So how do I switch it on?

On the parent's phone: Settings, Screen Time, the child's name, Content & Privacy Restrictions, App Store, Media, Web, & Games, Web Content, choose Unrestricted Access. Switch Eclipsis on in the child's Safari settings. Then set Web Content back to Limit Adult Websites.

Yes. The filter only stops changes. With it back on, the child cannot switch Eclipsis off either, which is the point.

It is my own phone and still greyed out.

Check Settings, Screen Time, Content & Privacy Restrictions, Web Content on your own phone. Any setting other than Unrestricted Access freezes the switches.

Troubleshooting · iPhone · updated 2026-10-02

The Safari switch
is greyed out.

Screen Time's web filter freezes every Safari extension switch. It only blocks changing them, so the fix is a minute long.

The in-app page showing the three Settings steps to turn on the Safari extension

The normal route: Settings, Apps, Safari, Extensions, Eclipsis, Allow.

The Truly lock this down guide with the Screen Time web content step

On a kid's phone the switch is frozen by Screen Time's web filter.

Get Eclipsis. Free on the App Store. The slowdown and Parent Mode are Eclipsis Pro.

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So how do I switch it on?: On the parent's phone: Settings, Screen Time, the child's name, Content & Privacy Restrictions, App Store, Media, Web, & Games, Web Content, choose Unrestricted Access. Switch Eclipsis on in the child's Safari settings. Then set Web Content back to Limit Adult Websites.
Does it stay on?: Yes. The filter only stops changes. With it back on, the child cannot switch Eclipsis off either, which is the point.
It is my own phone and still greyed out.: Check Settings, Screen Time, Content & Privacy Restrictions, Web Content on your own phone. Any setting other than Unrestricted Access freezes the switches.

The Safari switchis greyed out.

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The Safari switch
is greyed out.