How do I keep my toddler from deleting apps and contacts when playing on iphone

My son has recently become interested in the toddler apps I have on my phone. Unfortunately, he also plays outside these apps... he knows how to use the home button and swipe and has zero concept of what the actions and consequences are of what he is doing. Recently he accidentally deleted a couple of his games and a few of my contacts just by "playing" on the phone. The point of having him use it is to keep him occupied when I have other things I need to get done so I am looking for a way to restrict his access to all but the apps I would like him to use. Is there an app for that?

@carrie10471 I certainly don't think you need parenting advice - I have the same issue and I just found under Settings, then under General, then under Restrictions, you'll have to set a pass code but then you'll see something for deleting apps - turn that off and you'll notice you can't delete apps anymore. You can easily turn it back on whenever you want. Just remember that pass code. I watch my son when he uses the IPad but it takes like 2 secs to delete an app - so I like this feature. Good luck :-)

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