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title: Managed Settings
framework: Managed Settings
role: collection
role_heading: Framework
platforms: [iOS 15.0+, iPadOS 15.0+, Mac Catalyst 15.0+]
path: managedsettings
---

# Managed Settings

Access and change settings with your app while maintaining user privacy and control.

## Overview

Overview Managed Settings provides a privacy-preserving way for users to restrict access to certain settings and features on their devices. With the user’s permission, your app can limit media showings, restrict app purchases, lock passcode settings, and configure other device behavior.

Managed Settings works together with Managed Settings UI, Device Activity, and Family Controls to allow your app to restrict, authorize, and monitor device usage. To learn more about authorizing Managed Settings on your app, see Family Controls. For more information about monitoring and scheduling device usage with your app, see Device Activity.

## Topics

### Essentials

- [Manage settings on devices in a Family Sharing group](managedsettings/connectionwithframeworks.md)
- [Confirming the effective TV and movie ratings](managedsettings/readingmedia.md)

### Settings

- [ManagedSettingsStore](managedsettings/managedsettingsstore.md)

### Shield actions

- [ShieldAction](managedsettings/shieldaction.md)
- [ShieldActionDelegate](managedsettings/shieldactiondelegate.md)

### Family privacy

- [Token](managedsettings/token.md)

### Apps

- [Application](managedsettings/application.md)
- [ApplicationToken](managedsettings/applicationtoken.md)

### Categories

- [ActivityCategory](managedsettings/activitycategory.md)
- [ActivityCategoryToken](managedsettings/activitycategorytoken.md)

### Websites

- [WebDomain](managedsettings/webdomain.md)
- [WebDomainToken](managedsettings/webdomaintoken.md)