Learn more about Kandji's Application Blocking
Kandji can block specific applications from being opened on enrolled macOS devices. Attempting to open a Blocked Application results in the Application being immediately closed, and a block message displayed to the user.
Examples
- Blocking Mail.app and Outlook.app to ensure users only access email via a Web Browser.
- Block Office 2011 Applications after deploying Office 2019 to prevent incompatibility.
- Limiting specific users access to Terminal.app
Blocking an Application from Device Record
- Login to Kandji and open a computer record that currently has the Application that you wish to block installed.
- Click the Applications tab and locate the Application in question.
- Click the More (...) button to the right of the Application and click "Block Application".
- Select the desired Blueprint that should receive the Blocking Rule, and customize the identifiers as needed.
- Click Create.
When using Bundle IDs for blocking, please note that Bundle IDs can only contain alphanumeric characters (A–Z, a–z, and 0–9), hyphens (-), and periods (.). Bundle IDs are case-insensitive. Learn More
You can customize the Block Message by editing the Application Blocking Parameter inside the applied Blueprint.
Manually Blocking an Application
- Login to Kandji and open the desired Blueprint.
- Click Edit Parameters and scroll down to Application Blocking.
- Enable the parameter, and identify the Application by Process Name, Path, DeveloperID, or BundleID.
- Customize the Block Message and "More Info" button that is displayed to users when attempting to open a Blocked Application.
- Click Save.
Result
Users attempting to open a Blocked Application receive a popup with the customizable block message. Users that click Learn More will be directed to the URL specified in the Block Message.