How to use grayscale to curb your phone addiction

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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions By Paul Sarconi | 12.14.21 If you're on a mission to spend less time staring at your phone, you've probably heard of or tried a bunch of suggestions. Popular options include: shutting off notifications, downgrading to a "dumb" phone, uninstalling all but the most essential apps, using time-tracking tools to limit usage, and wearing a plain old watch. But there's one simple, effective method that you might not have tested yet: turning your phone's display to grayscale. Removing all color from the screen counteracts your brain's natural attraction to anything bright and shiny. It also eliminates positive reinforcements and dampens the urge to keep loading up social media feeds or mobile games. Going grayscale is incredibly easy to do, so give it a go. It might just transform your relationship with your phone and the apps on it. Read our guide on how to set up grayscale, plus a few other tips and tricks, below. If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more.     Try Grayscale Mode to Curb Your Phone Addiction iOS and Android make it easier than ever to sap the color from your phone, and help you save some sanity in the process. Everything You Need to Enjoy One Tech-Free Day a Week If you're going to ditch your phone for a technology Shabbat (and you totally should), you'll need a few bits of gear that date back to the disco era. How to Use the Focus Feature on iOS 15—and Get More Done This new feature lets you customize which notifications you get and lets you rearrange your home screen depending on which apps you need and when. Turn Off Your Push Notifications. All of Them RIP my mentions. How To Clear Out Your Zombie Apps and Online Accounts All those services you signed up for but forgot about? They're a security risk. Here's how to get rid of them. GET WIRED HOLIDAY SALE! Get WIRED for just $10 $5. Get the print edition and exclusive subscriber-only stories. Give yourself the gift of information. Subscribe now.       Have questions or comments? Reply to this email.   When you buy something using the retail links in this email, we earn a small affiliate commission. Read more about how this works.   This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or manage your newsletter subscriptions

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