How to uninstall the Safe Surfer for iOS app

This guide will show you how to uninstall the Safe Surfer for iOS app.

This guide shows uninstallation of the Safe Surfer app. If this device was protected with a Safe Surfer DNS profile (that is, without the Safe Surfer app), you can find the profile uninstallation guide by clicking this link.

Step 1: Uninstall the Safe Surfer app

Go back to the home screen, then find the Safe Surfer app. Long-press the app icon, then tap Remove App. Tap Delete App.

Once you've done this, you will also need to remove the protection installation in the Settings app > General > VPN & Device Management > under the Configuration Profiles, section, tap Safe Surfer > Remove.

Step 2: Disable Screen Time settings

Tap the Settings app.

Tap the Screen Time menu.

Tap the Content & Privacy Restrictions menu.

Tap the switch found next to Content & Privacy Restrictions, then enter your Screen Time passcode.

If you still wish to keep these restrictions applied, you can simply navigate to iTunes and App Store Purchases > Deleting Apps, tap Allow, then go back to the Screen Time main menu to save the changes. You can then skip to step 2.

Tap the back button to save the changes.

Uninstallation complete

You have now successfully uninstalled Safe Surfer from this device. As the account holder, you can also remove the listing for the now unprotected device by visiting the Devices menu (https://my.safesurfer.io/devices). On the Devices menu, select the user or area that this device is assigned to > click the applicable device listing > click the three-dot button found inside the listing > Delete (and confirm).

Updated on: 08/09/2026

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