How to put password to applications on iPhone

You can put a password to the apps on the iPhone with this trick of the Screen Time function.

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One of the functions most demanded by users to Apple is to be able to put passwords to each application on their iPhone or iPad, however Apple has not yet implemented this option natively in iOS. Apple leaves that work in the hands of the developers, if they want their apps they can have a password.

Although there is no native option in iOS, There is a small trick that we can use to be able to lock applications with a password on the iPhone or iPad No need to jailbreak or anything like that. For this we will use the Time of use option that includes iOS.

Trick to lock apps with password on iOS

This is a function that is available from iOS 12. Thanks to Usage time, we can not only know how much we have used an app, We can also restrict the time we use it with a password.

This daily time limit for using an app can be used to password applications on iPhone easily. To do it we just have to follow these steps:

1. we headed up Settings > Usage time on our iPhone or iPad.
2. Click on the option Use code for “Airtime”.
3. we introduce the password we want to use to unlock the apps.
4. After putting the code click on All devices at the top, or See all activity.
5. down us the apps will appear that we use the most, clicking on Show more will appear all.
6. We select the app that we want to block with a password and click on Add Limit below.
7. Can select all the apps you want lock with password by tapping Edit apps.
8. We define a time limit of only 1 minute and click on add.

From now on when we want to enter the app a message will appear stating that we have reached the time limit, If we want to enter, click on Ask for more time and we must enter the password that we have defined above. Then we choose how long the app on our iPhone will be without a password.

It is a somewhat far-fetched option, but it is the only way we have to put a password to applications in iOS. It is also a reversible option that we can eliminate whenever we want by editing the options from Time of use.

Let’s hope that Apple improves these options at some point and allows the user and not the developers to choose whether or not they want to put a password to the apps of their iOS devices and you can lock applications with your fingerprint or with your face thanks to Touch ID or Face ID.

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