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Remove Config Presets from Mac Computer

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Config Presets are an older way of managing apps and features on a supervised iPhone or Mac computer. Here's how to remove and uninstall them from your device.

Uninstalling Config Files requires that your Tech Lockdown profile be unlocked.

  • Ensure your Tech Lockdown profile is unlocked before proceeding.

1) Access Uninstall Wizard

  • On the Tech Lockdown dashboard, go to Tools > Mac > Config Presets > Uninstall.

You should see a full list of all Config Presets. If your Tech Lockdown profile is unlocked, you can copy and paste the passcodes for each preset.

2) Remove Config Presets

  • On your Mac computer, open System Settings from the taskbar:

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  • Search for "profile" and open Device Management (you can also navigate to this directly by going to General > Device Management).

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  • Next, click on the Config you'd like to remove. You should see it highlighted like this:

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  • Next, press the Delete key on your Mac. You could instead click the Minus symbol near the bottom:

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  • Confirm that you'd like to delete the Config by clicking Remove:

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3) Enter Config Password (if needed)

If you've enabled the Uninstall Prevention feature when you first downloaded the Config from Tech Lockdown, you'll now need to copy-paste the removal password from the dashboard.

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  • Enter the passcode associated with your Config File from the Tech Lockdown dashboard. Passcodes can be found by going to Tools > Mac > Config Presets > Uninstall.

To learn more about using the Config Generator, continue reading our getting started guide.

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