The purpose of this article is to provide the steps on how to remove non-removable MDMs. Users may encounter this issue when devices are enrolled into an MDM via Apple School Manager/Device Enrollment Program, and the enrollment profile is configured to be not removable.
Disabling SIP
1. the Mac into Recovery Mode (hold down command+R during startup).
2. Go to the Utilities menu and open Terminal and type: csrutil disable. This will disable SIP (System Integrity Protection).
3. Reboot into the OS.
Nuking MDM configurations
1. Open the integrated terminal and type:
sudo su
cd /var/db/ConfigurationProfiles
rm -rf *
mkdir Settings
touch Settings/.profilesAreInstalled
Reenabling SIP
1. Boot the Mac into Recovery Mode (hold down command+R during startup).
2. Go to the Utilities menu and open Terminal and type: csrutil enable. This will re-enable SIP.
3. Reboot into the OS.
