How to Check Your Screen Time Usage on iPhone or iPad

This How.com.vn teaches you how to find out how much time you’ve been spending on your iPhone or iPad using Screen Time tracker. Screen Time is available on any iPhone or iPad running iOS 12 or later, and is a built in feature that you can access through your phone's settings menu. You can also use screen time to schedule time away from your phone, seat app limits, and edit your content and privacy restrictions.

Method 1

Method 1 of 3:

Enabling Screen Time

You'll usually find the Settings icon on your home screen.
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Scroll down and tap Screen Time. This option is listed next to a purple-and-white hourglass icon on the Settings menu.
- If you've already enabled Screen Time, you'll see your Screen Time reports.
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Tap Turn On Screen Time in Screen Time.
- When you open Screen Time for the first time, you may automatically skip this step. In this case, just tap Continue.
This is a blue button at the bottom.
This will enable Screen Time, and start tracking the amount of time you spend doing different things on your iPhone or iPad.^{[1]XResearch source}
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Scroll down and tap Use Screen Time Passcode (optional). If you want to password-protect your reports, you can set a 4-digit passcode to lock them.
- Type your new, 4-digit Screen Time passcode.
- Type your new password again to confirm.
- Tap Change Screen Time Passcode here to set a new code or turn it off anytime.
- Remember your Screen Time passcode is different than your iPhone or iPad's sleep/wake Passcode.
This will upload your Screen Time data to iCloud, and make it available to combine with data from all your other iCloud devices.
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Method 2

Method 2 of 3:

Checking your Screen Time Reports

Find and tap the
icon on your home screen to open Settings.
It’s in the second group of settings. As long as you’ve enabled Screen Time, you should see a list of reports from which to choose.^{[2]XResearch source}
You can find your daily total and summary at the top of the Screen Time menu.
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Tap the name of your device. Your iPhone or iPad's name is listed at the top of the daily summary. Tapping will open the current day’s tracking details and usage statistics for this device.
- If you have multiple devices synced on iCloud for Screen Time, they will also appear here. You can tap any other device's name to view its details.
Your daily screen time is shown in a bar chart divided by hours. You can find it below your total time at the top.
A green bubble will pop up with the usage details for the selected hour.
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View your most used apps under "MOST USED." This section will list the apps you've used the most today, along with their respective usage times.
- Optionally, tap on any app here to see the hourly graph only for this app.
- Tap SHOW CATEGORIES or SHOW APPS & WEBSITES to switch the Most Used list. It's on the top-right of the list.
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Scroll down and view your "PICKUPS" data. Here, you'll find average and total statistics regarding the number of times you've picked up your device.
- You can find your average number of times per hour at the top.
- Your hourly breakdown chart, the time of your first pickup, and your total are shown below.
- Here, you'll also find a list of the apps you've used the first after each pickup. Tap any app to see pickup statistics only for this app.
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Scroll down and view your "NOTIFICATIONS" data. Here, you'll find statistics about the number of your received notifications.
- You'll find your daily total and hourly average at the top.
- You can tap any bar on the chart to see the hourly details.
- You'll also find the number of notifications from each app here. Tap any app to change its notification settings.
It’s at the top-right corner of the screen. This will show your weekly totals and averages for all your screen time, most used, pickup, and notification data over the past week.
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Method 3

Method 3 of 3:

Turning Off Screen Time

You should find this option in the second group of settings.
Your phone will no longer report your screen time usage to you.
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How do I delete or uninstall the screen time tracker?
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You can't, unless you downgrade your iOS system. You can, however, turn it off. If you open Screen Time in Settings, scroll to the very bottom and you will find a button in red text to close Screen Time.
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Can I go back further than 7 days?
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No, you can only see the past seven days. Of those 7 days, you will only find that the day you are looking at it will break down the stats to the minute.
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Why does my phone not have the screen time option in settings?
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Your phone may not be updated enough to see that. The screen time functionality was added in iOS 12, so if your phone is older than that, you won't be able to use it.
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