Page request: tccutil

[anilkeshwani]

Command description

The tccutil command manages the privacy database, which stores decisions the user has made about whether apps may access personal data. These include permissions such as Camera, Microphone, Photos, and Contacts. Supports resetting permissions for a specific service, optionally scoped to a single app by bundle identifier.

Command details

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Documentation

https://ss64.com/mac/tccutil.html

Platform

macOS (OS X)

VCS repository link (e.g. GitHub, GitLab)

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Additional information

tccutil is a built-in macOS binary located at /usr/bin/tccutil. The only supported subcommand is reset. It accepts a service name (e.g. Camera, Microphone, Photos, All) and an optional bundle identifier to scope the reset to a single app. It requires sudo for most operations. Common services include: Accessibility, AddressBook, Calendar, Camera, FaceID, Microphone, Photos, Reminders, ScreenCapture, Siri, SystemPolicyAllFiles (Full Disk Access). Users can pass All to reset all permissions.

[pixelcmtd]

Replacements for Apple's tccutil are often installed under the same name, e.g. jacobsalmela/tccutil (when installed through Homebrew) and DocSystem/tccutil (if you follow all installation steps). This might warrant a disambiguation page (or a note in the description). However, since Apple's version is the most common, and most likely to be encountered by inexperienced users, I don't think we need to delay merging #21265 because of that.

[KristopherLeads]

For sure - will take a look at that this weekend to see the best way to move forward.