How to use Guided Access on iPad | Apple Support

To help limit distractions while you use an app, you can use Guided Access. With Guided Access on, you will be limited to a single app, and you can disable buttons and set a time limit for your session.

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[Moqnaiqlx]

My iPad just keeps turning off when I click the top button, I don’t have a home button what can I do?

[cybergriffin]

I like to use guided access to trace images without the screen moving.

[aquarius]

When I allow someone to use my iPhone. This feature is so useful.

[egonzalez]

I love this feature when I let my young nephew watch a movie on my iPad Pro. He can’t leave that screen no matter what. Lol thanks Apple!

[kaidyrodriguez]

I have the new ipad 10th generation and each time i triple click it just turns off and now this is getting me mad

[Your-ello]

I have a question I’m using my iPad & whenever I try to turn guided access on it doesn’t come :(

[ozguromer]

You guys are really helping so much thx but can u bring apple watch to ipad i really need it

[nerf]

this is useful for people who play games

[Greg-fgrd]

is this per app? does the iPad remember the setting for next time? how long does this gate stay with the app before it resets? or does this effect all apps at the same time?

[feicity]

Mine doesn’t work with the home button or the top button thing

[SKI]

this is how you can prevent someone from scrolling through your photos

[eydeba]

My tablet is closing when i try to click triple

[eveitran]

This just happened to me when I click the home button three times it won’t go to guided access, even if I did all of these things

[DravenFNM]

Dear Apple, is Guided Access currently malfunctioning on iPhones with iOS 15?

[happymck]

I love having my ipad locked on a screen unable to click anything while not remembering the passcode

[nightknight]

Guided access not working in my iPhone 13 pro max and try to many times but no benefit

[hussainhart]

First it was working ( few months ago) but now it doesn’t work, when I triple click on the top button and choose Guided access it doesn’t start, please any one help me?

[legendarypo]

Please help me…..while playing games like PUBG, CODM….i turn on gudied access mode so as to not press the notification center from top accidentally ….but the problem is that when someone calls me it pops up and it continues ringing loudly for 30 seconds and i can’t even hear any in game sounds and it has cost me so many matches ….for the person who calls me it says busy but for me i keep seeing the pop up with the ringtone ringing in my ears and it really affects the gaming experience….plz tell how to avoid that pop up incoming calls while in
guided access….

[austinkennedy]

How do you allow it to go to Lock Screen and require Touch ID or passcode to unlock to regain access to the single app? The one answer I need does not exist in this video.. or any video I’ve watched to try to figure this out.

[abhishekmehta]

Is there a way I can lock my iPad screen during a presentation on projector