Keep the brake dependable.

Set up protection

1. Allow Screen Time access in Apple’s system prompt.
2. Choose exactly one app in Apple’s private picker.
3. Review the three minute allowance and pause ladder.
4. Activate protection.

Protection needs attention

Open ScreenMute and use Repair. It stops ScreenMute monitoring, clears shields managed by ScreenMute and stale temporary state, reloads your saved app, then restarts the threshold schedule. Your selected app is preserved during a normal repair.

Need immediate access

Emergency access requires confirmation, lasts 30 minutes, and rearms automatically. It does not change the normal pause ladder. If ScreenMute cannot schedule a safe rearm, emergency access is not granted.

Turn protection off

Turning protection off stops monitoring and clears pending ScreenMute timers while preserving your selected app. Deleting local data is a separate action in Settings.