Install a configuration profile on your iPhone or iPad

Modified on Tue, 6 Aug, 2024 at 10:02 AM

When you download a configuration profile from a website or an email message in iOS or iPadOS, you must go to the Settings app to install it.

* If a profile is not installed within 8 minutes of downloading it, it is automatically deleted.

Install a profile

After you download a profile, you’ll see “Profile Downloaded”. To install the profile, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Settings app.
  2. Tap Profile Downloaded.

*In the Settings app, the "Profile Downloaded" button is below the account details.

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        3. Tap Install in the upper-right corner, then follow the onscreen instructions.

*You can have only one profile ready to install at a time. For example, if you download a profile and don't install it, and then download a second profile, only the second profile is available to be installed.

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