Turn on Guided Access

Guided Access is one of the iPad’s Accessibility features. It keeps the iPad in a single app. You have to turn on the feature before you can activate it. Here’s how:

Using Guided Access to Lock an App

After Guided Access is activated, open to the app you want to lock. Triple-click the Top button (on iPads without a Home button) or the Home button (on iPads with a Home button). The first time you do this, you are presented with a screen where you mark out any portion of the screen you want to disable. This is handy if you want to disable the Settings button or any other button on the app. You can also disable touch within this initial screen. Once you have the options enabled, start Guided Access by tapping the Start button. Disable Guided Access by triple-clicking the Top button or Home button, depending on your device.