How to Block Siri Internet Access on iPhone and iPad

A frequent mistake parents make is to leave Siri fully or partially enabled. While Siri can provide help for many harmless tasks, it can also bypass other restrictions to access and display almost any content on the internet. To test if your child's device is vulnerable, ask Siri to show you pictures of something.

five things you forgot locking down your kids iPhone: Siri can show your child images and content from anywhere on the internet — An example of images found by asking Siri

Unfortunately, simply disabling Siri from the Screen Time settings is not sufficient to fix this. Follow the steps below for instructions.

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Step 1. Before we disable Siri, we need to adjust some settings. Go to Settings > Siri & Search:

five things you forgot locking down your kids iPhone: Settings > Search (in the main Settings app screen) — Settings > Siri & Search

Then disable all of the options shown below. Doing so prevents Siri from providing internet images and content when searching (Spotlight) or looking up definitions (Look Up).

five things you forgot locking down your kids iPhone: disable all Siri system integrations for safety — Turn **all** of these settings OFF

Step 2. Disable app/Siri integrations. On the same settings screen from Step 1, scroll down a bit further to find individual app settings for Siri, shown below:

five things you forgot locking down your kids iPhone: here's where individual apps' integration with Siri can be controlled — Individual app + Siri settings

Tap on each app one at a time, and completely disable Siri from accessing/integrating with the app:

five things you forgot locking down your kids iPhone: turn off all app Siri connections for safety — Turn these all OFF for **every** app.

Step 3. Disable Siri in Screen Time.

Go to the main Settings app, and then navigate to "Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions"

five things you forgot locking down your kids iPhone: Settings > Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions — Settings > Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions

Then to Allowed Apps:

five things you forgot locking down your kids iPhone: Allowed Apps (in Screen Time) — Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions > Allowed Apps

Then tap to disable Siri & Dictation:

five things you forgot locking down your kids iPhone: disable Siri and Dictation — **Disable** Siri & Dictation