Guide
How to Block Porn on iPhone Permanently
Screen Time blocks porn sites and apps for free in about two minutes. What decides whether it lasts is who holds the passcode.
iPhone's built-in Screen Time tool blocks porn sites and apps for free in about two minutes, no app install required. It fails for most people not because the block is weak, but because they set the passcode themselves and can type it back in the moment they are most tempted to.
The free way: Screen Time for porn specifically
Open Settings, tap Screen Time, turn it on, and choose This is My iPhone. Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions and switch it on. Tap Content Restrictions, then Web Content, then Limit Adult Websites. Under Never Allow, add every site you actually go to, plus the ones you would search for if the first ones were gone.
Go back to Allow Changes and set Passcode Changes and Account Changes to Don't Allow. This closes the workaround of making a new Apple ID to reset everything. Last, set the Screen Time passcode, the one that decides whether any of this holds.
Why this fails, specifically for porn
The restriction is real and iOS enforces it correctly. Where it breaks is not the block itself, it is the passcode you just set with your own hands. You know it, which means at the exact moment willpower is lowest, so does the version of you that wants back in.
The three ways this actually plays out: you type your own Screen Time passcode back in at night. You delete a blocker app and your habit does not go with it, so it comes back the next day. Or you tell yourself you will just check one thing, and Limit Adult Websites has no answer for a browser tab you convinced yourself was research.
- Screen Time alone: you know the passcode, so you turn it off yourself.
- Blocker apps: uninstalled in one tap, no different from the App Store icon you already know how to find.
- Willpower: reliable at 2pm, gone at 1am, and 1am is when this matters.
What changes when you cannot type the passcode back in
Get0 sets the exact same iOS Screen Time restriction above. The one change is who knows the passcode. We speak it once, out loud, and you type what you hear without the digits ever being shown on a screen. From that point on, the clock starts the moment you lock, for the length you pick in advance: 1, 3, 7, 14 or 30 days. The passcode is emailed automatically when the countdown hits zero.
Nothing new gets installed. The restriction is still Screen Time, still built into iOS, still free to run. What you are paying for is the fact that the person who wants back in at 1am is not the person holding the key. That costs $7 a month, $77 a year, or $177 once, and the plan name on your card statement reads Zero Software.
How much this actually gets searched
Real US search volume, DataForSEO, checked 2026-09-05. Porn plus adjacent terms is the single biggest cluster of demand this product can serve, well ahead of any other category.
| Term | US searches/mo |
|---|---|
| block porn | 9,900 |
| porn blocker | 9,900 |
| how to quit porn | 8,100 |
| block porn on iphone | 1,000 |
| porn blocking app | 2,400 |
Questions people actually ask
Will this stop me from seeing anything if I search around Limit Adult Websites?
Limit Adult Websites uses on-device filtering that catches most adult content automatically, and your Never Allow list catches the specific sites it misses. It is not a perfect filter by itself, which is why the Never Allow list matters and why the passcode, not the filter, is the part doing the real work.
What happens if I factory reset the phone?
A reset wipes Screen Time along with everything else on the device. It also wipes your phone, which is a much bigger decision than tapping a toggle at 1am. Your Get0 account still holds your history and your code if you set the lock up again.
I also use an iPad or a Mac.
Turn on Share Across Devices inside Screen Time before you set the passcode, and the same restriction and passcode apply everywhere you are signed into the same Apple ID.
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.
Does anything show up on my phone that says Get0?
No. Your phone only shows that a Screen Time restriction is on, the same as if you had set it yourself. A card statement reads Zero Software, not Get0 and not the category you locked.