title: Passcode:Settings
description: Use this configuration to define passcode policy settings
payload:
  declarationtype: com.apple.configuration.passcode.settings
  supportedOS:
    iOS:
      introduced: '15.0'
      sharedipad:
        mode: forbidden
      userenrollment:
        mode: allowed
    macOS:
      introduced: '13.0'
      userenrollment:
        mode: forbidden
    tvOS:
      introduced: n/a
payloadkeys:
- key: RequirePasscode
  title: Require Passcode on Device
  type: <boolean>
  presence: optional
  default: false
  content: If 'true', requires the user to set a passcode without any requirements
    about the length or quality of the passcode. The presence of any other keys implicitly
    requires a passcode, and overrides this key's value.
- key: RequireAlphanumericPasscode
  title: Require Alphanumeric Passcode
  supportedOS:
    iOS:
      introduced: '16.2'
    macOS:
      introduced: '13.1'
  type: <boolean>
  presence: optional
  default: false
  content: If set to true, the passcode must consist of at least one alphabetic characters
    ("abcd"), and at least one number.
- key: RequireComplexPasscode
  title: Require Complex Passcode
  type: <boolean>
  presence: optional
  default: false
  content: If 'true', requires a complex passcode. A complex passcode is one that
    doesn't contain repeated characters or increasing/decreasing characters (such
    as 123 or CBA).
- key: MinimumLength
  title: Minimum Passcode Length
  type: <integer>
  presence: optional
  range:
    min: 0
    max: 16
  default: 0
  content: The minimum number of characters a passcode can contain.
- key: MinimumComplexCharacters
  title: Minimum Complex Characters
  supportedOS:
    iOS:
      introduced: '16.2'
    macOS:
      introduced: '13.1'
  type: <integer>
  presence: optional
  range:
    min: 0
    max: 4
  default: 1
  content: Specifies the minimum number of complex characters that must be present.
    Only used when RequireComplexPasscode is true.
- key: MaximumFailedAttempts
  title: Maximum Number of Failed Attempts
  type: <integer>
  presence: optional
  range:
    min: 2
    max: 11
  default: 11
  content: |-
    The number of failed passcode attempts that the system allows the user before iOS erases the device or macOS locks the device. If you don't change this setting, after six failed attempts, the device imposes a time delay before the user can enter a passcode again. The time delay increases with each failed attempt.
    After the final failed attempt, the system securely erases all data and settings from the iOS device. A macOS device locks after the final attempt. The passcode time delay begins after the sixth attempt, so if this value is six or lower, the system has no time delay and triggers the erase or lock as soon as the user exceeds the limit.
- key: FailedAttemptsResetInMinutes
  title: Failed Attempts Reset
  supportedOS:
    iOS:
      introduced: n/a
    macOS:
      introduced: '13.1'
  type: <integer>
  presence: optional
  content: The number of minutes before the login will be reset after the maximum
    number of failed attempts has been reached. The MaximumFailedAttempts key must
    be set for this to take effect.
- key: MaximumGracePeriodInMinutes
  title: Maximum Grace Period
  type: <integer>
  presence: optional
  content: |-
    The maximum period that a user can select, during which the user can unlock the device without a passcode. A value of '0' means no grace period, and the device requires a passcode immediately. In the absence of this key, the user can select any period.
    macOS translates this to screensaver settings.
- key: MaximumInactivityInMinutes
  title: Automatic Device Lock
  type: <integer>
  presence: optional
  range:
    min: 0
    max: 15
  content: |-
    The maximum period that a user can select, during which the device can be idle before the system automatically locks it. When the device reaches this limit, the device locks and the user must enter the passcode to unlock it. In the absence of this key, the user can select any period.
    macOS translates this to screensaver settings.
- key: MaximumPasscodeAgeInDays
  title: Maximum Passcode Age
  supportedOS:
    iOS:
      introduced: '16.2'
    macOS:
      introduced: '13.1'
  type: <integer>
  presence: optional
  range:
    min: 0
    max: 730
  content: Specifies the maximum number of days for which the passcode can remain
    unchanged. After this number of days, the user is forced to change the passcode
    before the device is unlocked.
- key: PasscodeReuseLimit
  title: Passcode Reuse Limit
  type: <integer>
  presence: optional
  range:
    min: 1
    max: 50
  content: The number of historical passcode entries the system checks when validating
    a new passcode. The device refuses a new passcode if it matches a previously used
    passcode within the specified passcode history range. In the absence of this key,
    the system performs no historical check.
- key: ChangeAtNextAuth
  title: Change At Next Auth
  supportedOS:
    iOS:
      introduced: n/a
    macOS:
      introduced: '13.1'
  type: <boolean>
  presence: optional
  default: false
  content: If set to true, forces a password reset to occur the next time the user
    tries to authenticate. If this key is set in a configuration in the system scope
    (device channel), the setting takes effect for all users, and admin authentications
    may fail until the admin user password is also reset.