How can I reset Contact access permission, so OS X will ask again?

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I know I can turn on and off permission in System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Privacy -> Contacts, but what I want to do is force OS X to ask for permission again. This is for testing purposes... I.e. I maybe have a bug that gets triggered when the permission request dialog is shown.

Any ideas where the "asked" flag is being stored, so I can blow it away? I've checked in ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/ and a bunch of other obvious places.

Nick Hingston · Answer 1 · 2023-02-01T09:14:02.420

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Just needed to do this myself...on the command line do:

tccutil reset AddressBook

Edit: This will reset for all apps that have requested access.

To reset only for a single app, just add the bundle id

tccutil reset AddressBook com.id.bundle

thanks Colin for your comment bellow.

edited Feb 01 '23 at 09:14

answered Mar 13 '13 at 12:48

Nick Hingston

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This works great, however I'd just like to point out, that it will also clear all your other apps existing permission settings. – martn_st Aug 21 '15 at 20:43
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worth noting that you can add a bundle id to the end of this command to make it only clear one app – Colin Tremblay Jan 31 '23 at 01:35

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 24 '12 at 00:49

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Solution is Go to General - Reset - Reset Location & Privacy.

answered Sep 24 '12 at 00:49

Vsevolod Kukhelny

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Thanks! This also works as a way to reset photo permissions in iOS 6. – arteku Oct 12 '12 at 22:12
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In fact that ONLY works to reset permissions in iOS. The question was about Mac OS – Kenny Winker Mar 01 '13 at 21:19

How can I reset Contact access permission, so OS X will ask again?

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