privacy-guides/how-to-reset-app-privacy-permissions-on-macos/README.md

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# How to reset app privacy permissions on macOS

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## Guide

> Heads-up: make sure [System Integrity Protection](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204899) (SIP) is enabled using `csrutil status`.

> Heads-up: available privacy permissions are `Accessibility`, `AddressBook`, `All`, `AppleEvents`, `Calendar`, `Camera`, `ContactsFull`, `ContactsLimited`, `Facebook`, `FileProviderDomain`, `FileProviderPresence`, `LinkedIn`, `Liverpool`, `Location`, `MediaLibrary`, `Microphone`, `Motion`, `Photos`, `PhotosAdd`, `PostEvent`, `Reminders`, `ScreenCapture`, `ShareKit`, `SinaWeibo`, `Siri`, `SpeechRecognition`, `SystemPolicyAllFiles`, `SystemPolicyDesktopFolder`, `SystemPolicyDeveloperFiles`, `SystemPolicyDocumentsFolder`, `SystemPolicyNetworkVolumes`, `SystemPolicyRemovableVolumes`, `SystemPolicySysAdminFiles`, `SystemPolicyDownloadsFolder`, `TencentWeibo`, `Twitter`, `Ubiquity`, `Willow`.

> Heads-up: “Location Services” is handled differently so `tccutil` has no effect.

### Reset single privacy permission for single app

```console
$ mdls -name kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier -r /Applications/Signal.app
org.whispersystems.signal-desktop

$ tccutil reset Camera org.whispersystems.signal-desktop
Successfully reset Camera approval status for org.whispersystems.signal-desktop
```

Successfully reset Camera approval status for org.whispersystems.signal-desktop

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### Reset single privacy permission for all apps

```console
$ tccutil reset Camera
Successfully reset Camera
```

Successfully reset Camera

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### Reset all privacy permissions for all apps

```console
$ tccutil reset All
Successfully reset All
```

Successfully reset All

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