Changing the Device Name

Administrators can manually change a device's name (not using the Edit Device Name configuration).

Applicable to:

  • iOS Supervised devices
  • macOS 10.10+ devices

Procedure

  1. Go to Devices.
  2. Find the entry for the device in the list.
  3. Perform one of the following steps:
    • Add the Device Name column if not already added by clicking the Settings gear icon on the right and selecting Device Name.
    • Click the link in the Name column to go the device details page.
  4. Next to the Device Name, click the Edit pencil icon.
  5. Enter a new device name and click the tick icon.
  6. In the Overwrite Device Name display box, review the notes and click OK.

The changed name will be pushed to the device the next time it checks in. This action cannot be undone.

If a Default Device Name configuration was previously configured, this action will overwrite the name set in the configuration.