iOS · iPhone & iPad
Fix Date and Time Greyed Out on iPhone
Source-checked About 10 minutes
Answer
Turn off Screen Time restrictions, check device management and carrier rules, then disable Set Automatically when iPhone allows manual time changes.
Check Set Automatically
Open Settings > General > Date & Time and see whether Set Automatically can be turned off.
Review Screen Time
Content & Privacy Restrictions can prevent account or location changes; use the Screen Time passcode to adjust them.
Check management and carrier limits
A supervised work or school device, carrier, or region can require automatic time and time zone.
Correct location and update
Enable Setting Time Zone in Location Services system services, restart, and install current carrier and iOS updates.
Video walkthrough
If it does not work
- If “Fix Date and Time Greyed Out on iPhone” remains unresolved, identify which numbered step first produces a different result and preserve that screen or message. Recheck the account, permission, storage, connection, or device prerequisite described above, then follow only the matching Apple Support recovery path; do not combine unrelated resets, bypasses, or third-party repair tools.
Sources and verification
Checked against official documentation on . Scope: iPhone & iPad.
Reviewed against the linked first-party guidance; interface labels can vary by current app, service, or operating-system version.