Alternatively, you can triple-click the Side or Home button, enter the passcode and tap End. To turn it off, double click the Side button (requires Face ID) or Home button (requires Touch ID). You can easily disable Guided Access while you’re in the middle of a game or once you’re done with gaming. To do so, open the desired app or game and say “Hey Siri, turn on Guided Access.” Doing so can potentially save the Side button from abuse.ĪLSO READ: Best iOS 13 Games with Controller Support How to end Guided Access TIP: You can also turn on Guided Access using Siri. Now play the game without any interruption.

Then tap the “Start” button at the top right to enable Guided Access.

Then turn on the toggle for the ‘Side Button’ and ‘Volume Buttons’. If you want to enable them, tap Options at the bottom left corner.

Optional – By default, access to the Side and Volume buttons is disabled when you turn on Guided Access.

An Accessibility Shortcuts pop-up will appear.

On iPhone 8 or earlier, triple-click the Home button.

Triple-click the Side button on iPhone X or newer.

STEP 2 – Start Guided Access when playing a game

Open the “Display Auto-Lock” option and select “Never” instead of Default.

Tap Passcode Settings > Set Guided Access Passcode.

Turn on the toggle next to Guided Access.

Swipe down to the bottom and tap “Guided Access”. How to lock the notification bar on iPhone Without further ado, let us guide you through the necessary steps. RELATED: How to get out of Guided Access without passcode

Multitask gesture is disabled so you cannot switch to another app.

This means you cannot swipe down on the bottom edge of the screen to reach the top.

Swipe up gesture to return to the Home screen is disabled.

You can’t access the Notification Center and Control Center as swipe down gesture doesn’t work.

( Tip – Start screen recording before enabling Guided Access to record videos of gameplay.)

Not possible to take screenshots and record the screen.

Consumer NVIDIA GPUs for example are limited to two(2) encoding sessions. Game DVR can cause conflicts with OBS when using hardware encoding such as NVENC. Settings App > Gaming > Game bar> set 'Record game clips, screenshots and broadcast using Game bar' to 'Off' Game DVR/Captures.

Incoming calls notification appear briefly and you cannot accept or reject the calls. Game Bar Game DVR/Captures Game Mode Game Bar.

A bonus actually to avoid distraction while enjoying your favourite games.

Notifications are entirely disabled and you cannot opt-out of this setting.

What happens when Guided Access is active?

Turn off game bar