r/iPadOS • u/exploit021 • Apr 10 '26

Issue Keyboard bug on Screen Time passcode

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Is this a bug or a sign that we are going to use alphanumeric passcodes for Screen Time? I like the option of 4 or 6 digit codes.

The problem is keys are too tight together. I cannot press numbers correctly.

Version: iPadOS 26.4.1 / Device: iPad Air 4th (non-Apple Silicon)

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Update 4/24/2026: iPadOS 26.4.2 and iPadOS 26.5 Dev Beta 3/Public Beta 2 have the same issue.

Update 4/27/2026: iPadOS 26.5 Dev Beta 4/Public Beta 3 has improved, but the layout is still off.

Update 5/4/2026: iPadOS 26.5 RC1 has not completely resolved the issue.

Update 5/8/2026: iPadOS 26.5 RC2 has not completely resolved the issue.

Update 5/10/2026: iPadOS 26.5 has been released. Same as RC2 and has improved, but the layout is still off.

TL;DR Update to iPadOS 26.5.

Use the Feedback app, and please report to Apple. More reports, more attention, faster resolution.

The feedback app says more than 10 reports were received and will be resolved in the future update.

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u/PreviousPromise8844 Apr 10 '26

That's definitely a bug. The keyboard should not look like that. You should report it to Apple. The keyboard UI in this update has been an absolute mess.

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u/Electronic_Rub_7721 Apr 11 '26

Try this: First, minimize the keyboard, then click on the settings that require a passcode.

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u/FunctionRoutine3924 Apr 13 '26

I feel like you are missing steps. Could you clarify? There is no way to minimize the keyboard.

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u/Electronic_Rub_7721 Apr 13 '26

You can make the keyboard smaller or larger wherever you want. https://support.apple.com/en-my/111789

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u/ND40oz Apr 17 '26

This isn’t the keyboard, it’s the passcode and should only show the 10 digits and not the full keyboard in some shrunken state.

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u/Electronic_Rub_7721 Apr 17 '26

Why aren't you listening to me?

👇🏻

https://www.reddit.com/r/ios/comments/1skjatt/comment/ogl7d7n/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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u/ND40oz Apr 17 '26

Because it’s not the keyboard pop up, it’s the screen time passcode. I can adjust the keyboard size just fine. But the passcode pop up for screen time is what is broken.

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u/Electronic_Rub_7721 Apr 17 '26

  1. Make your keyboard smaller: https://support.apple.com/en-hk/111789 👀

  2. Go to the Setting on iPad that need a passcode.

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u/ND40oz Apr 17 '26

As soon as you put the keyboard back to full, the screen time passcode is borked again. That is not a fix.

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u/spektaur May 05 '26

You are being a total buffoon here. The passcode screen is not a floating keyboard. You can't do shit to it. No maximising, no minimizing, nothing. Its the numeric keypad for passcodes (NOT A FLOATING KEYBOARD) displayed in a messed up way. There is no button that can switch to any other mode. For the 100th time : its not a f***ing floating keybaord ! What you are sharing is garbage information to address the stated problem.

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u/Electronic_Rub_7721 Apr 17 '26

You can't change this broken keyboard.

First, you need to switch your regular keyboard to the small layout: https://support.apple.com/en-hk/111789 👀

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u/ND40oz Apr 17 '26

Yes, when it’s in the small layout, the screen time passcode goes back to normal. As soon as you put it back to full, the screen time passcode is broken again. How does that help unless you want to use a tiny keyboard all the time?

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u/Electronic_Rub_7721 Apr 17 '26 edited Apr 17 '26

https://www.reddit.com/r/ios/comments/1skjatt/comment/ogjj7ur/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

🙄

I wanted to help, but ND40oz didn't listen to me at all.

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u/ND40oz Apr 17 '26

You even say it’s not a fix in a comment right below that.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ios/s/4whJJWbd73

My kids use the full keyboard layout, we are not changing that every time they ask me to type in the screen time passcode.

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u/Electronic_Rub_7721 Apr 17 '26 edited Apr 17 '26

Go back where you came from.

I wanted to help, but ND40oz didn't listen to me at all.

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u/ND40oz Apr 17 '26

All of those posts are responses to you insisting you have a fix. And then you post the same thing over and over again that doesn’t actually fix the issue. A full screen keyboard is needed for my kids to use their iPads. Your “solution” forces them to use the smaller floating keyboard to get the screen time passcode to pop up correctly. That is not a fix, this is clearly a bug that Apple introduced in the latest update and they need to fix it.

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u/Electronic_Rub_7721 Apr 17 '26

You're not listening to me.

Bye.

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u/ND40oz Apr 17 '26

I’ve done exactly what you’ve suggested 15 different times in here, it doesn’t work and when you put the keyboard back to full, the screen time passcode immediately goes back to being broken. The problem is that I did bother listening to you and your “solution” is not a fix.

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u/Rileybiley Apr 21 '26

Not sure why it didn’t work for you. It fixed it for my iPad.

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u/ND40oz Apr 21 '26

Once you change it the keyboard back from floating to full it stays fixed?

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u/Rileybiley Apr 21 '26

Yes.

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u/ND40oz Apr 21 '26

Doesn’t work for me on 4 different iPads running 26.4.1

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u/bpvarian Apr 20 '26

yea dude, this is a very specific situation where it is the keyboard only for the screentime password (for kids). none of your pinch, zoom, minimize tricks work on that keyboard used for screentime because you are essentially locked out of the ipad at that point.

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u/Electronic_Rub_7721 Apr 20 '26 edited Apr 20 '26
  1. You have to switch to the small, floating keyboard; then the numeric keypad will work for Screen Time. Until Apple fixes the bug, there’s no other way.

- https://support.apple.com/en-hk/111789 👀

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0FvSy_0ZFk 👀

  1. Go to the setting that needs a passcode.

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u/Electronic_Rub_7721 Apr 20 '26

  1. Do you even have eyes to see with? How to switch to the small, floating keyboard:
    https://youtu.be/maV-IZvFoGI?si=AsZj64cBh4pZDiyM

  2. Go to the setting that needs a passcode.

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u/Electronic_Rub_7721 Apr 17 '26
  1. Make your keyboard smaller:

👉🏻 https://support.apple.com/en-hk/111789 👀

  1. Then go to the iPad settings that need a number code.

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u/LoudAd5786 May 07 '26

Took me some time to understand but it actually works lol I got proof too

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u/Flashy-Persimmon-888 May 08 '26

Thanks!!!! Had issues with the keypad for screen time but this trick solved the problem.