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# APN

The payload that configures access point names.

```
object APN
```

## Discussion

Specify `com.apple.apn.managed` as the payload type.

This profile is deprecated. Use the [`Cellular`](/documentation/DeviceManagement/Cellular) profile instead.

### Profile availability

|||
|--------------------------|----------------|
|Device channel            |iOS, Shared iPad|
|User channel              |N/A             |
|Allow manual install      |iOS             |
|Requires supervision      |N/A             |
|Requires user-approved MDM|N/A             |
|Allowed in user enrollment|N/A             |
|Allow multiple payloads   |N/A             |

## Topics

### Objects

[`APN.DefaultsData`](/documentation/DeviceManagement/APN/DefaultsData-data.dictionary)

An array of access point name dictionaries.


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