“Ask Permission” was Apple’s way of offering parents a feature that can simplify their parenting, especially when they have toddlers who spend an awful lot of amounts of time on screen. We will discuss this feature in today’s guide as well as understand how we can turn it off in an iPhone. Let us begin!
What is the “Ask Permission” feature in iPhones?
The “Ask Permission” or “Ask to Buy” is the feature that Apple started offering its customers to have parental control over the Apple devices of their kids. This feature allows the parents to approve of the purchases of any game or app by their young ones. As soon as the child tries to buy something from the store, the money doesn’t get deducted from the credit card. Rather, a notification is sent on the account of the parent to approve or deny the purchase request.
How to turn off “Ask Permission” on an iPhone?
A point to note is that there is no muting the notifications that are sent by the system as soon as the purchase is requested. This makes turning this feature off necessary at times. If you want to do it too, these are the steps you need to follow –
- On your iPhone, find the “Settings” app.
- Open that app and find your name in the “Family Sharing”.
- As the next step, click on your child’s name and then click on the option – “Ask to Buy”.
- Now as soon as you see the “Require Purchase Approval” icon, turn it off.
Turning it off will pause the feature until you choose to enable it again. Now the purchases can be made using your credit card for games and apps, and the amount will straightaway be deducted. You won’t receive any approval notifications for the same.
What is the importance of “Ask Permission” in iPhones?
The company has been smart to offer this feature to parents who want to go for it and leave their kids cool with their Apple devices. We know it is a responsibility to leave your devices with a child who may accidentally make purchases, and your credit cards have to pay for them. Therefore, there are a few perks of it, as we can simply put as –
- They save parents from having their credit cards used without their knowledge.
- It keeps the parents informed about what purchases have been made by the child since they approve them. Keeping track of these can be helpful in the long run.
- This may also alert the parents if the child downloads and purchases a game that is not suitable for him or her.
- This also keeps the children aware of their activities and purchases monitored by their parents. This way, they keep a check on their screen time as well as play the pre-approved games only.
We can say that Apple has put great thought into this idea and has come up with a master plan! This hasn’t affected the purchases much but has relieved the parents a lot.
