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How do I take a break?

Unlock your apps for a few minutes during a block, from Slow Time Club, the widget or the block screen.

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During a Quick Block or Focus Session, you can take a short break to unlock your apps. When it's over, they lock again by themselves. App Limits don't have breaks.

Take a break

  • Quick Block: open Slow Time Club, tap the lightning bolt at the top of Home, then tap PAUSE. You can also tap pause on the Quick Block widget.

  • Focus Session: tap the Focus Sessions card on Home, tap the running session, then tap Take a break.

  • From the block screen: tap TAKE A BREAK. You'll get a "Break started" notification. This button only shows when no Hard block is running.

To end a break early, tap RESUME (Quick Block) or Resume (Focus Session). Your apps lock again straight away.

Choose how long breaks last

  1. Tap the star at the top left of Home to open Profile.

  2. Tap Break duration and choose 1, 3, 5, 10 or 15 minutes. It's 5 minutes to start with.

  3. Tap Save.

The new length applies from your next break.

Good to know

  • There's no limit on how many breaks you take.

  • A break needs at least 15 minutes left in the block.

  • A break only unlocks the apps in that block. If another block covers the same app, it stays locked.

Related: What happens when a break ends? · Why can't I take a break near the end of a block? · Why is "Take a break" missing? · What notifications will I get?

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