The App Lock Override

How to complete The App Lock Override

The 'Ignore Limit' button is the loophole that makes screen-time caps meaningless. The real win is honoring the wall you set instead of waving it away. It's a tiny contest between past-you who set the limit and present-you who wants the dopamine.

1. Open Screen Time (iOS) or Digital Wellbeing (Android) and put a daily cap on your worst app.
2. Pick a number you'll actually hit, not an aspirational one you'll blow past by noon.
3. When the lock screen appears, close the phone and step away instead of tapping Ignore.
4. Swap the reach for the app with a pre-decided move: water, a walk, a different tab.

Tips

• Have someone else set the Screen Time passcode so 'one more minute' isn't yours to grant.
• Bury the app off your home screen so opening it takes a deliberate hunt.

What counts as done

The limit triggered and you let it stand for the rest of the day without overriding it.