Praseala Dumwell
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iPhone iMessage #images
Okay so be easy on me I know everyone is going to say Iām too strict. I just really want an answer and no questions please. This is a long story. Iāve been trying to search this for years and I am sick of spending endless hours on google and bing and apple trying to figure this out. Iāve even tried to contact Apple about this.
Ok so. Yes I have kids Yes I have screen time Yes I know about every restriction there is.
I have phones locked down to the max. We use desktops and iPads but phones I want locked down as tight as I can - for reasons I donāt wish to disclose at the moment.
Now onto the question.
iMessage. We all know they have the annoying app sticker store that canāt be deleted. I know how to hide the bar. I know I can put ādonāt allow to install appsā and the app sticker store will ādisappearā. I have that done. My issue is mostly with #images. I know how to make those go away too but Iāve actually found a loophole. Well. My kids did.
Thereās explicit gifs in there. I have begged Apple to restrict them for years or let me know how. For example if someone sends a gif. It will say at the bottom āgiphy sent via #imagesā and if you click that it will bring up the App Store or images even if itās blocked! I canāt control if someone sends them a gif and this allows them to open it
Also, a glitch within Apple I have discovered. If you go to your iPhone iMessage list. As if u are going to try to hide them or add them to the app bar, the search bar at the top that says āsearch iMessage appsā if you type #images it will actually let you access them. Even if they are blocked.
I just want a way to either get rid of the search iMessage apps bar that is listed once u click the three dots where app sticker store is. Or just something I can do. Disabling iMessage doesnāt work. I have looked for app ad blockers that may let me remove that search bar and I canāt find one.
Iām desperate. Like willing to pay someone to help me with this since a lot of you are tech geniuses.
Thanks everyone for any help u may give.
Okay so be easy on me I know everyone is going to say Iām too strict. I just really want an answer and no questions please. This is a long story. Iāve been trying to search this for years and I am sick of spending endless hours on google and bing and apple trying to figure this out. Iāve even tried to contact Apple about this.
Ok so. Yes I have kids Yes I have screen time Yes I know about every restriction there is.
I have phones locked down to the max. We use desktops and iPads but phones I want locked down as tight as I can - for reasons I donāt wish to disclose at the moment.
Now onto the question.
iMessage. We all know they have the annoying app sticker store that canāt be deleted. I know how to hide the bar. I know I can put ādonāt allow to install appsā and the app sticker store will ādisappearā. I have that done. My issue is mostly with #images. I know how to make those go away too but Iāve actually found a loophole. Well. My kids did.
Thereās explicit gifs in there. I have begged Apple to restrict them for years or let me know how. For example if someone sends a gif. It will say at the bottom āgiphy sent via #imagesā and if you click that it will bring up the App Store or images even if itās blocked! I canāt control if someone sends them a gif and this allows them to open it
Also, a glitch within Apple I have discovered. If you go to your iPhone iMessage list. As if u are going to try to hide them or add them to the app bar, the search bar at the top that says āsearch iMessage appsā if you type #images it will actually let you access them. Even if they are blocked.
I just want a way to either get rid of the search iMessage apps bar that is listed once u click the three dots where app sticker store is. Or just something I can do. Disabling iMessage doesnāt work. I have looked for app ad blockers that may let me remove that search bar and I canāt find one.
Iām desperate. Like willing to pay someone to help me with this since a lot of you are tech geniuses.
Thanks everyone for any help u may give.