How do I turn on and lockdown the Covenant Eyes Safari® extension on an iPhone®?

Before You Begin

• Update Covenant Eyes: Before you can turn on the extension and experience Screen Accountability in Safari®, you must update the Covenant Eyes app to at least version 6.0.
  
  
• Operating System Requirement: You need at least iOS (iPhone® operating system) 15.1 to use our Safari® extension.
  
  
• Check Safari® via Screen Time: If you set up Screen Time (Apple’s device controls) and disabled Safari®, you must check Safari® and turn it on.
  
  
• Check Web Content via Screen Time: If you set up Screen Time, make sure Web Content is set to "Unrestricted Access," or the Covenant Eyes Safari® extension will be greyed out.

Part One: Turn on the Covenant Eyes Safari® Extension

1. Open the Settings app on the iPhone® or iPad®.
   
2. Scroll all the way down and tap “Apps.”
   
3. Tap "Safari®."
   
4. Scroll down and tap “Extensions.”
   
5. Tap “Covenant Eyes.”
   
6. Move the "Covenant Eyes" and the "Allow in Private Browsing" toggle switches to the right to turn them on (the switches will turn green).
   

   The "Allow in Private Browsing" option appears only on iPhones with iOS 17 and newer. If you don't have iOS 17 or newer, you won't see the option.

   
7. Tap “All Websites.”
   
8. Tap “Allow.” Great job! You turned on the Covenant Eyes Safari® extension.

   Do not delete the Covenant Eyes app from your iPhone®. The Covenant Eyes app must remain on your device to run the Covenant Eyes Safari extension.

   

Part Two: Lockdown the Safari® Extension

You must use Apple’s device controls, Screen Time, and its Limit Adult Content feature so the user can’t turn off our Safari® extension.

• If you've never set up Screen Time, read and follow all the directions in How do I set up Screen Time with iOS 17-18 on an iPhone®?
  
  
• If you have already set up Screen Time, skip to and follow the Limit Adult Content & Lockdown the Covenant Eyes Safari® Extension section of the Screen Time article.