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How to block Twitch on iPhone

Semo is an iPhone app that blocks distracting apps by asking an AI question that quotes your own reason back to you. This page is only about Twitch.

How do you block Twitch on an iPhone?

It depends on what you mean by a block. Screen Time can limit Twitch, and you can ignore that limit if you know the passcode or never set one. Semo asks an AI question that quotes your own reason, and you can dismiss it. The steps on this page are Apple's. Semo is not on the App Store yet. Price shown in the app.

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Block Twitch with iPhone Screen Time

Twitch is entertainment. A live channel stays open until you leave or the system stops the app. A raid into the next channel is still Twitch. On iOS 26, limit the Twitch icon inside Entertainment. On iOS 27 it shares the Entertainment allowance. A "going live" notification is what starts many sessions, and that banner is not the same setting as the limit.

iOS 26

  1. Add Twitch under Entertainment Settings, Screen Time, App Limits, Add Limit. Open Entertainment and tick Twitch only, so a live stream does not put every video app on one clock.
  2. Set a time that includes raids The limit cannot tell a raid from the channel you chose. Pick a total time for Twitch, tap Next, and use Customize Days if late nights are the problem.
  3. Turn off live alerts or you open Twitch before the limit matters Settings, Notifications, Twitch. Disable the going-live alerts you do not want. Then confirm Twitch is not in Always Allowed.

iOS 27

  1. Twitch uses Entertainment In Time Allowances, set Entertainment and the daily total. A long stream uses that pool along with any other entertainment app you have not moved.
  2. The stream and the site A linked Twitch site may count on iOS 27. A stream open in Safari that is not the linked site does not. Check Manage Categories.

Apple's steps: App Limits on iOS 26 and Time Allowances on iOS 27. A limit you set for yourself can be ignored if you know the Screen Time passcode, or if you never set one.

What Twitch's own limits do, and why they fail

Twitch's own tools are notification choices, following, and blocking a channel. We could not find a daily lock in Twitch's public help on 31 October 2026 that closes the app at a set hour. A raid, an auto-hosted channel, or the sidebar of live channels will keep the session going after the stream you came for has ended. Do Not Disturb on the iPhone stops the banner. It does not stop the app if you open it yourself.

An example reason

Written for this page. Not a quote from a user.

I open Twitch because one channel went live, and I stay for whatever raid comes next.

How Semo helps with Twitch

Store that reason if it is true for you. A matching rule is "the channel I opened, not the raid after it". Semo blocks Twitch by asking an AI question that quotes the reason. It cannot see the channel name or refuse a raid inside Twitch. No results are published.

Questions

The stream is still playing after my limit. What should I check?

Confirm the limit is on Twitch and not only on Social, that App and Website Activity is on, and that Twitch is not in Always Allowed. A stream in Safari is a different app on iOS 26.

Do raids count as a new app?

No. A raid stays inside Twitch. Screen Time keeps counting the same icon.

Is a Twitch "sleep" setting something I missed?

We did not find a daily close in the public help on 31 October 2026. If a later version adds a reminder, check whether it can be dismissed before you rely on it.