HexCon is coming to NYC. Catch the early-bird price before the time's up! Book me a spot

Enforce application downloads over Wi-Fi onlySolved

Participant
Discussion
3 years ago

Hi, is there a way to enforce users to download new apps over Wi-Fi only in iOS devices so that they don’t get download over mobile data?

Replies (3)

Marked SolutionPending Review
Participant
3 years ago
Marked SolutionPending Review

I believe there’s an option for iOS devices under the Policies section to restrict mobile data for applications.

Marked SolutionPending Review
Participant
3 years ago
Marked SolutionPending Review

I did check that option but I was not able to restrict mobile data for the App Store. I couldn’t find it inside the list of applications.

Marked SolutionPending Review
Hexnode Expert
3 years ago
Marked SolutionPending Review

Hi Eugene,

Thank you for reaching out to us!

We can enforce the download of new applications over Wi-Fi only by restricting mobile data for the App Store. Unfortunately, we do not have this option as Apple does not allow UEMs to restrict mobile data for System apps in iOS devices. This can be done from the device end but it is not possible to perform this restriction via a UEM. Apple allows mobile data to be restricted only for enterprise apps, store apps and VPP apps via a UEM.

Hope this answers your query.

Cheers!
Chris Coleman
Hexnode UEM