Guide
How to Block Dating Apps on iPhone
An age rating cap and a Never Allow list hide dating apps for free. Pausing an account is built to be undone in a tap.
Screen Time hides dating apps on iPhone for free with an app rating cap and a Never Allow website list, in under two minutes. The usual undo path, pausing an account or deleting the app, leaves your profile intact and reachable again in seconds, which is the specific gap a held passcode closes.
The free way: hiding dating apps with Screen Time
Open Settings, tap Screen Time, turn it on, choose This is My iPhone. Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions, switch it on. Tap Content Restrictions, then Apps, and set the age rating cap to 12+, since dating apps are rated 17+.
Then tap Web Content, Limit Adult Websites, and add the sites you use, such as tinder.com, hinge.co and bumble.com, under Never Allow. Set Installing Apps to Don't Allow so a fresh copy cannot come back.
Why pausing an account does not hold
Deleting a dating app leaves the account and the profile exactly as they were, one download away from picking up where you left off. Pausing an account inside the app is worse: it is designed to be undone in a single tap, since that is what keeps a paying user reachable.
- Deleting the app: your profile is still there when you reinstall.
- Pausing your account: one tap to unpause, no waiting period.
- Promising a partner you will stop: not a system, just a hope.
What changes with a passcode you never see
Get0 sets the same rating cap and Never Allow list, then holds the Screen Time passcode instead of you. We speak it once, you type what you hear without seeing the digits, and the countdown starts the moment you lock, for the length you pick: 1, 3, 7, 14 or 30 days. The passcode is emailed automatically when it hits zero.
It costs $7 a month, $77 a year, or $177 once, billed as Zero Software, with nothing installed on the phone.
How much this actually gets searched
Real US search volume, DataForSEO, checked 2026-09-05. This is the smallest cluster of the six categories by a wide margin, and it is worth saying plainly: this is not a page we expect meaningful search traffic from.
| Term | US searches/mo |
|---|---|
| how to block dating apps on iphone | 20 |
| dating cluster, all terms | 10 |
Questions people actually ask
Does this delete my existing profiles?
No. Delete them yourself first if you want them gone. Get0 stops your phone from opening them, it does not remove the account.
Can my partner hold the passcode instead of Get0?
You can set that up yourself, and it commonly ends in an argument at midnight. Get0 holds it instead so nobody in your household has to be the enforcer.
Does the rating cap hide anything I still need?
It hides every app rated above the cap you choose, not only dating apps. Check what else you use before setting it.
Can I get the passcode early if I ask?
No. The clock starts the moment you lock and the passcode is emailed when it hits zero. There is no early release, not for support, not for an emergency.