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title: "What Is Content & Privacy Restrictions on iPhone? Meaning and Settings"
description: "Content & Privacy Restrictions is the Screen Time section that blocks built-in features like Camera and AirDrop, explicit content and changes to privacy settings."
url: https://www.vaultforyou.app/glossary/content-privacy-restrictions
lang: en
published: 2026-10-31
updated: 2026-10-31
author: "VaultForYou Editorial Team"
publisher: VaultForYou
---

# What is Content & Privacy Restrictions?

Published 2026-10-31 - Updated 2026-10-31 - By VaultForYou Editorial Team - Checked against iOS 27 - Oct 31, 2026

## Quick answer

Content & Privacy Restrictions is the part of Screen Time that blocks built-in features such as Camera and AirDrop, explicit media and certain settings changes. On iOS 27 built-in features are under Other Features; on iOS 26 they were under Allowed Apps & Features.

- **iOS 27:** Settings -> Screen Time -> Content & Privacy Restrictions -> Other Features.
- **iOS 26:** Content & Privacy Restrictions -> Allowed Apps & Features.

On iOS 26, Apple says an app you turn off here isn't deleted; it's temporarily hidden from your Home Screen until you turn it back on. That made it the usual way to "hide" built-in apps that can't go in the Hidden folder.

Protect the restrictions with a Screen Time passcode, or anyone can switch them off.

## Frequently asked questions

### How do I block the Camera on iPhone?

On iOS 27, go to Settings, Screen Time, Content and Privacy Restrictions, Other Features, and block Camera. On iOS 26, the setting is under Allowed Apps and Features. Set a Screen Time passcode so the restriction cannot be undone without it.

## Sources

- [Apple Support: Block features or content with Screen Time on iPhone](https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/block-features-or-content-with-screen-time-iph3ff83f3b1/ios)

## Guides that use this term

- [How to block apps on iPhone with Screen Time, limits and locks](https://www.vaultforyou.app/blog/block-apps-iphone)
- [How to unhide apps on iPhone, whichever way they were hidden](https://www.vaultforyou.app/blog/unhide-apps-iphone)
- [How to block Camera on iPhone](https://www.vaultforyou.app/block-apps/camera)

## Related terms

- [Screen Time](https://www.vaultforyou.app/glossary/screen-time)
- [Screen Time passcode](https://www.vaultforyou.app/glossary/screen-time-passcode)

## Browse

- [All glossary terms](https://www.vaultforyou.app/glossary)

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