Fix iPhone Time Zone Cannot Be Set Manually Due to Device Restrictions

On your iPhone when you are trying to set automatically time zone and you are getting an error message like “time zone cannot be set manually due to drive restriction” and it is mainly due to device location and country and regions settings and you can fix this error easily by these quick solutions.

If your time zone is not set to automatic then you will get to see your iPhone features will not work properly and you will get to see errors and iPhone responds in unexpected ways and cause features not to work on iPhone.

iPhone Time zone cannot be Set manually due to device restrictions

Follow below simple iPhone troubleshooting methods and get rid of this error time zone cannot be set manually on iPhone due to restrictions

Turn off Screen Time on iPhone

Step 1: Open settings app

Step 2: Tap on Screen Time

Step 3: Scroll down and tap on turn off screen time and enter your passcode and turn off screen time.

That;s it, once you turn off screentime then go ahead and check with date and time set to manually and your issue of cannot set time zone cannot be set due to restriction issue will be resolved.

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Turn off location services

Step 1: Launch settings app -> Scroll down and tap on Privacy

Step 2: Tap on Location services

Step 3: If location services are enabled here -> then go ahead and toggle the button and turn off location services.

Once your turn off location services then go ahead and open set date and time manually.

Restart your iPhone

Open settings -> Tap on General and Scroll down and tap on shutdown and drag slider to power off and wait for few seconds and turn on your iPhone

What Cause iPhone Time zone cannot be Set manually due to device restrictions Error

If you can’t change Time Zone Cannot be Set Manually due to Device Restrictions then this is due to your have enabled screen time and your location services are enabled and to set date and time time and time zone manually you need to turn off these features.

Rajeshwari Chiluveru
Rajeshwari Chiluveru
Rajeshwari is Senior Content Writer, Author, and Also Senior Editorial Team Member at A Savvy Web and She has a Degree in Bachelor of Technology (Btech) and (Master of Technology) Mtech from JNTU and is a real time expert. She writes about technology guides and troubleshooting guides (tips and Solutions) and helps users to solve issues easily. She has expertise in this area for more than 5+ years of experience and enthusiastic to provide troubleshooting tips and fixes and how to articles on Tech Related subjects like iPhone, Android, iOS, Smart tv and other tech related solutions and easy methods to fix.

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