Guided Access
Use Guided Access to:
- Temporarily restrict your iOS device to a particular app
- Disable areas of the screen that aren’t relevant to a task, or areas where an accidental gesture might cause a distraction
- Disable the hardware buttons
Tap Settings > General > Accessibility > Guided Access to set up Guided Access. From there you can:
- Turn Guided Access on or off
- Set a passcode that controls the use of Guided Access and prevents someone from leaving an active session
- Set whether the device can go to sleep during a session
Start a Guided Access session
- Open the app you want to run.
- Triple-click the Home button.
- Adjust settings for the session, then click Start.
Disable app controls and areas of the app screen (Not recommended for Focus Mobile)
- Circle any part of the screen you want to disable.
- Use the handles to adjust the area.
Ignore all screen touches (Not recommended for Focus Mobile)
Keep iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from switching from portrait to landscape or from responding to any other motions (Not recommended for Focus Mobile)
End a Guided Access session
- Triple-click the Home button.
- Enter the Guided Access passcode.
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