---
title: ManagedPreferences
framework: devicemanagement
role: symbol
role_heading: Device Management Profile
path: devicemanagement/managedpreferences
---

# ManagedPreferences

The payload that configures managed preferences.

## Declaration

```data
object ManagedPreferences
```

## Properties

PayloadContent: The dictionary containing app preference domains. The key names are application preference domain identifiers (for example, com.example.my-app), or the string .GlobalPreferences for the global domain. The values are the corresponding forced and set-once preferences.

## Mentioned in

Implementing Platform SSO during device enrollment

## Discussion

Discussion Specify com.apple.ManagedClient.preferences as the payload type. Profile availability  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  Profile example <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict>     <key>PayloadContent</key>     <array>         <dict>             <key>PayloadContent</key>             <dict>                 <key>com.example.myapp</key>                 <dict>                     <key>Forced</key>                     <array>                         <dict>                             <key>mcx_preference_settings</key>                             <dict>                                 <key>MySetting</key>                                 <false/>                             </dict>                         </dict>                     </array>                 </dict>             </dict>             <key>PayloadIdentifier</key>             <string>com.example.mymanprefpayload</string>             <key>PayloadType</key>             <string>com.apple.ManagedClient.preferences</string>             <key>PayloadUUID</key>             <string>83c9f6e8-ef4b-4974-b83b-b2e7fe79b75c</string>             <key>PayloadVersion</key>             <integer>1</integer>         </dict>     </array>     <key>PayloadDisplayName</key>     <string>Managed Preference</string>     <key>PayloadIdentifier</key>     <string>com.example.myprofile</string>     <key>PayloadType</key>     <string>Configuration</string>     <key>PayloadUUID</key>     <string>54e23577-3424-4092-a9b4-a5e5af88fd52</string>     <key>PayloadVersion</key>     <integer>1</integer> </dict> </plist>

## Topics

### Objects

- [ManagedPreferences.PayloadContent](devicemanagement/managedpreferences/payloadcontent-data.dictionary.md)

## See Also

### Managed devices

- [EducationConfiguration](devicemanagement/educationconfiguration.md)
- [LightsOutManagementLOM](devicemanagement/lightsoutmanagementlom.md)
- [MDM](devicemanagement/mdm.md)
- [ProfileRemovalPassword](devicemanagement/profileremovalpassword.md)