With the latest iOS upgrade (iOS9), Apple released a News app. A few of our Year 4 parents have expressed concerns about some of the News content. When the off-field antics of certain footballers are considered sufficiently newsworthy to report in explicit detail via this News app, many more parents, even of older children, may discover similar concerns. This post explains how to remove News content from the iPad.
In Settings > iCloud, you will see News listed as a feature of iCloud that can be toggled off:
 |
| Settings > iCloud > News |
The News app will still appear when you turn it off, but it won’t have any content when opened.
Unfortunately there’s another step required to turn off the News content that automatically appears on the Spotlight search screen (swiping L > R from the Home screen). Here's what to do to remove this:
Go to Settings > General > Spotlight Search. Scroll waaaay down to Spotlight Suggestions and toggle this OFF:
 |
| Settings > General > Spotlight Search > Spotlight Suggestions |
I’ve not yet experienced any issues with notifications from the News app but you could also turn those off in case. Go to Settings > News > Notifications and turn notifications OFF.
 |
| Settings > News > Notifications |
Thanks, Parents, for monitoring your children's iPad use. Your vigilance benefits our entire community!
No comments:
Post a Comment