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Reply to How to reset (remove) apps from "Local Network" privacy settings?
I have a similar problem, but with a well known App... Google Chrome. I rejected the access to local network by mistake, and the toggle in "System Settings > Privacy & Security > Local Network" doesn't have any effect when I enable it. Steps to reproduce: Installed Google Chrome App in macOS 15.2. Opened Chrome and tried to access a local network address Got a prompt asking if Chrome should have permission to access the local network, replied No Go back to "System Settings > Privacy & Security > Local Network" menu and tried to re-enable the local network access and it didn't work Uninstalled Chrome using AppCleaner (also deleting all the related files from "~/Library/Application Support/Google") App didn't disappear from "System Settings > Privacy & Security > Local Network" policies list. Rebooted and the App is still listed there Reinstalled Chrome and it didn't ask for permissions anymore Tried to disable and then enable the local network access, it didn't work. Tried creating a second user account, ran Chrome, accepted the permissions, worked. Tried logging in in Safe Boot with my user, to check if the toggle would have any effect, but also didn't work. Also tried this: https://superuser.com/questions/526183/remove-applications-from-location-services-in-security-privacy-on-mac-os-x-10 But it doesn't work because apparently in macOS Sequoia we don't have permissions to edit any of those files in "/var/db/locationd/" even with sudo. Tried enabling the root user (https://support.apple.com/en-us/102367) to see if I could get around it, didn't work. I believe this is clearly a bug that must be addressed by Apple. Would help if we could just have a way to remove the permissions for each App in that list, or if the tccutil would also reset the Local Network policies.
Jan ’25