How to Permanently Block Porn in Every App, Not Just Safari

A common worry: what if Limit Adult Websites only locks down Safari, and switching to a different browser opens everything back up? It's a reasonable thing to check before relying on it — and the honest answer is a little more specific than a flat yes or no.

The good news: it's genuinely not Safari-specific

One restriction, applied once, reaches every browser on the device at the same time.

Apple's web content restriction is implemented at the system level, through the same underlying web engine every iOS browser is built on. That means Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and any other browser installed on the phone are restricted the same way Safari is, the moment Limit Adult Websites is turned on — there's no separate setting to find or repeat per browser.

The part it honestly doesn't cover

Where this gets more specific: the website filter only reaches content shown through that shared web engine. A standalone app that isn't rendering web pages — one with its own dedicated content — sits outside that filter entirely. That side is handled by a different setting: Screen Time's app age ratings and Allowed Apps list, under Content & Privacy Restrictions.

Putting both pieces in place

The full setup still starts the same way as our main guide to permanently blocking porn on iPhone: Content & Privacy Restrictions on, Limit Adult Websites on, and app content ratings set appropriately alongside it. Either piece is pointless if you can still reset the passcode protecting both — which is why Screen Time Passcode Recovery matters just as much here as anywhere else.

ScreenVow secures the passcode behind both of these settings the same way, so neither the browser side nor the app side can be quietly reopened. Read more about how that's protected.