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Shut Down Device

Remotely and immediately shut down a device.

URL

PUT https://yourmdmhost.example.com/mdm

Response Codes

StatusReasonTypeDescription
200OK
Content-Type: application/xml
ShutDownDeviceResponse

The response object the system returns for the Shut Down Device Command.

Discussion

A passcode-locked iOS device doesn’t rejoin a Wi-Fi network after a user restarts it and before they unlock it for the first time, so it can’t communicate with the server if it needs Wi-Fi to do so.

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

User channel

N/A

Requires supervision

iOS, macOS

Allowed in user enrollment

N/A

Required access right

AllowPasscodeRemovalAndLock

Example request and response

HTTP Body

The request object the server returns for the Shut Down Device Command.

Topics

Commands and responses

See Also

Device state