---
id: icloud_game_center_disable
title: Disable iCloud Game Center
discussion: |
  This works only with supervised devices (MDM) and allows to disable Apple Game Center. The rationale is Game Center is using Apple ID and will shared data on AppleID based services, therefore, Game Center _MUST_ be disabled.
  This setting also prohibits functionality of adding friends to Game Center.
references:
  nist:
    cce:
      macos_27:
        - CCE-XXXXX-X
      macos_26:
        - CCE-95146-7
      macos_15:
        - CCE-94146-8
      macos_14:
        - CCE-92747-5
    800-53r5:
      - AC-20
      - AC-20(1)
      - CM-7
      - CM-7(1)
      - SC-7(10)
    800-171r3:
      - 03.01.20
      - 03.04.06
  disa:
    cci:
      - CCI-000381
    srg:
      - SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
    disa_stig:
      macos_26:
        - APPL-26-002160
      macos_15:
        - APPL-15-002160
      macos_14:
        - APPL-14-002160
    cmmc:
      - AC.L1-3.1.20
      - CM.L2-3.4.6
      - CM.L2-3.4.7
  hhs:
    hicp:
      - 2.L.B
      - 4.L.A
      - 4.L.B
  cis:
    controls_v8:
      - 4.1
      - 4.8
      - 15.3
platforms:
  macOS:
    '27.0': {}
    '26.0':
      benchmarks:
        - name: disa_stig
          severity: medium
    '15.0':
      benchmarks:
        - name: disa_stig
          severity: medium
    enforcement_info:
      check:
        shell: |-
          /usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS
          $.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.applicationaccess')\
          .objectForKey('allowGameCenter').js
          EOS
        result:
          string: 'false'
    introduced: '10.13'
tags:
  - 800-53r5_low
  - 800-53r5_moderate
  - 800-53r5_high
  - 800-171
  - cisv8
  - cnssi-1253_low
  - cnssi-1253_high
  - cmmc_lvl2
  - cmmc_lvl1
  - cnssi-1253_moderate
  - hicp_lp
mobileconfig_info:
  - PayloadType: com.apple.applicationaccess
    PayloadContent:
      - allowGameCenter: false
