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Easy steps to disable limits, timers, and other digital wellbeing features
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Digital Wellbeing is a series of features built into an Android’s settings meant to help you develop a better balance between your screen time and your personal life. It includes features like screentime and app limiters, focus mode, work, and sleep profiles, parental controls, and more. While Digital Wellbeing cannot be easily installed or disabled completely, you can turn off specific features, like timers, notifications, and data access. This wikiHow guide will show you how to disable Digital Wellbeing features on your Android phone or tablet.
Turning Off Digital Wellbeing
You cannot uninstall Digital Wellbeing, but you can disable the various settings. Open the Settings menu and tap Digital Wellbeing and parental controls. Tap the icon with three dots in the upper-right corner and tap Settings. Use the menu options to disable the app icon and access to data and profiles.
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Section 1 of 3:
Disabling Digital Wellbeing Features
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Open Settings. You can do so by swiping down from the top-right corner of the screen and tapping the Gear icon in the upper-right corner. You can also find the Settings app in your Apps menu.[1]
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Tap Digital Wellbeing and parental controls. This menu option might appear differently depending on your phone's manufacturer.Advertisement -
Tap the three vertical dots ⋮. It's the menu icon in the top right corner of your screen. -
Tap Settings. It's the second option in the menu.- The Settings menu and Digital Wellbeing layout and features may vary from one device to another, including different names for different options.
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5Disable the PIN, if needed. If you set a PIN that is required to turn off Digital Wellbeing features, tap the toggle switch next to “Set PIN” to turn it off. Then enter the PIN and tap Continue.
- If you forgot your PIN, tap Forgot your PIN below the bar where you enter your PIN. You can either answer a security question chosen when the PIN was set or enter your phone's password, fingerprint, or Face ID to disable the PIN.
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6Tap Notifications. It should be one of the options in the Settings menu. This displays options to control your notifications.
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7Disable your Digital Wellbeing notifications. There is a toggle switch at the top that you can tap to disable all notifications. If this option is greyed out, tap the toggle switch to disable sound and vibrations, and then uncheck the types of notifications you can receive. Then tap the Back arrow in the upper-left corner to return to the previous screen.
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8Tap the toggle switch next to “Show Digital Wellbeing on Apps screen.” This removes the App icon for Digital Wellbeing from your Apps menu and your Home screen.
- You can still access the Digital Wellbeing options in the Settings menu.
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9Tap Customization Service. It should be one of the options in the Settings menu. This option allows you to get more detailed reports about your activities and sleep patterns.
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10Tap the Toggle Switch to disable Customization Service. It’s at the top of the page. Tap the toggle switch to disable Customization Service. Then tap the Back arrow in the upper-left corner to return to the Settings menu.
- Additionally, you can tap Activities or Sleep Patterns and tap Clear Data to erase all data collected.
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Tap Usage data access. The feature will no longer collect or provide you with data about your phone usage patterns and habits, and any data it has already collected will be deleted within 24 hours. -
Tap Settings. This will redirect you to a new menu where you can restrict which apps use data. -
Tap the switch next to "Digital Wellbeing" to toggle it off. If the switch is pointing to the right and grey, the feature is disabled.
- If you go back to the Digital Wellbeing menu, you'll notice that everything is blank, including your screen time goal, app timers, driving monitor, walking monitor, and volume monitor.
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Disabling Digital Wellbeing Timers and Limits
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Open Settings. You can do so by swiping down from the top-right corner of the screen and tapping the Gear icon in the upper-right corner. You can also find the Settings app in your Apps menu.[2]
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Tap Digital Wellbeing and parental controls. This menu option might appear differently depending on your phone's manufacturer.[3]
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3Tap the timer below “Screen time goal.” If you have a timer set to limit your screen time, you can disable it here. There should be a timer that says how much time you have left.[4]
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4Tap Delete and confirm. There should be a pop-up at the bottom of the screen that allows you to adjust the time. Tap Delete at the bottom of the screen. Then tap Delete again to confirm.
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5Disable any app timers. If Digital Wellbeing is limiting the amount of time you spend in apps, you can disable that feature here. Tap any apps listed below “App Timers,” then tap the toggle switch to disable the timer. When you're finished, tap Save at the bottom.
- Alternatively, you can tap the timer and select which days you want the timer to be active or adjust the time.
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6Disable content restrictions. If Digital Wellbeing limits the types of websites and apps you can access, you can turn off content restrictions. Here's how:
- Tap Content Restrictions at the bottom of the screen.
- Tap Web content.
- Select Allow all websites.
- Tap App and game age ratings.
- Tap All ages.
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Digital Wellbeing does not drain your battery. The app lets you know when you're using the screen a lot and how that affects your battery.[9] If you change your usage as the app recommends, you'll most likely reduce how much your screen time drains the battery.Thanks
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References
- ↑ https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS10001357/
- ↑ https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS10001357/
- ↑ https://support.google.com/android/answer/9346420
- ↑ https://support.google.com/android/answer/9346420
- ↑ https://support.google.com/families/answer/9055704?hl=en
- ↑ https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/1075738?hl=en
- ↑ https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS10002538/
- ↑ https://support.google.com/android/answer/9069335?hl=en
- ↑ https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/google-digital-wellbeing-app-android-limit-screen-time
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This article was reviewed by Luigi Oppido and by wikiHow staff writer, Travis Boylls. Luigi Oppido is the Owner and Operator of Pleasure Point Computers in Santa Cruz, California. Luigi has over 25 years of experience in general computer repair, data recovery, virus removal, and upgrades. He is also the host of the Computer Man Show! broadcasted on KSQD covering central California for over two years. This article has been viewed 157,279 times.
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