Restrictions

Safari private browsing button missing on iPhone or iPad? Here’s how to get it back

Safari Private Browsing Button Missing iPhone

You decide you want to use private browsing in Safari on your iPhone or iPad. So, you open Safari, tap the button to open a new tab, and the Private button is gone. Where did it go?

If this is happening to you, it’s a simple fix. You made some changes to your settings and probably didn’t realize that it would take that Private button away from Safari. Here’s how to solve the case of the missing Safari Private browsing button.

How to prevent apps from being installed or deleted on your iPhone and iPad

Two iPhones with one showing the option to delete an app while the other doesn't have that option

With Screen Time, parents can impose restrictions on what their child can do with their iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. For instance, after setting up my nephew's iPad with his favorite apps, I then disabled the ability for him to delete or download them from the App Store.

In this tutorial, we'll show you how to do that on your iOS device to prevent accidental app deletions or stop people from downloading new apps.

How to prevent your kids from sharing their location from their iPhone

Block location sharing

In this tutorial, we will show you how to use Screen Time on your child's iPhone or iPad to turn off location sharing via iMessage and Find My. We will also guide you on how to restrict location access for third-party apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook Messenger, and Snapchat to ensure your child's location can't be shared over these apps.

How to allow access only to specific websites on iPhone and iPad

Only allowed sites visible in Safari on iPhone

You can stop unrestricted website access in Safari, Google Chrome, Firefox, and all third-party browsers on your iPhone or iPad and set them to only load websites you permit.

Here's why you might want to do that and the steps to enable restrictions to allow just some specific websites you deem safe to be accessible on your or your child's iPhone or iPad.

How to filter mature language for Siri and Dictation

Sometimes when you use the dictation feature on your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad—or just converse with Siri and it misunderstands you—you might be in for a surprise seeing explicit language that you don't really want others to see, especially if you talk to Siri on your new Apple TV and kids are present.

Fortunately, both iOS and tvOS give you all the controls you need to prevent profanities from showing up when you use speech-to-text or Siri. In this post, you'll learn how to disable explicit language for Siri and Dictation on your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad and filter out explicit language for Siri on your Apple TV.

How to disable explicit music and podcasts on your Apple TV

Among other enhancements, a software update for the fourth-generation Apple TV has brought out podcasts to your living room experience via Apple's Podcasts app.

If you have kids and everyone in your household is using the same Apple TV, it might be a good idea to prevent explicit content in Apple Music and Podcasts.

In this quick tutorial, we're going to show you how to disable mature language for music and podcasts on the Apple TV by flipping a switch in Settings.