iCloud MDM restrictions for Apple devices
You can manage how iCloud interacts with iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices enrolled in a mobile device management (MDM) solution or with Apple Configurator 2 (iPhone and iPad only). See the Apple Configurator 2 User Guide.
Setting | Functionality restriction | Supervised | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|
iCloud Mail | Mail isn’t uploaded to iCloud. | No | macOS 10.12 |
iCloud Contacts | Contacts aren’t uploaded to iCloud. | No | macOS 10.12 |
iCloud Calendars | Calendars aren’t uploaded to iCloud. | No | macOS 10.12 |
iCloud Reminders | Reminders aren’t uploaded to iCloud. | No | macOS 10.12 |
iCloud Bookmarks | Bookmarks aren’t uploaded to iCloud. | No | macOS 10.12 |
iCloud Notes | Notes aren’t uploaded to iCloud. | No | macOS 10.12 |
iCloud Photos | Users can’t use their iCloud Photos. | No | iOS 9.0 macOS 10.12 |
iCloud Documents and Data | Documents and data aren’t added to iCloud. | Yes | iOS 13 iPadOS 13.1 macOS 10.11 |
Managed app’s stored data in iCloud | Users can’t store data from managed apps in iCloud. | No | iOS 8.0 |
Backup enterprise books | Users can’t back up books distributed by their organization to iCloud, the Finder (in macOS 10.15 or later), and iTunes (in macOS 10.14 or earlier). | No | iOS 8.0 |
Notes and highlights sync for enterprise books | Users can’t sync notes or highlights to other devices using iCloud. | No | iOS 8.0 |
iCloud Keychain | iCloud Keychain can’t be used. | This restriction is deprecated on unsupervised devices and will be supervised only in a future release. | iOS 7.0 macOS 10.12 |
iCloud Drive | iCloud Drive can’t be used to store any data. | No | iOS 5.0 macOS 10.11 |
iCloud Backup | iCloud can’t be used to backup user data. | This restriction is deprecated on unsupervised devices and will be supervised only in a future release. | iOS 5.0 |
Shared Albums | Users can’t subscribe to or publish shared photo albums. | No | iOS 5.0 |
My Photo Stream | Photos in My Photo Stream are erased from the device, photos from the Camera Roll aren’t sent to My Photo Stream, and photos and videos in shared streams can no longer be viewed on the device. Important: If there are no other copies of these photos and videos, they may be lost. | No | iOS 5.0 |