How to LOCK APPS on iPhone! (with Face ID & Passcode)

How to Lock Apps on iPhone with Face ID, Touch ID or Passcode on iOS 16! (New Method 2023)

If you ever wanted to lock individual apps on your iPhone, here's how! This new method is much better than the previous one we shared on the channel in 2021, but it requires iOS 16.4 or later.

So in this tutorial, we show how to lock applications through the Shortcuts app with the new "Lock Screen" action and some additional if/then actions. On the surface, this will force the apps to go to the lockscreen and require a passcode or Face ID authentication. And to take it a step further, it can also detect when you're using your phone so only other people get locked out. Kinda. You'll see in the video. Enjoy!

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:23 No more Timer
0:52 Start by doing this
1:55 Then use this new Action
2:33 Showing Locked Apps
3:19 Advanced Lock Apps (only others get locked out, not you)
4:05 (If it's confusing, this is coming)
4:22 Pay Attention for This Step!
5:36 I'm not locked out, but others are
5:56 How to lock person to ONE app only (prevent snooping)
6:59 Alternate Method (permanent lock down)
8:52 In an idea world..
9:14 Warning

Thoughts on locking apps on your iPhone? Think Apple will add this feature eventually - maybe with iOS 17?

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[BrandonButch]

Will Apple EVER add this feature natively!? 😩

[colandabrown]

Thank you Brandon we truly appreciate you for everything you do for us. You are a hard-working man and we truly thank you for everything. God bless you and your family.

[rax]

For a phone that’s so restrictive I’m surprised that there’s no native app lock 😂

[salehgani]

Dear Brandon, your technical knowledge, skills and the way you articulate them so concise which makes it ever so easier for me to understand given my thought processes and memory are ever so erratic and fact that I now panic with constant upgrades of technology due to cocktail of medication I take for reactive arthritis and other medical conditions. Thanks ever so much, I ever so grateful. Have a great day and further growth with your channel. It deserves multiple millions subscribers especially given all the other useless channels reach millions which is beyond my comprehension, maybe I am from old school.

[brandon___styles]

This tutorial is excellent, Brandon!
Thanks!
Very simple to setup!
I’ve always wanted a way to lock the Files app. I locked that, and 11 others.

[peacepocket]

Apple really need to make this more simple.

[yavorpetrakiev]

Please do these kind of iphone tricks more often! It's really cool to see what the phone can do even when I don't need this right now. Now I know I can lock an app if I wanted to.

[OPGamified]

Thank You!!! ❤ This method is slightly faster than the timer one on my iPhone 11 Pro Max… Also it doesn’t pause running media in the background when it gets activated, unlike the timer one. 🖤

[Yoyolvzmzda]

you are a life saver now i can have my own privacy and no one messing with my private apps like my cousins messing with my phone thank you so much brandon!

[thetechlibrarian]

Samsung secure folder is fantastic. There’s no reason why they shouldn’t be standard on iOS.

[RandomBogey]

6:03 That’s why I keep Guided Access and “Accessibility Shortcut” enabled. If I ever hand my phone to someone, like a cashier at a store so they can read a code or to show someone a picture, I just triple tap the power button and the phone (usually) remembers the last settings I used (every option unticked so the screen is completely unchangeable) and it doesn’t require any other input. Then, when I hand it to them, I tell them the screen is locked so they don’t have to worry about accidentally swiping away or locking it and they don’t have to palm it like a fragile little antique piece of glass while trying not to touch the screen or buttons. When they hand it back, double tap the power button, Face ID unlocks it, and it’s back to normal.

[_lexi_]

Thank you so much! I was stressed if someone stole my iphone and stopped sharing location! Now if someone ever steals my device i would know where they are. Thank you

[kristinaveirum]

We can hope they will 🤔

Very helpful video! I’m gonna make that shortcut for sure 👍🏼

Thanks for the always great content B! 👏🏼

[AndySchuylerVlogs]

@BrandonButch Hey Brandon! Thanks for the update on locking the apps with Face ID and passcode.

[mikelowry]

Lock Screen won’t pop up when I search for it. Is there another way I can do this?

[MartinKapal]

If you want the other person to use only one app and prevent snooping, you can use the “Guided access” accessibility feature. You can enable it in Settings - Accessibility - Guided Access and set a passcode to activate/deactivate it. Then, start an app and press the side button three times and you’ll be in the guided access mode. To exit, press the side button three times again and enter the same passcode.

[Daniela-]

Setting shortcuts to lock the screen when entering an app, is genius! Thanks for this video. Will definitely be trying this

P.S. can’t wait for the updated shortcuts video

[JasonQiuMusic]

It's lame that iOS can't even do something so simple. My 2018 Huawei phone does this with a simple settings option.

[iGarni]

Finally, shortcuts tutorials will be back.

[elthongonzalez]

I'm having an issue with this, for some reason the "lock screen" option isn't available when searching for it on shortcuts, I am using the beta version of iOS 17 and am unsure if this is causing this, hopefully someone has a solution to my issue.