Enroll your iPhone with Apple Configurator

Enroll your iPhone so that Apple Configurator can set supervision settings.

Tech Lockdown Team

Use Apple Configurator to supervise your iPhone or iPad.

After you've supervised your iOS device, you will then be able to install profiles to restrict settings.

On Your Mac

Connect your iOS device to your Apple computer.

Enter your passcode on your iOS device and authorize (trust) any connection requests. Otherwise, you will get an error in Apple Configurator.

Tip: Temporarily Disable Auto Lock

Temporarily disable auto-lock on your iOS device so that you don't have to keep unlocking your device during this tutorial. This should be in Settings > Display & Brightness > Auto Lock

On your Mac computer, open the app store and download "Apple Configurator"

Open Apple Configurator

You should see your iOS device in apple configurator. If you don't, double check that your iOS device is unlocked and you have accepted connection requests.

Click the device and then select the "Prepare" icon

Prepare with a manual configuration like the following:

Do not enroll in an MDM

Skip enrolling in Apple Business Manager

Create an organization. The information here does not matter.

Generate a new identity

Select "Show all steps" then click "prepare"

You will probably receive a prompt indicating that the device needs to be erased. You must reset your device in order to enable device supervision.

Note

You cannot restore an iCloud backup or it will remove device supervision. Make sure that you have backed up any two-factor authentication apps that you use

Wait for Apple Configurator to finish preparing your device

On your iPhone

Once the process finishes, switch over to your iOS device and go through the setup process.

I get a notification on my iPhone that asks whether I should proceed with Partial Setup.

Proceed with Partial Setup - do NOT do a complete reset. A complete reset usually undoes supervision settings that Apple Configurator enabled when you first erased your iPhone.

When prompted, sign in with your personal Apple ID

When you get to the Apps & Data step, select Don't Transfer Apps & Data.

Important

Do not restore from an iCloud backup.

After the first-time setup is finished, open the Settings app and make sure that the device is supervised.

Next Steps

Is your iPhone in Supervised mode? Then you're ready to create a profile to configure settings on your supervised device.

Apple Configurator

Profile Customization

Once you've enabled device supervision, you will now be able to add profiles to restrict settings on your iPhone or iPad.