How To... Turn Off In-App Purchases

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Today subject is - How To Turn Off In-App Purchases on your Apple device.

Recently in the news there was an article on a 5 year old boy, who racked up a £1700 bill by buying items within an app. Now from this story I gather that some people are unaware that these blunders can be avoided by TURNING OFF the in-app purchases. It's easy and could save you a lot of unwanted expenditure.

To do this go to your SETTINGS, then go to the GENERAL tab, scroll down to RESTRICTIONS and hit that button (if you already have a passcode to enable or disable restrictions, you may be propted to input your unique passcode). Then scroll down to IN-APP PURCHASES and slide the lock/unlock icon to off. Done.

Go to SETTINGS

Go to RESTRICTIONS

Turn off IN-APP PURCHASES

** Or even simpler, don't let your 5 year-old mess with your iPad or give them your account password!!