Turn on Guided Access

Guided Access is one of the iPad’sAccessibilityfeatures.

It keeps the iPad in a single app.

You have to turn on the feature before you’re able to activate it.

iPad settings sidebar with Accessibility selected

Here’s how:

Tap theSettingsicon on the iPad Home screen.

TapAccessibilityin the sidebar in iPad 13 and later or tapGeneralin the sidebar followed byAccessibilityin iOS 12 or iOS 11.

SelectGuided Accessatthe bottom of the Accessibility tweaks.

iPad Accessibilty settings with Guided Access highlighted

Move theGuided Accesstoggle to theOn/green position to activate the feature.

The other options are also optional.

Triple-click theTopbutton (on iPads without a Home button) or theHomebutton (on iPads with aHome button).

iPad Guided Access setting with slider in the On position

This is handy if you want to shut down the configs button or any other button on the app.

it’s possible for you to also disable touch within this initial screen.

once you nail the options enabled, start Guided Access by tapping theStartbutton.

iPad Guided Access settings options

Disable Guided Access by triple-clicking theTopbutton orHomebutton, depending on your equipment.