How to take the Pride clock off iPad?

drunkmonkey

My kids iPad clock on the Home Screen has just turned to rainbow colour, I assume it’s for pride month how do I turn it back to normal, can’t seem to find a way in settings, had a look on google and doesn’t look easy, there must be an easier way.

Also is there a way to stop these things automatically happening?

HazeDoll

Screentime is doing more lasting damage to your kids than a rainbow colour scheme.

Get rid of the iPad. Problem solved.

drunkmonkey

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123582267#Comment_123582267

he rarely gets it, going on a journey tomorrow, we didn’t change the clock, Apple obviously pushed it onto them.

He’ll get rid of it himself if he sees it by bouncing it off the ground, a 10yr old freaked out by rainbow colours isn’t something I had on my being a parent bingo card.

Dial Hard

I don't understand what the issue is? It's just the same clock in different colours, why is he freaking out???

drunkmonkey

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123582519#Comment_123582519

same clock in pride colours, don’t want to quote him but he’s pretty aggressive about it, he’ll let fly if we pass a flag in the car for example, I kinda know what’s caused it as his friends are pretty similar minded on the subject and it’s all related to something they got a bit freaked out by around this time last year. Not getting into it but can understand why they’re kicking back.

I might call Apple about it tomorrow for a solution and advice on how to prevent it happening again.

pleasant Co.

settings>wallpaper>customise

Dial Hard

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123582582#Comment_123582582

Or maybe you could use it as a teachable moment? Obviously I don't know the full context, but perhaps it's an opportunity rather than an issue.

technocrat

The whole story sounds made up and contrived to generate an argumentative thread.

I have 2 Apple devices here that I use daily for years and the clock or wallpaper has never updated to a different theme without me changing it through the settings.

HazeDoll

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123582582#Comment_123582582

If this is true you need to have a gentle chat with him that it's not a big deal if some people are gay. You might mention that these days it's not considered acceptable to be so intolerant of a group of people. You should definitely use the opportunity to reassure him that any child of yours would be just as loved and valued and respected if they were gay. I strongly suspect he needs to hear that last bit loud and clear.

archfi

Long press on Lock Screen

Customise

Lock Screen

Press inside border of Lock Screen clock

Choose colour

Jim2007

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123582582#Comment_123582582

You have my sympathy, you have a lot bigger problems in store if that's the case…

drunkmonkey

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123582733#Comment_123582733

cheers that fixed it.

drunkmonkey

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123582738#Comment_123582738

He’s a great kid, I’ve no concerns about him, it was a pretty unique situation caused this attitude with the local kids. It’ll pass.

Jim2007

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123582845#Comment_123582845

same clock in pride colours, don’t want to quote him but he’s pretty aggressive about it, he’ll let fly if we pass a flag in the car for example, I kinda know what’s caused it as his friends are pretty similar minded on the subject and it’s all related to something they got a bit freaked out by around this time last year. Not getting into it but can understand why they’re kicking back.

That is not normal behaviour for a 10 year old, ignore it at your perl and you may find youself in the four courts someday in the next 10 years with him and his mates charged with serious assault or worse.

Space Dog

Sure, Jan.

Rocket_GD

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123582845#Comment_123582845

A group of 10 year olds are already triggered and aggressive about a rainbow flag and you seem fine with this as "it'll pass".

I think you need to have a serious word with your son and the parent's of the other mini tates that are being raised.

PixelCrafter

You might want to ask yourself what else he’s watching on that iPad. A 10 year old in Ireland in 2025 flying into a rage every time they see a rainbow flag is pretty weird behaviour.

Also Apple’s clock widget doesn’t flip to any new colours schemes unless they’re set.

drunkmonkey

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123583178#Comment_123583178

it’s been off for a while, I was using the developer build on it, probably from around April, I’m assuming that’s it.

It would be weird behaviour without knowing the cause, I do and so do other parents and we’ve dealt with the source, there’s just a toxic association now with the flag and the local boys due to one person. We’ll explain more to them about all the colours as they get older, now is not age appropriate.

Gerrymandering reborn

What if a person is Muslim and this appears on their iPad. Surely anything promoting LGTB is against Islam

Rocket_GD

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123583253#Comment_123583253

They're 10 years old, not 4. Very easy to explain what the flag means to them now.

Why leave it for their hatred and aggressiveness to continue and fester?

sydthebeat

amazingly this is the only mention on the whole internet that assumes the rainbow clock on the ipad is anything to do with "Pride Month".

There doesnt seem to have been any instruction from apple to change clock settings to the rainbow colours.

Seems the triggering of this kid by colours is an extremely worrying occurrence.

gmacww

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123582663#Comment_123582663

This is exactly what I was thinking. Switched on enough to run a developer build on his ipad which 99% of ipad users wouldn't even be aware of their existence but can't figure out how to change the clock. Ok…

drunkmonkey

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123583288#Comment_123583288

He’s 10 in 2 weeks, I don’t even know what all the colours mean anymore, it’s not a discussion I want with him yet as I think it’s a bit much. That’s my decision as a parent when I feel the time is right.
He doesn’t hate everyone, someone triggered this and it’s been dealt with so that person won’t be near his friends or him again, they just happened to be draped in the flag, so I get where they’re coming from. We’ll break the association between them and the colours, right now it’s just black and white to them.

Rocket_GD

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123583397#Comment_123583397

I don’t even know what all the colours mean anymore

You're an adult, educate yourself.

drunkmonkey

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123583403#Comment_123583403

to be fair I’d say most people don’t, I’ll deal with them as they appear, I’ve no interest in keeping up, I know 4.

kowloonkev

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123583403#Comment_123583403

Ah crap I was too busy reading about the war of independence instead of educating myself

noodler

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123583403#Comment_123583403

Is this really an appropriate way of dealing with differing views in 2025?

I'm not sure that phrase ever does anything to further anyone's position.

Rocket_GD

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123583463#Comment_123583463

You can educate yourself about more that one thing at once. I wonder how all these children in school do it studying 10 subjects, must all be geniuses.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123583489#Comment_123583489

Nothing to do with differing views at all.

It's an adult who say's the don't understand something that is negatively impacting their child's behaviour and turning them aggressive, it's hardly unreasonable to think the parent should educate themselves on the matter.

kowloonkev

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123583507#Comment_123583507

Alternatively you can educate yourself about things of interest, or which have some value.

Rocket_GD

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123583553#Comment_123583553

This issue is negatively affecting their child's behaviour, I think this would be quite valuable to the OP to have knowledge of.

Doesn't interest you, that's completely fine but it's of value to the OP.

drunkmonkey

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123583561#Comment_123583561

An adult draped in the flag negatively affected multiple young boys behavior, this is not the kids fault, it's more on us as adults letting it happen in the first place. I've no interest in futhering my education on the matter nor my childs.