How to block Depop
on iPhone

You can block Depop on iPhone without deleting your account or shop. Use Screen Time App Limits for a daily allowance, Downtime for a scheduled block, or a dedicated blocker with an emergency unlock for real transactions. Depop is a genuine marketplace for many people, buying or selling, which means an all-day default block isn't automatically the right fit the way it might be for a purely recreational app.

The pull isn't just the marketplace function, it's the feed built around it. A recommended-items feed, likes from other users, and a following system give Depop a browsing layer that works a lot like a social app. Opening it to check a specific message or sale can easily lead into scrolling recommendations that have nothing to do with why you opened it.

1. Open Settings, then tap Screen Time. If needed, turn on App & Website Activity. Tap App Limits, then Add Limit.

2. Select Depop. Open the Shopping category, select Depop, tap Next, choose the daily allowance, then tap Done. Selecting Depop on its own avoids sharing a limit with other apps you still need.

3. Know what happens when the limit is reached. iPhone shows a Screen Time limit screen, but an App Limit can be ignored by default. That's an easy override here, since checking a message or an order always feels legitimate, even once you're several minutes into the recommended feed instead.

Notice where the time actually goes. If most sessions start with checking a specific message or listing and end somewhere in the recommended feed, that's the part worth restricting, not the buying or selling function itself.

Do not confuse an override with a failed limit. If you see an Ignore Limit option, the limit has triggered as designed. It is an expected iPhone override, not proof the app was never restricted. See how to stop ignoring Screen Time limits if that override has become automatic for you.

Check the workaround you are actually using. Muting notifications or hiding the icon doesn't block Depop, and it doesn't separate transaction checking from feed browsing either.

Downtime blocks most apps during a scheduled period. Go to Settings > Screen Time > Downtime, choose Scheduled, and set the days and hours. This fits well for a work block or evening wind-down, hours when checking a genuine order is less likely to be needed and browsing is most likely to run long.

Turn on Block at Downtime for a real scheduled block. Apple lets Downtime show a reminder by default; with Block at Downtime enabled, restricted apps cannot open during that period. Apps in Always Allowed can remain available, so review that list if Depop is not behaving as expected.

Focus Mode is not a Depop blocker. Focus can silence notifications; it does not stop you opening the app to check manually.

A dedicated blocker is useful when a transaction check reliably drifts into feed browsing. A default-off rule, or a scheduled routine for your specific risk hours, removes that drift entirely rather than relying on catching yourself mid-scroll. If you are still choosing a tool, see our iPhone app-blocking options.

With Fella, add Depop to the apps you want blocked, either all day or through a schedule that fits your actual selling or buying needs. It stays unavailable during the hours you choose while the apps you did not select remain accessible.

Use the emergency unlock for a real transaction. Each blocking session includes one 5-minute emergency unlock, enough time to check and respond to an actual message or order. When the five minutes end, Depop locks again automatically.

That is the trade-off. Fella restricts the whole app, marketplace and feed together, so weigh how much genuine selling or buying you'd lose during a blocked period before deciding on an all-day default versus a scheduled window.

People whose message or order checks routinely turn into feed browsing. If "let me check that sale" regularly becomes an unrelated scroll, that's the pattern Fella is built to interrupt.

People who still buy or sell on Depop genuinely. The emergency unlock, or a scheduled routine limited to lower-need hours, keeps real transactions reachable.

People who've already tried app limits. If "Ignore Limit" became a habit of its own, a harder default or a scheduled routine is the next step.