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JohnSimp_548974
SMARTY Pioneer
30-03-2026

Blocking Personal Hotspot

Hi,

I have an account and my two kids do in my Group. Is it possible to block my kids from using Personal Hotspot from their service? They are using it to tether to devices that I have blocked in my Wifi router at home. We are all on iphone and its not something you can block in screen time.

Thanks,

John

 

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  • JohnSimp_548974's avatar
    JohnSimp_548974
    SMARTY Pioneer
    30-03-2026

    Thanks for that. Yes I know and I should talk to them about sensible phone use, blah blah blah. I do all that but was hoping there might be a technical solution to back that all up.

    • MSF's avatar
      MSF
      SMARTY Guru
      31-03-2026

      JohnSimp_548974​ When you go to Settings > Screen Time on an iPhone, it states "..Adults can also set parental controls for a child's device". Have you tried all aspects of that? I wonder whether your local iStore/ authorised reseller can give you specific help on that. (Sorry but I don't know a lot about that section as there were no mobile phones when my kids were young!!)

  • MSF's avatar
    MSF
    SMARTY Guru
    30-03-2026

    JohnSimp_548974​ There is a simple way to achieve this. You simply remove their phones at the same time as you have blocked their devices in the wifi router.