Device Lock
Remotely and immediately lock a device.
URL
PUT https://yourmdmhost.example.com/mdm#DeviceLockCommandResponse Codes
| Status | Reason | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 200 | OK Content-Type: application/xml | DeviceLockResponse | The response object the system returns for the Device Lock Command. |
Discussion
You can display a message and phone number on the Lock Screen if the user has set a passcode for the device, it isn’t a Shared iPad, and it isn’t in Lost Mode. In macOS, this command uses the Find My framework to lock a device, and fails if there’s no recovery partition on the device.
Refer to the following sections to determine supported channels and requirements, and to see an example request and response.
Command availability
Device channel | iOS, macOS, Shared iPad, visionOS, watchOS |
User channel | NA |
Requires supervision | macOS |
Allowed in user enrollment | iOS, visionOS |
Required access right | AllowPasscodeRemovalAndLock |
Example request and response
HTTP Body
The request object the server returns for the Device Lock Command.