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 3-minute allowance and pause ladder.
4. Activate protection.

Protection needs attention

Open ScreenMute and use Repair. It stops ScreenMute monitoring, clears ScreenMute-managed shields 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.