How to Add Screen Time Widget to iPhone Home Screen

In this era, every parent is concerned about their kid’s activity on social apps, games, and many more things among the iPhone. Not only children but, smartphone has taken over the head of adults and old age folks, and according to research, it creates a negative influence on mental health. To overcome these problems, Apple has added a Screen Time feature, which gives you control over social applications, and of course on your iPhone, by alarming you. For instance, if you’ve reached the set limit of using the app, screen time will automatically prevent the app and alert you not to use it until the other day.

Plus, it lets you extract the historical data of last month, the last 7 days, and more, to encourage and help understand on which app do you spend more. All these statistics and data are available in the Screen Time section of the Settings app. However, it’s a bit tedious to open the Settings app and navigate through the Screen Time every time. Thankfully, Apple allows you to stick the Screen Time Widget on the iPhone Home Screen, only if it is updated to the iOS 14 or later.

How to Add Screen Time Widget on iPhone Home Screen

The below stepwise guide will guide you on how to add the screen time widget on the iPhone home screen. On the contrary, the iOS 14 comes with official support to add the widgets alongside the apps, like on the home screen.

1. Long-press the app icon or empty space on the iPhone home screen to enable jiggle mode on the iPhone.
2. Tap on the Plus (+), in the top-left corner of the screen.
3. Scroll down and tap Screen Time.

   

4. Choose the Screen Time Widget from the list.

   

5. Tap Add Widget.
6. Relocate the Screen Time Widget on the iPhone home screen.
7. Tap Done.

   

How to Remove Screen Time Widget from iPhone

Deleting the Screen Time widget takes a fraction of a second. here’s how to remove the screen time widget from the iPhone home screen.

1. Tap and hold the Screen Time widget.
2. Select Remove Widget.