How to Turn Off In-App Purchases in iOS 7

The App Store is a great place to download new and useful apps for iPhone. While most of these apps are free, some come with a catch known as In-App purchase.

An in-app purchase is an add-on to the app to enable certain features or to allow the user to unlock other things that are not initially available in the app. In-app purchases are not always a problem with only free apps but also occur with paid versions of apps.

While Apple has taken some steps to ensure that in-app purchases aren’t too easy to accidentally purchase, there’s still a risk factor when kids are using an iOS device. To avoid the problem of in-app purchases being loaded onto your credit card, the best solution is to disable them entirely.

If you still want in-app purchases enabled, there are other steps you should take instead of disabling in-app purchases completely. Read the post below to find the best solution for in-app purchases for your iPhone.

How to Disable In-App Purchases:

From the home screen

Scroll down and

Select on the next screen

This is a password for the restrictions you set in the screen below. Keep this password secret so that other people using your iPhone cannot change the restrictions set on the device.

After setting your password, the page with restriction options will be available. Scroll down and find the slider and turn it

After disabling the slider for In-App purchases, these will no longer be allowed on iPhone. This is a good setting to enable for kids, but may prevent the user from purchasing certain content if they forget to disable it under restrictions.

Another method to disable in-app purchases is to set a passcode on iPhone. Setting a password is not only a good idea to prevent children from purchasing products, it also keeps text messages, emails and other private data on your phone safe. Since phone theft is a common problem, the password can be at least a level of security in case your device is stolen.

To set a passcode or change how quickly iPhone requests it, go to:

If you already have a password lock setup

Then tap .

Children and others must have access to the code to use the iPhone, as a passcode is requested as soon as the phone is locked. In-app purchases with kids can still happen with this method, but kids need at least your permission to use the phone before they accidentally buy in-app content.