How to remove root certificates from your iPhone or iPad

Many of you will know the recent controversies about Apple and root certificates. The Cupertino company has eliminated a large number of content blockers from the App Store that based their operation on the installation of root certificates, since they represent a potential risk for the privacy and security of users, at least they have stated so from Apple to justify its removal. Nevertheless, it is quite easy to remove these root certificates from our devices through the iPhone Settings application, en Actualidad iPhone Today we teach you how to remove them in less than a minute and without advanced knowledge of iOS.

In reality, it does not go beyond eliminating simple profiles installed on our iPhone, the topic of "profiles" will sound like Chinese to many, but those who have connected their devices to Enterprise WiFi networks with their iPhone or from a large part of the Universities in Spain they will know well what we are talking about. These profiles are like the identity sign of our device, and allow us to identify ourselves safely and automatically in many aspects. To eliminate undesirable root certificates we simply have to eliminate these installed profiles that create insecurity easily and quickly.

How to remove root certificates from iPhone

1. We enter the application of Settings from the iOS device.
2. Click on the section General.
3. We choose the option at the bottom Profiles.
4. We will be able to observe the profiles, if none appears or the one that appears is our trust, better, we have nothing to worry about or root certificates that compromise our security.
5. Click on the profile and the details are opened.
6. Once inside, at the bottom it turns red «delete profile", as simple as that.

Once the delete button is pressed, it will ask us for our security code, and after entering it the problem will be solved, the profile will be deleted and we will have finished. We hope it has been helpful to you.