Screen time app blocking issues in ios27.

Hello, after updating to ios27, I've noticed that screen time app restrictions no longer seem to behave as usual.

Instead of blocking the designated application in addition to preventing it from showing the app library, a greyed out version of the app icon is now available and presents the user with a message saying "This app is blocked." (See the attached images).

I strongly feel that this is a strictly negative change to how app blocking used to work. Is the behavior that I'm seeing a temporary bug or is there a way to force screen time to remove the app from the library as it used to?

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Posted on Sep 18, 2026 11:45 AM

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WheelieNick

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Sep 18, 2026 12:49 PM in response to rin290

The behavior you are seeing is an intentional design shift rather than a temporary bug.

In recent iOS updates, Apple redesigned Screen Time to change how blocked applications are treated in the user interface. Previously, restricting an app via standard Content Restrictions could completely hide it from view across the device. However, the system now leaves a greyed-out version of the app icon in the App Library or on the Home Screen, which surfaces the "This app is blocked" notice when tapped.