Troubleshooting · iPhone · updated 2026-10-02
I locked every app
by mistake.
A category checkbox in Apple's picker selects everything inside it. Here is the way back, in order.
01
The cause: the top row and each category row select every app inside them.
02
Easiest: wait for your daily window. Apps return, and Eclipsis lets you edit the list.
03
Right now: Settings, Screen Time, Eclipsis, turn off its access. The lock lifts at once.
Get Eclipsis. Free on the App Store. The slowdown and Parent Mode are Eclipsis Pro.
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- Nothing essential is gone, right?
- Phone and Settings cannot be selected; Apple keeps them out of the picker. Everything else you ticked is hidden, not deleted, and comes back the moment the lock lifts.
- A friend holds the Screen Time passcode.
- Then Settings asks for it before access can be turned off. Ask them, or wait for the daily window, where Eclipsis itself lets you remove apps and turn Lockdown off.
- How do I avoid it next time?
- In the picker, open a category with its arrow and tick single apps. Never tick the category row itself unless you mean all of it.
- Parent Mode is on.
- The parent passphrase unlocks editing at any time: Customize, Lockdown Mode, Manage, then Edit locked apps.