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Iron Contributor

Jan 18, 2021

Allowing Users to Remove/Uninstall Available iOS Apps

Hi All, Quick query. I have been creating a Fully Managed/ Supervised iOS build. Quite successfully, much smoother build than prior to iOS 14.x. But there is one thing I am trying to do but not ...

Intune Company Portal

iOS 14

Managed Apps

MoZZa

Iron Contributor

Jan 20, 2021

Hi Moe_Kinani

The issue here is the apps in question have always been set as Available and not Required.
As with our Android apps/devices, Uses cannot uninstall Required apps, but can uninstall apps they have installed themselves from the Managed Play Store.
I want our iOS users to have the same experience.
So all Required apps are only removable from the MEMAC console (as expected) and apps that are available to them via the Company Portal for enrolled devices, the users are able to install and uninstall them whenever they choose to do so.

enoch-s

Copper Contributor

Jan 30, 2024

It looks like it is by design by apple when using MDM and Homescreen Layout:

"When you use the Home Screen Layout settings to add pages, or add pages and apps to the dock, the icons on the Home Screen and pages are locked. They can't be moved or deleted. This behavior might be by design with iOS/iPadOS and Apple's MDM policies."

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/configuration/ios-device-features-settings