Remove Provisioning Profiles

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Remove Provisioning Profiles

Where is the Provisioning Profile on my Mac and how do I delete it?

A friend who is a Developer asked if I would test a couple of apps on my iPod Touch and iPad which I gladly did. The Profiles already expired but they're still on both of my devices. I tried to Remove them in the General section of Settings on both my devices but they keep returning each time I sync them with iTunes. I've also tried to deleted the demo apps from iTunes but again the Profiles still return. How do I delete these profiles?

Please forgive my ignorance on this topic, I'm just a User and know nothing about programming.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

-- Jeff

MacBook Pro 2.4GHz Dual Core Intel 2GB RAM, Mac OS X (10.6.3), Mac Pro 2x 3GHz Quad Core Intel 5GB RAM / iPod Touch 1st Gen 16GB / iPad 3G 64GB

Posted on Jun 20, 2010 8:53 PM

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Answer 1

RayNewbie

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Jun 20, 2010 10:48 PM in response to Jamlot

Hi Jeff -

You should find the provisioning profile(s) in +/Users/Jeff/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning Profiles+. Before deleting anything from that folder, it's best to untether your iPod Touch and close iTunes. After that, just move the file(s) you wish to delete to the trash. In some cases it's possible for a profile to remain locked after iTunes is closed. If that happens, you should be able to remove the lock by restarting your Mac.

The steps are similar for Windows iTunes btw, but the exact location may depend on the Windows version. For XP see [How to Remove a Provisioning Profile from iTunes on Windows XP|http://mobilestrategist.blogspot.com/2009/06/how-to-remove-provisioning-prof ile-from.html].

\- Ray

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Jamlot Author

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Jun 20, 2010 10:49 PM in response to RayNewbie

Thank you so much, Ray. That did the trick.

-- Jeff

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