Can I password protect individual apps on my iPhone?

[Seasider]

I have apps on my phone for my youngest which I like her to be able to access easily. But I would prefer she not be able to open my email and other apps by just pressing an icon.

 

So, is there a way I can password protect specific apps?

[nmoira]

I don't think you can do it without jailbreaking your phone.

[jelbe5]

If you go to Settings>General>Restrictions you can restrict certain apps, but from what I see I don't think you can do that with mail.

 

You could put your phone in airplane mode which will not allow wireless capability when your child is playing on it.

[LimaMama]

They have apps to protect apps. It's meant to hide inappropriate apps from parents and other people but might work the same.

[Seasider]

Okay, I don't want to jailbreak it. That would mess up a future upgrade, I'm guessing.

 

I think I'll have to wait and ask my teens about the app to hide apps from parents. Bet they know about that.

 

In the meantime I will experiment with airplane mode and look through the settings again.

 

Thanks!

[happypamama]

Does the iPhone have the guided access thing that the iPad has? I know on the iPad, I can set it so the person can't leave that particular app without entering a passcode -- not sure if the iPhone can do that or not.

 

Google says it can: http://osxdaily.com/2012/09/25/enable-guided-access-ios/ No jailbreaking needed. So you can't password protect certain apps, but you can lock a child into one specific one.