To set an app timer:
1. Go to Settings > Digital Wellbeing & parental controls > Dashboard.
Or, Settings > Apps > Screen time.
2.
Next to the app you want to limit, touch .
3. Set the total time that you can use the app per day.
When you reach your time limit in an app:
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The app closes.
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Its icon dims and no longer opens the app.
The app timer resets at midnight. To use the app before midnight, go back to the timer in Settings and
extend its time or delete the timer.
Pause distracting apps to focus
Use Focus mode to pause selected apps for fewer distractions.
1. Go to Settings > Digital Wellbeing & parental controls > Focus mode.
2. Choose which apps you want to pause.
3. Do one of the following:
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To turn it on, touch Turn on now.
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To have it turn on automatically, touch Set a schedule, then select days of the week and start/end
times.
When Focus mode is on:
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You'll see in the status bar.
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You won’t be able to use the selected apps and won’t get notifications from them.
Tip: To add Focus mode to quick settings, open quick settings, touch , then drag the tile where you
want it.
To turn Focus mode off:
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Open quick settings and touch .
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Or, on the notification, touch Turn off now. (To turn it off for a short period, touch Take a break.)
To remove the schedule:
1. Do one of the following:
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Open quick settings, then touch & hold .
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Go to Settings > Digital Wellbeing & parental controls > Focus mode.
2.
Next to Schedule, touch .
Tip: To mute sounds, stop vibration, and block notifications for all calls and notifications, use Do Not
Disturb.
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