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    <p>We'd like to 'lock-down' an iPhone/iPod/iPad so that the user can only run one app (we've developed this app internally). I'm guessing we'd be looking at jailbreaking, and then replacing (?) the default Springboard app. </p> <p>Can we do this? If so, how?</p> <p><strong>EDIT:</strong> <em>Rick posted a great answer below. You can download a copy of a mobileconfig file from the URL below, if you visit this URL on your iOS device Safari will prompt you to install the profile. Don't forget to reboot your device :)</em></p> <p><a href="http://ipadhire.co.nz/lockdown.mobileconfig" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://ipadhire.co.nz/lockdown.mobileconfig</a></p> <p>-</p> <p><strong>EDIT EDIT:</strong> brainray posted below and pointed out that there's a new feature in iOS 6 called 'guided access' that allows you to lock a device to a specific app. It's a pity this feature wasn't available a year ago -- would have saved us a bit of hassle :)</p> <p>-</p> <p><strong>EDIT EDIT EDIT: iOS 7 now includes an 'App Lock' payload</strong> as part of the device configuration profile. From the Apple docs: <em>"By installing an app lock payload, the device is locked to a single application until the payload is removed. The home button is disabled, and the device returns to the specified application automatically upon wake or reboot."</em></p> <p>Read more about it here:</p> <p><a href="https://developer.apple.com/library/content/featuredarticles/iPhoneConfigurationProfileRef/Introduction/Introduction.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40010206-CH1-SW4" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://developer.apple.com/library/content/featuredarticles/iPhoneConfigurationProfileRef/Introduction/Introduction.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40010206-CH1-SW4</a></p>
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    1. COWhy would you want to do this? your more likely to create a very unhappy user by giving them a device that is so heavily crippled. Plus the moment they come up with a good reason (and they will) to put something else on there (email, web browsing, etc), you will have wasted your effort. I would suggest that in the long run, it would be better to pre-load the app for your users and not crippling the device.
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    2. COThe 'users' are techs in our company. We're giving them devices to help them accomplish a very specific task and we've developed software to assist them. They are not personal devices, they're company devices that will be docked in the workshop at the end of each day to charge. We don't want the techs browsing the web/playing games/music/emailing etc. Sounds nazi-ish, I know... but that's the way it is.
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    3. CO[This answer](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4570511/can-i-disable-home-button-on-my-app-full-screen-browser-kiosk-mode/4570520#4570520) may help you (using the built-in Restrictions feature).
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