Galaxy, how to cut game time
Galaxy (One UI 6) / OS version One UI 6 (Android 14) / Checked on 2026-09-15
One round becomes five. Pair a time limit with silenced notifications.
This app cannot block other apps. What it can do is show you the shortest way to turn the phone you already own into a dumb phone, using settings it already has.
Taken from the maker's own support documents. We have not held these handsets ourselves, so if a menu name differs, search for the word below.
1. Open Digital Wellbeing
Settings > Digital Wellbeing and parental controls
Everything below lives on this one screen, so finding it once is most of the work.
Type this into the Settings search box: Digital Wellbeing
Checked on 2026-09-15 / OS version One UI 6 (Android 14) / Source Google, Android Help, manage how you spend time on your phone (from the official document)
2. Put an app timer on your games
Digital Wellbeing and parental controls > Dashboard > your games > Timer
When the budget runs out the icon greys out and the app stops opening. Nothing is deleted.
Type this into the Settings search box: App timer
Checked on 2026-09-15 / OS version One UI 6 (Android 14) / Source Google, Android Help, manage how you spend time on your phone (from the official document)
3. Set up focus mode
Digital Wellbeing and parental controls > Focus mode > pick a mode and choose allowed apps
A timer covers the day, focus mode covers the next hour. While it runs the chosen apps will not open.
Type this into the Settings search box: Focus mode
Checked on 2026-09-15 / OS version One UI 6 (Android 14) / Source Google, Android Help, manage how you spend time on your phone (from the official document)
4. Turn on Do Not Disturb
Settings > Notifications > Do Not Disturb
What pulls you back is usually a notification. Calls and texts can stay as exceptions.
Type this into the Settings search box: Do Not Disturb
Checked on 2026-09-15 / OS version One UI 6 (Android 14) / Source Google, Android Help, Do Not Disturb (from the official document)
Every change here can be undone in the same place. That means it is not enforcement, and we are not hiding that.
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