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Disable personal hotspot on iPhone
I am looking to remove the personal hotspot feature on my child’s phone. There is a setting on the phone to turn it off but he can just turn it back on and use it whenever. When we had Verizon we cal...
I am looking for this exact same thing...ability to turn off hotspot. Have you had any luck to figure out a way? thanks!
I never found a way to disable the hotspot. I spent a few hours on the phone with T-Mobile customer care and nothing they tried worked.
Oh bummer....It's more than a full time job trying to manage kid's tech. If it helps, I found a way to shut off their data, leaving the kid's phone with just call and text. You logon to t mobile site or go onto the app. Then go to "manage add-ons". Select "no data".
Doing a quick Google search and it can only be done on the phone not on the account, the OP says Verizon can but in the Verizon forum it states you can't.
Customer Service Rep
04-29-2019 06:10 AM
Great question, OCP_in_NMA. As it turns out, this option is not available as this is a built in feature with most Smartphone devices. Currently, the only option on most smartphone devices would be to click and turn it off. AnthonyM_VZW
