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Hide Unwanted iPhone Apps with a Configuration Profile


People have been whining about the fact they can’t get rid of Apple’s stock apps in iOS since the iPhone first launched. Well, if you’re willing to put in a bit of elbow grease, How-To Geek shows off how to use a configuration profile to do just that.

This process is a bit convoluted and requires you to set up an iPhone as a supervised device using the free Apple Configurator software on a Mac. When you do this, your device will be wiped completely, so you’ll need to set it up again from scratch. The process requires you to set up a configuration profile, restrict the apps you don’t want, and then let Configurator do it’s thing. To be clear: this is a bit of a pain in the butt to do, but if you really, really, really hate those stock iPhone apps, head over to How-To Geek for the full guide to hiding them.

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