All of a sudden the screen time requests from my children show up in group chats in iMessage instead of the notifications that used to come independently from Screen Time. The inclusion of the screen time requests clog up our actual group chats and make them useless.
How can I go back to having screen time requests have their own separate request notification and NOT appear in iMessage?
This change is a huge step backwards for usability.
barberlives123 that’s about the least helpful reply I’ve ever seen.
barberlives123 that’s about the least helpful reply I’ve ever seen.
That's why I did it in reverse. 😁
Understood, but that would mean that I'd stop getting messages from other people who legitimately want to message me using the email address. That fix has too many trade offs for me. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for reaching out freeman.mc,
It sounds like you would prefer a notification instead of a message when you need to approve a Screen Time request. We can help.
This would be expected based on the information presented here: Set up Screen Time for a family member on iPhone:
If your child requests more screen time, you can approve or decline the request in Settings > Screen Time or in Messages.
If you'd like, feel free to leave any feedback here so it gets to the appropriate team: Product Feedback - Apple
We are here for you.
Hi, the problem is that I don't want any screen time alerts showing up in Messages at all. They just clog up our normal thread of conversation.
I don't want to see this at all here. I only want the notifications coming to the Screen Time app (in settings) and nowhere else. My wife and I hate this new "feature" of it showing up in Messages.
This is NOT expected behavior, even according to that article (Yes I read it.)
I've been using screen time for years and it's just been in this past week that the notifications have been shifted into Messages instead of normal notifications.
Please give us a better answer @barberlives123
Yes. That is helpful if you WANT to get alerts via messenger. The issue many of us have is that we DON’T want that. It’s a change from the previous method that worked better, and there’s no option to change it.
Having the requests come through as iMessages/txt is that the stay once approved and clutter the message feed/stream. Yes I can delete them, but it’s a pain to do it every single time.
I found this in reverse and it's working now - 254291145
Hey there freeman.mc,
This looks to be expected and you can leave feedback about any changes you’d like to see here:
Regards.
Have you figured this out yet?
No, I have not. But I updated to 16.4 this morning and I'm hoping that fixes it or gives me an option to disable that "feature". I doubt it though.
How do I disable screen time requests in Messages?
