Block Reels, Shorts and Telegram channels on iPhone
Chats stay, feeds go. On a child's iPhone, Hoglt keeps the parts of Instagram, YouTube and Telegram that connect them to people, and closes the endless feeds.
How does Hoglt Clean remove Reels and Shorts?
Hoglt Clean opens Instagram and YouTube without their short-video feeds, each with a short daily time budget.
- Instagram: the feed, messages and profiles stay. Reels and Explore go.
- YouTube: long videos, subscriptions and search stay. Shorts go.
How does Hoglt Chat hide Telegram channels?
With Hoglt Chat a child keeps talking to family and classmates on Telegram, while channels and other distractions stay hidden by the rules a parent sets: chats stay; channels, groups and bots go. Hoglt doesn't see the messages — read what Hoglt doesn't see.
How much time do they get?
Each one gets its own short daily time budget, so even the parts that stay don't take the whole evening. For any other app, a daily limit closes it until tomorrow when its time is used up.
Why close the feeds, not the whole app?
Blocking Instagram or Telegram completely also cuts a child off from family chats and classmates. Taking away only the endless short-video feeds and channels keeps the phone useful after school, without the scroll that eats the evening.
What about Android?
Hoglt Clean and Hoglt Chat are iPhone features. On Android, a parent can give Instagram, YouTube or Telegram a daily limit, close them during school time, or block them at certain places. See Android parental controls.
When is it available?
The child app for iPhone is coming soon. Hoglt Parent is already on the App Store and Google Play. Compare everything on iPhone parental controls.
Questions
Does Hoglt see my child's Telegram messages?
No. Hoglt doesn't see Telegram messages.
Is this on Android too?
Hoglt Clean and Hoglt Chat are iPhone features. On Android, a parent can set daily limits and schedules for these apps instead.