I was recently asked to look into how to disable in-app review requests for apps being deployed from the macOS App Store or VPP.
After some digging, I was able to find what preference domain and key controlled this. In the macOS App Store app’s Settings, it is the In-Apps Ratings & Reviews setting.
The relevant preference domain and key are below:
- Domain: com.apple.appstore
- Key: InAppReviewEnabled
This setting can be managed via the following defaults command run as the logged-in user:
- To enable the In-Apps Ratings & Reviews setting in the App Store app:
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| /usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.appstore InAppReviewEnabled -bool true |
- To disable the In-Apps Ratings & Reviews setting in the App Store app:
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| /usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.appstore InAppReviewEnabled -bool false |
At this time, this setting does not appear to be manageable using a configuration profile. I’ve filed a bug report with Apple about this. For this who want to also report this and want a reference, it is Feedback ID FB12691822.