Provisioning Profiles menu item missing from Xcode 5

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After spending a whole day installing a fresh copy of Mac OS X v10.8 (Mountain Lion), Xcode 5, fixing provisioning profiles, certificates, creating new ones, I finally managed to get my applications running on my iPad again. The problem is that in Xcode 5 I don't have a menu item for Library - Provisioning Profiles, and I don't know what could have happened. I restarted the computer, tried some things, but I really have no idea what I could do. How can I fix this problem?

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I can't access that part either, I get an "Error Fetching Developer Info" - I don't know if that's due to Apple still reconstructing their developer database or my Xcode 5 installation. — kanstraktar, Aug 04 '13 at 09:24
I'd say it was due to parts of Apple Developer still being down. Nice timing on that one... — trojanfoe, Aug 04 '13 at 09:25
Please note that tags stand alone. That is, adding the `provisioning` and `profile` tags doesn't mean the same thing as the `provisoning-profile` tag. Please be sure to select tags with care! — Charles, Aug 04 '13 at 19:44
@kanstrakta Using my own Apple Id in iCloud fixed that issue for me. I was going to try using my own Apple Id in iTunes next if that hadn't worked. — Bradley Thomas, Sep 26 '13 at 17:49

trojanfoe · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-15T15:44:21.243

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These settings have now moved to Preferences > Accounts:

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answered Aug 06 '13 at 08:32

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It seems though, that the provisioning profiles it displays are only those that pertain to that Apple ID. What if you have provisioning profiles installed on your Mac that aren't tied into the development teams your Apple ID is a part of? – Vexir Aug 15 '13 at 20:48
@Vexir Sorry, I've no idea. That's not something I can test. – trojanfoe Aug 16 '13 at 07:37
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That screen doesn't offer a way to remove provisioning profiles which you don't need? – Chris Burt-Brown Sep 18 '13 at 10:59
@ChrisBurt-Brown (Not at my Mac at the moment) but I **don't** believe it does (see the other answer for something that does). – trojanfoe Sep 18 '13 at 11:00
Does anyone has the option to remove the multiple Provisional profiles in the app ? I don't find any way to remove the PP from the above Pop screen. – Ajay Sharma Sep 19 '13 at 10:48
@AjaySharma Did you check hcris's answer? – trojanfoe Sep 19 '13 at 10:52
@trojanfoe yes, but thats through the third party software.But What about the inbuilt features in Xcode5 itself ? I didn't find any way to delete any of the provisional profile. – Ajay Sharma Sep 19 '13 at 11:02
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@AjaySharma No, it's an Apple utility. – trojanfoe Sep 19 '13 at 11:03
@trojanfoe ohh yes .. thats correct. More on a kind of script. Hows about using it with Xcode. I have installed it but no effect. :( – Ajay Sharma Sep 19 '13 at 11:16
@AjaySharma Sorry I've no idea. – trojanfoe Sep 19 '13 at 11:17
@trojanfoe: How do we delete files from there. It seems that no options for delete a file. – Guru Sep 26 '13 at 09:29
@Akhildas You are asking the same question as Ajay Sharma; see my responses to his questions. – trojanfoe Sep 26 '13 at 11:17
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You don't delete. Hit the refresh button at the bottom left and it will sync with the Dev Portal. – LJ Wilson Oct 03 '13 at 19:33
+1 for hit the refresh button. Seems like Xcode will also offer to create/download a profile if you're missing one – eggy Mar 13 '14 at 00:36
Not available in Xcode 6. The Accounts tab now shows Repositories. I manually deleted the profile as mentioned in a different answer by John Connor. – Scott Carter Oct 29 '14 at 15:49
@ScottCarter You should start a question entitled *Provisioning Profiles menu item missing from Xcode 6* (as opposed to Xcode 5) in order to provide help to others. – trojanfoe Oct 31 '14 at 07:27
@trojanfoe Great suggestion. Just posted a question at: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26693855/provisioning-profiles-menu-item-missing-from-xcode-6-as-opposed-to-xcode-5 – Scott Carter Nov 01 '14 at 22:25
Deletion: Right click a provisioning file and click show in finder and delete. – zeeawan Jun 27 '15 at 20:47
Provisioning profiles are missing now. You can only download them all in one click. – whyte624 Mar 31 '17 at 10:18

laktak · Answer 2 · 2015-04-08T21:14:48.183

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If you like to manually manage your profiles (mostly to clean up):

Open Windows/Devices in Xcode 6
Select your device
Show Provisioning Profiles:
You'll get + and - buttons to add/remove profiles:

No longer supported ... you can also download Apple's iPhone Configuration Utility 3.5 for Mac OS X, it still has "Provisioning Profiles" and works with Xcode 5 -- it's now gone from Apples site but you can find an alternative download link in @suda's comment.

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answered Aug 29 '13 at 07:10

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@hcris Looks good. But still there is no way to remove the provisional profile from here too ... – Ajay Sharma Sep 19 '13 at 11:34
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@Ajay Sharma - not sure what you mean. I can delete everything from there (just press delete). – laktak Sep 19 '13 at 11:40
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@hcris I mean, any way to remove the provisional profile which are in under Library else provisional prof. which are under devices works well as you instructed. – Ajay Sharma Sep 19 '13 at 12:03
@Ajay Sharma - yes you can delete them from the library `worksforme` – laktak Sep 19 '13 at 15:31
where can i find it after i installed it? – Kiddo Oct 03 '13 at 15:40
Okay once I install it and run it, how do I update/refresh new provisioning profiles that were created in the provisioning portal? I cannot see a way to import them using the iPhone Configuration Utility. – jsherk Oct 28 '13 at 00:49
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It looks like Apple has removed iPhone Configuration Utility 3.5 for Mac OS X from its servers. There is a copy on Softpedia though: http://mac.softpedia.com/get/System-Utilities/iPhone-Configuration-Utility.shtml#download – suda Feb 11 '15 at 14:53
The iPhone Configuration Utility was the best way to manage these profiles all in one place. It has been removed by Apple now, and the version on Softpedia won't install on El Capitan. The replacement app is supposedly the "Apple Configurator", but that doesn't seem to be available at the moment either. – siburb Oct 08 '15 at 03:25

score 76 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 23 '14 at 02:09

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Provisioning files are located in:

/Users/${USER}/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning Profiles/

Just remove the out-of-date files.

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why people are upvoting other stuff? This is the best and the simplest answer to follow. – Petro Korienev Nov 29 '13 at 09:17
Also it works if you do not use Xcode with an Apple ID! – Dario Apr 01 '14 at 21:48
best answer and also the simplest. there should be multiple accepted answers :) – Dani Pralea Apr 02 '14 at 06:49
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From the terminal: `open /Users/${USER}/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning\ Profiles/` – nacho4d Sep 23 '14 at 02:09

score 39 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 21 '13 at 13:34

Xcode 5 lost my Mac Provisioning Profile while the one for iOS was present. The tips elsewhere helped solve the problem; this is what I did, because I noticed the lists were too short and did not include *Mac Team Provisioning Profile: **

Xcode menu => Preferences => Accounts
Select the Apple ID in the left panel.
Click the View Details button on the right.
In the pop-over that follows click the round refresh arrow. The lists will refresh after the download from the Member Center finishes. This can take a few minutes.
The provisioning profiles can then be selected in a Mac project under Build Settings => Code Signing => Provisioning Profile.

score 7 · Answer 5 · edited Dec 21 '13 at 13:35

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Try this:

Xcode >> Preferences >> Accounts

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score 4 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 04 '13 at 09:29

You can add account in the preference -> Accounts setting.

It seems that you already configure xCode4, then I think you can select your certificates for compiling in project-> Building Setting directly since your certificates are already in your keychain.

score 4 · Answer 7 · edited Mar 01 '14 at 10:46

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After searching a few times in google, i found one software for provisioning profiles.

Install this iPhone configuration utility software and manage your all provisioning profiles in MAC.

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score 3 · Answer 8 · answered Jan 02 '14 at 13:42

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Stupid as it may sound but all "Provisioning Profiles" re-appear under "Organizer - Devices" once you connect a real device.

answered Jan 02 '14 at 13:42

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That's only for that one device. It doesn't show all the profiles available on your Apple account – Slav Jan 14 '14 at 21:58

score 2 · Answer 9 · edited Mar 01 '14 at 10:46

For me, the refresh in xcode 5 prefs->accounts was doing nothing. At one point it showed me three profiles so I thought I was one refresh away, but after the next refresh it went back to just one profile, so I abandoned this method.

If anyone gets this far and is still struggling, here's what I did:

Close xcode 5
Open xcode 4.6.2
Go to Window->Organizer->Provisioning Profiles
Press Refresh arrow on bottom right

When I did this, everything synced up perfectly. It even told me what it was downloading each step of the way like good software does. After the sync completed, I closed xcode 4.6.2, re-opened xcode 5 and went to preferences->accounts and voila, all of my profiles are now available in xocde 5.

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