What is iOS Account Manager?

Hello there, I was checking my google account security settings and I found out that "iOS Account Manager" is connected to my account but I've no idea what it is. I tried to log out from my account on my iPhone but when I log into YouTube it still appears (so it might can be related to yt but idk why). I also logged into safari and when I check for new logins in my google account setting it just says that safari is connected. You guys have any ideas on what this account manager is? sorry for my bad english.


iPhone 12 mini, iOS 15

Posted on Jun 1, 2022 7:15 AM

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Posted on Nov 14, 2022 6:30 AM

bodour144 wrote:

Hey guys .. i have read most of the comments and arguments you wrote. Actually i am facing the same problem, but what I figured out its and application who IT people know it mostly and some clever guys who uses mac as well , there is something called apple configuration on laptops through this who has ur password or any physical contact with ur phone can manage ur phone .. on google or edge (Microsoft) browser make search for iOS account manager and you will find some answers also on apple site go to develop and codes something like that you will find ur answer. The only question that i have now is how to unlink my email from this ….:

The Apple Configurator requires that the Mac be logged into your Apple ID, or that your iPhone have an MDM profile. So unless your Apple ID has been compromised or you have such a profile it is a non-issue.


To check if you have an MDM profile: Go to Settings/General/VPN & Device Management. If you don’t see a profile you don’t have one.


To see who has access to your Apple ID→Checklist: If you want to see if anyone else has access to your device or accounts - Apple Support. If you see anyone you don’t recognize you can remove them. And also then review→If you think your Apple ID has been compromised - Apple Support


iOS account manager has nothing to do with either of the above. It is a Google app that coordinates activities between the Google apps on your iPhone (Google Maps, Google Search, Youtube, gmail, Waze, Google One, Google Photos, etc) so you don’t have to log in to each one individually.

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Nov 15, 2022 7:29 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

Lawrence Finch I have tried and fight for three months with Apple just trying to get my own data. Every worker I talk to for the first time said it all looked very suspicious and they are definitely gonna get down to it. Same with the supervisors they transferred me to yet, the next day I would talk to the supervisors they would simply tell me there’s nothing they can do they have no idea and that was that still haven’t received my information. Not to mention it was **** trying to stay in contact with them because somebody else was using my accounts to communicate with Apple.🤷🏼‍♂️

Nov 27, 2022 3:24 AM in response to Your_mom_user

I swear, the reps are usually young Asian women whenever I call, and after 2-3 hours of trouble-shooting to no avail, you can literally hear both the frustration and the exhaustion in their voices when they finally breakdown and say,


“There’s nothing else we can do. But rest-assured, we are Apple and we take SECURITY very seriously. There is obviously something going on with your account and devices, and since you’ve been so patient with me these last few hours, I PROMISE YOU, that this is now my top priority.


I’m going to keep working on this on my end and let’s schedule a call back to you later this morning from me and I’ll also have our MOST SENIOR SECURITY OFFICER on the call, as well. And you’re in luck. My morning meeting got cancelled and the Senior Official doesn’t arrive for more than an hour yet. So let’s schedule it for 6AM your time (ME: 👀👀 looking at my bedside alarm clock and noting that it’s already currently 4:58 AM and I haven’t slept a wink in days👀👀)



Me: “OK, Fine. I’ll speak with you then. Goodbye.”


Hangs up phone. Never hears from that lady ever again.


UGHHH🤬🤬🤬

Dec 12, 2022 3:09 AM in response to Jphnalabama

In the Iphone setting there is Direct Touch Apps. A hacker continued to make Norton password security app. Their VPN. And several other apps. Accessible by keeping a check next to them. I would uncheck it, and within two seconds they would check it right back. Look for the accessibility UI server./L2TP VPN ( send all traffic

) to be turned on .( even if you don’t have a VPN) that is **** your settings are getting changed? Or that’s how mine seem to be?

Dec 14, 2022 6:01 PM in response to Ghost5368

Ghost5368 wrote:

What’s impossible? And I have no clue about ‘Jailbroken?’ Could I have done that by dropping the IPhone with no case to protect it?

For all practical purposes it is not possible to hack (jailbreak) a phone, unless you do it yourself and you are extremely knowledgeable. It requires physical possession of the phone while it is unlocked, and takes 15-30 minutes. So if you didn’t do this and you never handed the phone to someone who knows how to do it for long enough time your phone has not been hacked.

Dec 18, 2022 10:32 AM in response to WendySuwho

I completely ABREE! They never have the right answers, then will ask you about things THEY SEE ON YOUR ACCOUNT, Then you ask what they are talking about them they completely avoid answering. If they see things that we didn’t approve then why aren’t they helping us to remove it and block who or whatever it’s coming from.

Ever since this happened to me I have been locked out of my email as well as right after the hacked Spyware Update from Apple of 16.1 and my outlook email was for my 2 factor codes to ALL of many of my accounts and I’ve been locked out since September of all of my personal accounts and information in each one as well as photos of my grandchildren remain locked in them!!!!

Dec 18, 2022 10:44 AM in response to HottNutts

HottNutts wrote:

I completely ABREE! They never have the right answers, then will ask you about things THEY SEE ON YOUR ACCOUNT, Then you ask what they are talking about them they completely avoid answering. If they see things that we didn’t approve then why aren’t they helping us to remove it and block who or whatever it’s coming from.
Ever since this happened to me I have been locked out of my email as well as right after the hacked Spyware Update from Apple of 16.1 and my outlook email was for my 2 factor codes to ALL of many of my accounts and I’ve been locked out since September of all of my personal accounts and information in each one as well as photos of my grandchildren remain locked in them!!!!

It has absolutely NOTHING to do with Apple. And Apple can’t do anything about the fact that Google has added malware protection to your Google apps.


If you update to iOS 16.2 it will go away from the display, but it will still be on your phone behind the scenes, still protecting your Google apps from being compromised.

Dec 25, 2022 12:07 AM in response to Riccardo2424

I have spin dumps, kernel panics, and firewall pictures displaying where this all is going. Through Apples very own servers via port 443. The characteristics initially made me think that perhaps this was Pegasus. Multiple devices, apple ids, and emails did not change anything. The real kicker is…even signed out of iCloud the device still connects through these channels.

Dec 25, 2022 1:19 PM in response to Ghost5368

Ghost5368 wrote:

If’s person did have control of my iPhone ( stolen) and I got new phones could they ( thief) use the stolen device to connect to my new iPhones ?(Does changing ( making ) a new Apple ID help?? (Add question )

It is not possible for anyone to have control of your phone, so the rest of your question is irrelevant.


If someone knows your Apple ID and password and you did not have 2 factor authentication on your Apple ID account then that person could see data that you had synced to iCloud, and they could disable your phone by marking it lost using Find My. But they still couldn’t “control” your phone, except to disable it. And the easiest solution is to change your Apple ID password, which would block them. This is 100% foolproof unless you choose a weak password that someone who knows you could guess.


And if you add 2 factor authentication, they couldn’t hack your account even if they could find out your Apple password.

Dec 28, 2022 10:58 AM in response to Lawrence Finch

Is there any way to have a phone conversation ? I have reset these thing 3 times over 2 weeks .But they keep going back to an old back up, I think ? Like within the day ? I think some how I am under the control of Google Admin and Microsoft Admin? I keep changing the passwords ?! Does no good!

What I have noticed when the my setting all change and the messages are from a previous month snd my contacts show double or triple repeated names/ numbers and my Messages will be turned off under iCloud is that my picture in settings flash’s from the Old Generic look to my picture when I go to setting to see what’s been changed . I let T-mobile close my account as they wanted to double my bill again (5 months in a row) T-mobile is worthless! I never got to make many calls! OMG? I don’t know what to do! I have learned more then I wanted to know and I still can not use my IPhones ?( and the L2TP that will not let me turn ‘send all traffic thru off’ has something to do with my issues!( I don’t have a VPN !)Im signed out and got this message ? I normally only get it when signed in?

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