Filter
Top Products
Set content restrictions: Tap Ratings For, then select a country in the list. You can set
restrictions using that country’s ratings system for the following categories of content:
Music & Podcasts Â
Movies Â
TV Shows Â
Apps Â
In the United States, for example, to allow only movies rated PG or below, tap Movies,
then select PG from the list.
Note: Not all countries or regions have a rating system.
Restrict multiplayer games: Turn o Multiplayer Games.
When Multiplayer Games is turned o, you can’t request a match, or send or receive
invitations to play games or add friends in Game Center.
Restrict adding friends: Turn o Adding Friends.
When Adding Friends is turned o, you can’t make or receive friend requests in Game
Center. You can continue to play with existing friends if Multiplayer Games is turned on.
Side Switch
You can use the Side Switch to lock screen orientation or to silence notications and
sound eects.
Lock the screen in portrait or landscape orientation: Choose General > Use the Side
Switch…, then tap Lock Rotation.
Mute notications and other sound eects: Choose General > Use the Side Switch…,
then tap Mute.
The Side Switch doesn’t mute audio or video playback.
Date and Time
These settings apply to the time shown in the status bar at the top of the screen,
and in world clocks and calendars.
Set whether iPad shows 24-hour time or 12-hour time: Choose General > Date
& Time and turn 24-Hour Time on or o. (24-Hour Time may not be available in all
countries or regions.)
Set whether iPad updates the date and time automatically: Choose General >
Date & Time, then turn Set Automatically on or o.
Set the date and time manually: Choose General > Date & Time, then turn Set
Automatically o. Tap Time Zone and enter the name of a major city in your time zone.
Tap the “Date & Time” button, then tap “Set Date & Time” and enter the date and time.
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