Can I temporarily turn off my child's phone?

Go to Settings on your kid's phone. Tap Screen Time. Tap Use Screen Time Passcode and enter a pass code (this locks the setting so kids can't change it back). Tap on Downtime, toggle it on, and set a Start and End Time.
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Can I disable my child's iPhone remotely?

First, Go to Settings > Screen Time > [your child's name].

Second, tap Change Screen Time Passcode or Turn Off Screen Time Passcode. Third, it will ask you to authenticate the change with your Apple ID, Face ID, Touch ID, or device passcode. Finally, it will change or turn off the passcode on your child's phone.
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Can I temporarily turn off my child's phone AT&T?

Suspend service and block a device

Go to Account & services. Select My wireless. Scroll and select the device you want to suspend > Manage device & features. Select Suspend device > Reason for suspension.
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How can I control my childs phone from mine?

Buying Options. Google Family Link is a free app that parents can download on their iPhone or Android phone to manage their child's Android phone. Parents can limit how much time their child spends on the phone, schedule the phone to be inaccessible at bedtime, and block their child's access to the phone with one tap.
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Can I temporarily turn off my child's Verizon phone?

From the very first screen, you can take back family time by pausing your child's internet access right from your phone. With time restrictions, you can disable texts, calls and data during school to minimize distractions and during night hours to support a good night's sleep.
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Can I turn off my child's iPhone remotely?



Can you temporarily deactivate a phone?

First, you can suspend your phone service. It lets the carrier hold onto your phone number and account, and while you still pay a small monthly fee, it's a way to save a little money month to month.
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Can I temporarily deactivate a Verizon cell phone?

Suspend service FAQs. If you plan to be away for a period of time and won't need wireless service, or if your device is lost or stolen, you can temporarily suspend service to one or more of your Verizon mobile lines.
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Can I turn my child's phone on remotely?

Remote-Control Any Phone Remotely

The “Remote Control” feature allows parents to manage their kids' smartphones, from any device, anywhere in the world – like a TV remote-control! The remote-control admin website allows you to control all your children's phone devices from a single screen.
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Is there an app that turns off your phone?

Moment tracks your device usage and allows you to set daily limits; the app notifies you if you exceed them. You can even use a setting that "forces" you off your phone by flooding your screen with annoying alerts when you try to extend your screen time.
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What happens when you suspend a phone ATT?

Once you suspend your service, you can't use Global Positioning System (GPS) apps or features to find it. You can temporarily disable data use by your device. This prevents a device from using more of your plan's shared data. Keep in mind, a disabled device still has data access when connected to a Wi-Fi® network.
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What does it mean to suspend a phone?

This means your phone will not work for incoming or outgoing phone calls or messages, nor will cellular data service work. However, some features and services of the phone may still work if it is connected to Wi-Fi.
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Can I freeze a phone line?

You can suspend a line twice in a 12-month period. Each suspension can last up to 90 days. How will my bill be affected if I suspend a line? While a line is suspended, you're still responsible for paying your bill and if applicable, your monthly device payment and device protection charges.
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How can I control my child's iPhone from mine?

Open the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad.
  1. Tap Screen Time. ...
  2. If you're setting up parental controls on your kid's iPhone, select This is My Child's iPhone. ...
  3. Tap Downtime, then configure the hours you want your kid's iPhone to be offline. ...
  4. Tap the back button, then select App Limits.
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Can you lock an iPhone remotely?

Apple has updated MobileMe's Find My iPhone service for iPhone OS 3.1 to include a feature appropriately named Remote Lock. The new feature provides another way to protect data on a lost or stolen iPhone. Remote Lock lets you add a passcode or change your existing one, locking your missing iPhone's screen from afar.
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How can I turn off my child's iPhone at night?

Turn off iPhones
  1. Go to Settings on your kid's phone.
  2. Tap Screen Time.
  3. Tap Use Screen Time Passcode and enter a pass code (this locks the setting so kids can't change it back).
  4. Tap on Downtime, toggle it on, and set a Start and End Time.
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How does suspending a phone on Verizon work?

To hold your telephone number, we make your line inactive by suspending service to it for a maximum of up to 3 years and 90 days. While suspended, your line will not be able to access, make, or receive calls on the Verizon wireless data network.
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What is temporarily suspended?

1 : to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function suspend a student from school. 2a : to cause to stop temporarily suspend bus service. b : to set aside or make temporarily inoperative suspend the rules.
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How do you deactivate a phone on Verizon?

Disconnect, suspend or transfer lines. Cancel service.
...
The Account Owner or an Account Manager can cancel single lines or your entire mobile account by calling Verizon Customer Service.
  1. Account Owner's name.
  2. Phone number.
  3. Account PIN or last 4 of the Account Owner's SSN.
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What does suspended iPhone mean?

During a suspension, your iPhone's cellular service is turned off and you cannot make or receive calls, send or receive text messages, forward calls or retrieve voicemails. If someone calls your phone, the party is greeted with a message stating that you are unable to receive calls.
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Can you text when your phone is suspended?

You can't however send or recieve text when your phone is fully suspended.
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Can you temporarily turn off a cell phone AT&T?

Go to https://www.att.com/suspend and sign in. Choose a reason and select Suspend. As far as turning off Wi-Fi, you can't stop the phone from connecting to outside Wi-Fi, but you can either unplug your home Wi-Fi router or change the password and don't give them the new one.
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How do you freeze your phone number?

Call your carrier and set up “a port freeze”

Call your cell phone provider and set up a PIN or password, ask for a port freeze and ask to lock your account to your current SIM. Not all providers will do all of those things.
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Can I freeze my phone number ATT?

If you were impacted by a recent natural disaster, you can request a temporary suspension of your AT&T service at no charge.
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