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How to Reset the Privacy Permissions of an App on Mac
A reset helps when an app does not ask for a permission, when a permission is on but does not work, like screen recording after an update, or when you clicked “Don’t Allow” by mistake.
With Supercharge
- Open the settings of Supercharge, and click “Tools”.
- Below “Reset privacy permissions for any apps”, click “Choose App…”.
- Choose the app.
- If the app was open, Supercharge quits it and opens it again. The app asks for each permission when it needs it.
This resets all the privacy permissions of that app, like the camera, the microphone, screen recording, and accessibility. It does not reset the Local Network permission, as macOS has no command for it.
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- Platform
- macOS
- Requires
- macOS 26.4 or later
- Released
- September 2024
- Privacy
- No personal data collected
- Updated
- September 2026
- Version
- 1.30.1
- Size
- 16 MB
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Without an app
macOS has the tccutil command. It needs the bundle identifier of the app, which you get with the first command. Quit the app first.
osascript -e 'id of app "Slack"'
tccutil reset All com.tinyspeck.slackmacgap
To reset only one permission, write its name in place of All, like Camera, Microphone, ScreenCapture, or Accessibility. Be careful: without a bundle identifier, like tccutil reset Camera, the command resets that permission for all apps.
To only turn a permission on or off, open “System Settings › Privacy & Security”, and click the permission. Apple’s instructions.
Terminal is fine when you know the bundle identifier. Supercharge does the same for the app that you pick, without the commands.