How to block TikTok

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Make it so she can’t download apps without permission!

For the program we used kids were still able to download any app a parent had without us even knowing. Which is NUTS. But check on this, if you have TikTok (or other things you don't want them having).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Remove it from her phone

Take the phone away til she’s responsible

Why is this hard

I have taken her phone multiple times after finding the app on it. She eventually downloads it again and I take away the phone again.

This might be the dumbest parenting I’ve seen yet.
Seriously OP?
TikTok isn’t the problem here. It’s your child’s obvious and total lack of respect for you as an authority figure.
If the rule is “no tiktok” and she “finds a way” to download it again then you need to “find a way” for her to lose her phone privileges entirely.
For me, this would mean one warning.
If I happened again, it would mean no phone. (And I might, just might, be persuaded to agree to get her a flip
phone. Maybe. After much demonstrated effort on her part to show more deference and respect for abiding by our household rules.

[Anonymous]

+1
In my opinion, your child is currently demonstrating that she is the one who makes the rules—or at least she decides whether she follows them or not. And she has decided “not.”
You’re only reinforcing that by playing this game of whack-a-mole removal/adding of the app over and over. Stop playing. And stop giving her the power to control this situation

[Anonymous]

I think if your kid has downloaded an app and has an iPhone , and then deletes the app- the kids may not need permission to download that app again even if you have it set that they need a password bc the password is for new apps. Im not totally sure but there may be extra steps you need to take to ensure it is deleted from her App Library on the cloud or something.

Also block TikTok from safari and through chromes websites too. It’s an easy workaround for kids.

I’m sorry you are dealing with this. I do think taking the phone away is needed first but if you plan to give it back- be sure to have it locked down with passwords to get TikTok again and block the specific websites through screen time AND separately through chromes/google format bc they can access the internet either way and screen time does not block websites if they use Chrome. This is a major loophole.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think if your kid has downloaded an app and has an iPhone , and then deletes the app- the kids may not need permission to download that app again even if you have it set that they need a password bc the password is for new apps. Im not totally sure but there may be extra steps you need to take to ensure it is deleted from her App Library on the cloud or something.

Also block TikTok from safari and through chromes websites too. It’s an easy workaround for kids.

I’m sorry you are dealing with this. I do think taking the phone away is needed first but if you plan to give it back- be sure to have it locked down with passwords to get TikTok again and block the specific websites through screen time AND separately through chromes/google format bc they can access the internet either way and screen time does not block websites if they use Chrome. This is a major loophole.

Something like this- but it’s from 2022 so do some more digging and then test is yourself before your daughter gets her phone back.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253710181?sortBy=rank

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think if your kid has downloaded an app and has an iPhone , and then deletes the app- the kids may not need permission to download that app again even if you have it set that they need a password bc the password is for new apps. Im not totally sure but there may be extra steps you need to take to ensure it is deleted from her App Library on the cloud or something.

Also block TikTok from safari and through chromes websites too. It’s an easy workaround for kids.

I’m sorry you are dealing with this. I do think taking the phone away is needed first but if you plan to give it back- be sure to have it locked down with passwords to get TikTok again and block the specific websites through screen time AND separately through chromes/google format bc they can access the internet either way and screen time does not block websites if they use Chrome. This is a major loophole.

+1

My kids can’t download new apps without permission but CAN download apps that anyone else in the family group has downloaded as that is not considered a new app. I haven’t changed this but it hasn’t been a problem either.

Given the repeated disobedience I’d take her iphone away altogether for a good long while. She is being completely disrespectful of rules and has lost the privilege. She is too young to be dictating her own phone use/privacies. If she needs a phone to communicate with you (or if you want her to be able to text friends) get her a dumb phone. I have no suggestions on what type of phone exactly but I know there are definitely options. Also make sure she cant just an iPad or other device that she has access to. In the meantime, do your research about iPhone parental controls and figure out what you want to do moving forward.

[Anonymous]

Anything kids see on TikTok is also on youtube. Just FYI.

[Anonymous]

Delete the app. At 14, you should have parental controls on her phone. Meaning, if she wants an app, you need to approve it. You can also block access of any app on her phone through your parental controls.

[Anonymous]

Even if you can keep the app off her phone, can’t she just use the tiktok website from her browser?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Even if you can keep the app off her phone, can’t she just use the tiktok website from her browser?

You can block webs websites on the browser on an iPhone from parental controls.

If I don’t want my kids visiting DCUM, I can block it.

[Anonymous]

Circle. You can block specific websites on the computer and phones.