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Where are Configuration Profiles Stored?

  • October 8, 2014
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Does anybody know where configuration profiles that have been applied to the system and user live in the file system? I've been scouring up and down the file system, and can't seem to find it.

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mm2270
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  • October 8, 2014

I believe they get stored in "/private/var/db/ConfigurationProfiles/Store/ConfigProfiles.binary" but if you're looking to add/remove any profiles, use the command line profiles to do it. You can't or shouldn't try manipulating that binary file directly.


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  • October 8, 2014

that's what I feared…

unfortunately the profiles command wasn't removing the profiles in question either, so I've had to go a bit more extreme


Chrischi99
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  • October 9, 2014

Ddi you try profiles -D -f ? That should supposedly delete all profiles.


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  • October 9, 2014

I usually watch /Library/ManagedPrefs folder to see what's applied as well.