuts app to all of your Swiitch profiles as a blocked app

Note: The first time the shortcut runs, you will have to manually accept it to run. After that, it will run automatically without being needy for approval.

That’s all! It’s as simple as that to prevent yourself from turning off Screen Time access for Swiitch when a Swiitch is blocking apps.

Set a Screen Time passcode

For no workarounds, set a Screen Time passcode: Settings → Screen Time → Lock Screen Time Settings.

  • Child mode: the parent sets the passcode and doesn't share it. This is what makes Swiitch uncircumventable.
  • Self-control mode: any passcode you know, you'll eventually use. Have someone you trust set it, or generate a random one and store it somewhere annoying to retrieve.