Give your willpower a hand

March 8, 2024

Social media apps are designed to keep you scrolling. Do yourself a solid and tell your phone to limit your time on TikTok, Instagram or your weakness of choice.

On iPhone:

• Go to Settings > Screen Time.
• Tap App Limits > Add Limit.
• To set limits for individual apps, tap the category name to see everything there, then select the ones you want to limit.
• Tap Next at the top right, then set the amount of time allowed.
• When you finish setting limits, tap Add.

On Android:

• Open Settings > Digital Wellbeing & parental controls, then tap the chart.
• Select the app you want to limit or tap the hourglass icon.
• Choose how much time you can spend on that app. Then, tap OK or Set.
• The app will switch to black and white when you have one minute. After that, you’re locked out.

⏱️ For the record, you can override it once time runs out, but don’t! You set that limit for a reason. Speaking of time, the past, present and future walked into a bar. It was tense.