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How To Stop Yourself From Watching YouTube On An iPad – Tips & Tricks

What to Know

• Block the app:Settings >Screen Time >Content & Privacy Restrictions >Content Restrictions >Apps >9+ .
• Block the site: From theContent Restrictions page, go toWeb Content >Limit Adult Websites >Add Website .
• Set up Screen Time with a passcode to prevent changes to these settings.

This article explains how to restrict YouTube on an iPad by blocking the app and website.

How to Block the YouTube App on iPad

Follow these steps to make sure the YouTube app can’t be installed on an iPad or to hide the app if it’s already installed:

1. TapSettings .
   
2. TapScreen Time .

Screen Time tracks how much time you spend with your devices, giving you control over what you use and for how long.
3. SelectContent & Privacy Restrictions .

4. Move theContent & Privacy Restrictions slider to on/green.
5. TapContent Restrictions .

6. TapApps .

7. Tap9+ . This rating prevents apps rated for nine and over from being installed on the iPad (YouTube falls into this category). If you’ve already installed these apps, this setting will hide them.

The only way to block just the YouTube app instead of everything that falls within this age rating is toset up a time limit to lock the app behind a password .
8. Using a Screen Time passcode, you can lock this setting down so the block can’t be removed. Do this viaSettings >Screen Time >Use Screen Time Passcode .
Pick something other people won’t guess, and don’t use the samepasscode you use to unlock the iPad .

You can also block all third-party apps from being installed using the App Store. Go toSettings >Screen Time >Content & Privacy Restrictions > slider to on/green >Content Restrictions >Apps >Don’t Allow . You may want todelete the YouTube app first.

How to Block the YouTube Website on iPad

Blocking the YouTube website is easier than blocking the app. You can block this one site and no others by following these steps:

These settings only apply to the pre-installed Safari web browser. For third-party web browsers, like Chrome, you’ll need to use different approaches.

1. OpenSettings toScreen Time >Content & Privacy Restrictions .
   
2. Tap the slider next toContent & Privacy Restrictions if it isn’t already on, then tapContent Restrictions .

3. TapWeb Content .

4. TapLimit Adult Websites . This setting blocks access to all websites categorized by Apple as being adult.
5. YouTube is not an adult site, so you must also block it separately. In the Never Allow section, tapAdd Website .

You can also approach this in the opposite directionand create a list of only the websites the iPad can access . TapAllowed Websites to do that.
6. Enter**<www.youtube.com>** in the box, then tapWeb Content at the top to return to the previous screen.

Set a Screen Time passcode so any users of the iPad are prevented from changing these settings to unblock YouTube. Do that throughSettings >Screen Time >Use Screen Time Passcode .

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FAQ

• How do I block YouTube on an iPhone?
  The steps in iOS will be the same as in iPadOS. Use Screen Time to limit both the app and the website in Settings.
• How do I block YouTube channels?
  You can’t block a channel, but you can tell YouTube to hide comments from the channel. Open its main page in the app, then select theMore icon (three vertical dots) in the upper-right corner and chooseHide user from my channel >Hide user .

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