How to block PUBG Mobile
on iPhone

The timing of a PUBG Mobile block matters more than with most apps. A match can run a long time once you're in it, and getting cut off mid-match isn't just inconvenient for you, it can leave teammates down a player at a bad moment. The right approach is scheduling the block to prevent starting a new match after your cutoff, not interrupting a match that's already underway.

That's a genuinely different planning problem than a short-session game. With a quick match-based game, an any-time block is fine because there's little to disrupt. Here, the block needs to land in the gap between matches, which means deciding your stop time in advance and scheduling around it rather than reacting mid-session.

1. Open Settings, then tap Screen Time. Tap Downtime, choose Scheduled, and set it to start at your intended stop time, not the time you actually expect to finish, since match length is unpredictable.

2. 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, which specifically prevents queuing into a new match once your window has passed.

3. Understand the tradeoff of an App Limit here. A daily minute-based App Limit can trigger mid-match, which is the exact disruptive scenario this page is trying to help you avoid. A scheduled Downtime window, set before your session begins, is the better fit.

Deciding to stop after this match is easy to say and hard to honor. A loss creates a pull to redeem it; a win creates momentum to keep going. Either way, "just one more" queues another long match, and the decision repeats.

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.

Plan your stop time before you start playing, not during. Once you're mid-session, the decision-making that would set a good cutoff is exactly what's compromised. A pre-scheduled block makes that decision for you in advance.

Downtime blocks most apps during a scheduled period. Go to Settings > Screen Time > Downtime and set hours that begin comfortably before you'd otherwise stop, giving room for whatever match is already running to finish naturally before the next queue would be blocked.

Apps in Always Allowed can remain available, so review that list if PUBG Mobile is not behaving as expected during your scheduled block.

Focus Mode is not a PUBG Mobile blocker. Focus can silence notifications; it does not stop the app from opening or prevent queuing a new match.

A dedicated blocker is useful when the queue-another-match reflex keeps overriding a stop time you set for yourself. A scheduled routine that begins at your intended cutoff prevents the next match from starting, without cutting off whatever's already running. If you are still choosing a tool, see our iPhone app-blocking options.

With Fella, add PUBG Mobile to a routine timed to your actual stop point. It locks the app from that time onward, so a new match simply isn't queueable, while any match already underway before that point can still finish naturally.

Use the emergency unlock only for a practical need. Each blocking session includes one 5-minute emergency unlock. That's not enough time to complete a match, so it's meant for checking something specific, not restarting play.

That is the trade-off. Fella provides a scheduled cutoff you plan in advance, not a mid-match interrupt or a way to extend just one more round after the block begins.

People who set a stop time and then queue another match anyway. If "just one more" reliably wins out over your own intended cutoff, a pre-scheduled block removes that decision at the moment it's weakest.

People who play in a squad and want to avoid abandoning teammates mid-match. Scheduling the block before your session, rather than relying on a mid-game interrupt, respects an ongoing match while still enforcing your boundary for the next one.

People who've already tried a minute-based limit and found it disruptive. If a limit has triggered mid-match before, a routine timed to precede your actual play window is the better fit.