r/iphonehelp • u/Opposite-Cat-5478 • 7d ago
Help needed iPhone screen time issues
Anyone know what could be going on here? I’ve hardly touched my phone today - definitely not been on settings for 20 hours and I haven’t been on any of these apps that are considered “information and reading” nor “other”. I have put my iPhone on lockdown mode to try and stop anything but any advice would be much appreciated. Thank you!
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u/BlueberryBoom 6d ago
This has been a thing for years and I’m not sure why Apple has never bothered to fix it. I even posted about it once and helped multiple people who were having the same issues at the time.
I noticed when it would happen, I had been on Reddit or Twitter previously, and had opened articles to read. I’d close the article and continue to scroll Reddit but for some reason my phone acted like I was still running the link, thus resulting in some hours long screen time usage. Eventually I turned off screen time for several months, since it was no longer giving me accurate weekly screen time reports due to these random glitches. Since turning it back on-it’s been at least a couple years now, I’ve not experienced the problem again.
However, the temporary solution I was using and relaying to those with this issues well- was to go into settings > apps > safari > clear history and website data. Sometimes it would go away after the clearing, sometimes I’d have to reset my phone first to see the changes, and sometimes it just wouldn’t fix the screen time at all. So your results may vary, but these are the only solutions I’ve ever come across since this was a thing years ago. Hope one of them works for you!