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1. Choose Grayscale. Open Settings › Accessibility › Display & Text Size › Color Filters and select Grayscale. Go Gray switches Color Filters on and off for you.
2. Add the shortcuts. In Go Gray, tap Shortcuts and add Go Gray Toggle and 30m Grayscale Break. The first time one runs, iOS asks to allow it to run actions from Go Gray. Tap Allow.
3. Put Go Gray Toggle in Control Center. Swipe down from the top-right corner, touch and hold, tap Add a Control, search for Shortcut and choose Go Gray Toggle. Controls need iOS 18 or later.
4. Turn on nudges. In Go Gray, turn on Monitor Usage and pick the apps that pull you in. Go Gray nudges you at 30 minutes and at 1 hour.

Common questions

The wheel says “Go Gray”, but my screen is already gray.

iOS does not tell apps whether Color Filters are on, so Go Gray keeps track of the switches it makes. If you switch another way (the Color Filters button in Control Center, triple-click or Settings), Go Gray cannot see it. To fix it, open Go Gray and go to Settings › Status › Screen › Not right? To prevent it, switch with Go Gray Toggle.

Tapping the wheel does nothing.

Make sure Go Gray Toggle is installed: in Go Gray, tap Shortcuts. Check that Color Filters is set to Grayscale. If iOS asked to allow Go Gray Toggle to run actions from Go Gray, tap Allow.

I'm not getting nudges.

In Go Gray, open Settings › Status. Screen Time access, Apps to watch, Nudges and Notifications should each show a check. Tap the button next to any item that needs attention.

What does Color logged count?

The time from each switch to color made with Go Gray until you switch back to gray. It is clock time, so it keeps counting while your screen is off.

Is my screen time private?

Yes. Go Gray uses Apple's Screen Time framework. Your usage stays on your iPhone, and Go Gray never uploads it. Read the Privacy Policy.

How do I cancel or restore Go Gray Pro?

Cancel at any time in iOS Settings › your name › Subscriptions. On a new iPhone, open Go Gray, tap Pro and then Restore Purchases.

Still stuck?

Tell us your iPhone model and iOS version, and what happened.

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