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Whitelist
Array of dictionaries
Optional. Supervised only (ignored otherwise). If present, only AirPlay destinations present in this list are available to the device. The dictionary format is described below.

allowFingerprintModification
Boolean
Optional. Supervised only. Not supported on OS X. Allows the user to modify Touch ID. Default NO.

RemovalPassword
String
Optional. Supervised only. Specifies the removal password for the profile.

allowAccountModification
Boolean
Optional. Supervised only. If set to false, account modification is disabled.
Availability: Available only in iOS 7.0 and later.

allowAirDrop
Boolean
Optional. Supervised only. If set toIf set to false, AirDrop is disabled.
Availability: Available only in iOS 7.0 and later.

allowAppCellularDataModification
Boolean
Optional. Supervised only. If set to false, changes to cellular data usage for apps are disabled.
Availability: Available only in iOS 7.0 and later.

allowAppInstallation
Boolean
Optional. Supervised only. When false, the App Store is disabled and its icon is removed from the Home screen. Users are unable to install or update their applications. This key is deprecated on unsupervised devices.

allowAssistantUserGeneratedContent
Boolean
Optional. Supervised only. When false, prevents Siri from querying usergenerated content from the web.
Availability: Available in iOS 7 and later.

allowBookstore
Boolean
Optional. Supervised only. If set to false, iBookstore will be disabled. This will default to true.
Availability: Available in iOS 6.0 and later.

allowBookstoreErotica
Boolean
Optional. Supervised only prior to iOS 6.1. If set to false, the user will not be able to download media from the iBookstore that has been taggedas erotica. This will default to true.
Availability: Available in iOS 6.0 and later.

allowFindMyFriendsModification
Boolean
Optional. Supervised only. If set to false, changes to Find My Friends are disabled.
Availability: Available only in iOS 7.0 and later.

allowGameCenter
Boolean
Optional. Supervised only. When false, Game Center is disabled and its icon is removed from the Home screen. Default is true.
Availability: Available only in iOS 6.0 and later. allowHostPairing Boolean

allowHostPairing
Boolean
Supervised only. If set to false, host pairing is disabled with the exception of the supervision host. If no supervision host certificate has been configured, all pairing is disabled. Host pairing lets the administrator control which devices an iOS 7 device can pair with.
Availability: Available only in iOS 7.0 and later.

allowUIConfigurationProfileInstallation
Boolean
Optional. Supervised only. If set to false, the user is prohibited from installing configuration profiles and certificates interactively. This will default to true.
Availability: Available in iOS 6.0 and later.

autonomousSingleAppModePermittedAppIDs
Array of strings
Optional. Supervised only. If present, allows apps identified by the bundle IDs listed in the array to autonomously enter Single App Mode.
Availability: Available only in iOS 7.0 and later.

forceAssistantProfanityFilter
Boolean
Optional. Supervised only. When true, forces the use of the profanity filter assistant.

allowEraseContentAndSettings
Boolean
Supervised only. If set to false, disables the “Erase All Content And Settings” option in the Reset UI.

allowSpotlightInternetResults
Boolean
Supervised only. If set to false, Spotlight will not return Internet search results.
Availability: Available in iOS and in OS X 10.11 and later.

allowEnablingRestrictions
Boolean
Supervised only. If set to false, disables the "Enable Restrictions" option in the Restrictions UI in Settings.

allowPodcasts
Boolean
Supervised only. If set to false, disables podcasts. Defaults to true.
Availability: Available in iOS 8.0 and later.

allowDefinitionLookup
Boolean
Supervised only. If set to false, disables definition lookup. Defaults to true.
Availability: Available in iOS 8.1.3 and later and in OS X 10.11.2 and later.

allowPredictiveKeyboard
Boolean
Supervised only. If set to false, disables predictive keyboards. Defaults to true.
Availability: Available in iOS 8.1.3 and later.

allowAutoCorrection
Boolean
Supervised only. If set to false, disables keyboard auto-correction. Defaults to true.
Availability: Available in iOS 8.1.3 and later.

allowSpellCheck
Boolean
Supervised only. If set to false, disables keyboard spell-check. Defaults to true.
Availability: Available in iOS 8.1.3 and later.

allowMusicService
Boolean
Supervised only. If set to false, Music service is disabled and Music app reverts to classic mode. Defaults to true.
Availability: Available in iOS 9.3 and later.

allowNews
Boolean
Supervised only. If set to false, disables News. Defaults to true.
Availability: Available in iOS 9.0 and later.

allowUIAppInstallation
Boolean
Supervised only. When false, the App Store is disabled and its icon is removed from the Home screen. However, users may continue to use Host apps (iTunes, Configurator) to install or update their apps. Defaults to true.
Availability: Available in iOS 9.0 and later.

allowKeyboardShortcuts
Boolean
Supervised only. If set to false, keyboard shortcuts cannot be used. Defaults to true.
Availability: Available in iOS 9.0 and later.

allowPairedWatch
Boolean
Supervised only. If set to false, disables pairing with an Apple Watch. Any currently paired Apple Watch is unpaired and erased. Defaults to true.
Availability: Available in iOS 9.0 and later.

allowPasscodeModification
Boolean
Supervised only. If set to false, prevents device passcode from being added, changed, or removed. Defaults to true.
Availability: Available in iOS 9.0 and later.

allowDeviceNameModification
Boolean
Supervised only. If set to false, prevents device name from being changed. Defaults to true
Availability: Available in iOS 9.0 and later.

allowWallpaperModification
Boolean
Supervised only. If set to false, prevents wallpaper from being changed. Defaults to true.
Availability: Available in iOS 9.0 and later.

allowAutomaticAppDownloads
Boolean
Supervised only. If set to false, prevents automatic downloading of apps purchased on other devices. Does not affect updates to existing apps. Defaults to true.
Availability: Available in iOS 9.0 and later.

allowEnterpriseAppTrustModification
Boolean
Supervised only. If set to false, prevents the enterprise app trust settings from being changed. Defaults to true.
Availability: Available in iOS 9.0 and later.

allowRadioService
Boolean
Supervised only. If set to false, iTunes Radio is disabled. Defaults to true.
Availability: Available in iOS 9.3 and later.

blacklistedAppBundleIDs
Array of strings
Supervised only. If present, prevents bundle IDs listed in the array from being shown or launchable.
Availability: Available in iOS 9.3 and later.

whitelistedAppBundleIDs
Array of strings
Supervised only. If present, allows only bundle IDs listed in the array from being shown. 
Availability: Available in iOS 9.3 and later.

allowNotificationsModification
Boolean
Supervised only. If set to false, notification settings cannot be modified. Defaults to true.
Availability: Available in iOS 9.3 and later.

PayloadRemovalDisallowed
Boolean
Optional. Supervised only. If present and set to true, the user cannot delete the profile (unless the profile has a removal password and the user provides it).

 

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https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/featuredarticles/iPhoneConfigurationProfileRef/Introduction/Introduction.html

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