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# Install Provisioning Profile

Install a provisioning profile on a device.

## Discussion

No error occurs if the provisioning profile is already present.

Refer to the following sections to determine supported channels and requirements, and to see an example request and response.

### Command availability

|||
|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|Device channel            |iOS, macOS, Shared iPad, tvOS, visionOS, watchOS|
|User channel              |N/A                                             |
|Requires supervision      |N/A                                             |
|Allowed in user enrollment|iOS, macOS, visionOS                            |
|Required access right     |AllowProvisioningInstallationRemoval            |

### Example request and response

**Request:**

```plist
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Command</key>
    <dict>
        <key>ProvisioningProfile</key>
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        </data>
        <key>RequestType</key>
        <string>InstallProvisioningProfile</string>
    </dict>
    <key>CommandUUID</key>
    <string>0001_InstallProvisioningProfile</string>
</dict>
</plist>
```

**Response:**

```plist
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>CommandUUID</key>
    <string>0001_InstallProvisioningProfile</string>
    <key>Status</key>
    <string>Acknowledged</string>
    <key>UDID</key>
    <string>00008020-000915083C80012E</string>
</dict>
</plist>
```

## Topics

### Commands and responses

[`InstallProvisioningProfileCommand`](/documentation/DeviceManagement/InstallProvisioningProfileCommand)

The command to install a provisioning profile on a device.

[`InstallProvisioningProfileResponse`](/documentation/DeviceManagement/InstallProvisioningProfileResponse)

A response from the device after it processes the command to install a provisioning profile on a device.



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