SkieHow do I set up a night mode on managed phones and tablets?
Add an overnight window, for example 9 pm to 6 am, and allow only what you want at night, such as calls and the clock. The device switches to it by itself and returns to normal in the morning. Because date and time are locked to automatic, it cannot be dodged by changing the clock.
Night mode is a normal schedule window with an end time earlier than its start, so it runs through the night. Choose the days it starts on, set the hours and name the apps allowed. Often that is only the dialler and the clock; some organisations add an emergency or alarm app.
Everything else is hidden for the duration. Games, video, social apps and the browser vanish from view, and come back at the end of the window with their data intact because Skie hides or suspends apps rather than deleting them.
It suits several settings. Parents use it for bedtime. Hostels use a stricter version with calls allowed. Companies can use one to move field phones to a minimal set outside duty hours. For each, order matters: put the night window above broader windows if they overlap.
It does not block everything silently. Whatever you allow remains allowed, and the filter and policy switches stay active. The device uses its cached schedule offline and syncs when the network returns. A practical tip: test at the real boundary times on a pilot device, and decide in advance what should be reachable in an emergency, since the right answer differs for a twelve year old and for a field engineer. Then communicate the hours to everyone affected.