How to do a App Selective Wipe of a Mac computer. Intune App Protection policy.

[Alan Kelly]

Hi All,

Is it possible to do an App Selective Wipe of an unmanaged Mac computer device? I know how to do it on an Android and iOS devices using App Protection Policies, but I need to test it on a Mac computer. The Mac computer is a personal device (BYOD) so I do not want to manage it using Intune. Maybe there is another way to do a App Selective Wipe of a Mac computer instead of using a App Protection policy.

I hope you can help !!

Alan

[#2]

I don't believe it's possible when the MacOS device is not managed by Intune. App Protection Policies can only apply to mobile OS (iOS and Android).

[#3]

Hi Sonia,

Do you know if there is a reason why App Selective Wipe doesn't support Mac computers, or if Microsoft is planning to support Mac computers?

Thanks
Alan

[#4 · Accepted solution]

I believe it's because of the differences in the architecture between mobile and non-mobile operating systems. App protection policies don't run on unmanaged Windows devices either. Devices managed via Intune (mobile, MacOS or Windows) can remove company data: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/intune/devices-wipe