App Blocking for iOS and iPadOS Using Jamf Security Cloud
- Last UpdatedJul 17, 2025
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From the App blocking page, you can block all traffic from specific apps. For example, if you add TikTok's bundle ID (com.zhiliaoapp.musically) to your block list, all traffic from TikTok will be blocked. Users can still download the app to their device, but the app will not have network access.
App blocking is only compatible with supervised iOS or iPadOS devices that have on-device content filtering enabled. Your App blocklist applies to all devices in your fleet that meet these requirements.
App blocking uses bundle IDs to block app traffic. An app's bundle ID is its unique identifier within the Apple ecosystem. Search the internet for a bundle ID finder to identify the bundle IDs used by apps in your environment.
To use app blocking, navigate to in the portal. Enter one or more bundle IDs, separated by a comma, and click Add app blocks. The bundle IDs will be added to your App blocklist.
To prevent trusted apps from being blocked by Jamf Security Cloud, you can create a safelist of apps in your configuration profile. This involves manually editing the configuration profile downloaded from an activation profile, and then redistributing it to target devices via MDM.
Supervised iOS, iPadOS, or visionOS devices
An activation profile with on-device content filtering enabled, deployed via configuration profile with Jamf Trust. For more information about creating an activation profile, see Creating an Activation Profile using Jamf Security Cloud. For more information about deploying Jamf Trust to your devices, see Jamf Trust Managed Distribution Guides for Apple and Android Devices.
The apps that correspond to the listed bundle IDs are safelisted and will not be blocked on any device using this configuration profile.