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Summary
This is where all of the pre-installed native apps, as well as native jailbreak apps (from Cydia and elsewhere), are installed. They can't be deleted under normal circumstances. One can delete them on a jailbroken device through some sort of file-management tool such as SSH or iFile, although doing this is highly unrecommended as they can't be re-installed.
New user apps are installed via iTunes or the App Store in the /private/var/mobile/Applications folder.
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Folders
Native Apps
iOS/iPadOS
| Folder name (generic) | Folder name (iPad version) | Display name | Versions | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3D TouchCal.app | 13.0-13.3 | |||
| AAUIViewService.app | 15.0+ | |||
| AccessibilityReader_iOS.app | 26.0+ | |||
| AccessoryLiveActivities_AuthorizationAppSheet.app.app | 26.5+ | |||
| AccessoryNotificationsSourceSelection.app | 26.4+ | |||
| AccessorySetupUI.app | 18.0+ | |||
| AccountAuthenticationDialog.app | 7.0.3+ | When opened, it brings up an empty browser-like screen with buttons for going back or forward a page and are gray and unclickable in the upper left of the screen. There is also a clickable "Cancel" button that closes the app when clicked. | ||
| Activity.app | — | Activity | 8.2-10.x | Tracks activity when paired with an Apple Watch. |
| ActivityMessagesApp.app | — | 11.0+ | ||
| ActivityProgressUI.app | 18.0+ | |||
| AdaptiveMusicApp.app | 18.4+ | |||
| AdPlatformsDiagnostics.app | — | 11.3-12.x | ||
| AdSheet.app (iAd.app in iOS 8) | AdSheet~ipad.app | 4.0-11.x | Hidden app for iAd support (Both included on iPad) | |
| AirDropUI.app | 16.0+ | |||
| AirPlayReceiver.app (renamed to AirPlay Receiver.app in 26.0) | 16.0-26.0.x | |||
| AirPlaySenderUIApp.app | 17.0+ | |||
| AMSEngagementViewService.app | 14.5+ | |||
| AMSUIAuthenticationViewService.app | 18.5+ | |||
| AnimojiStickers.app | 13.0+ | |||
| AppDeletionUIHost.app | 18.2+ | |||
| AppDistributionLaunchAngel.app | 17.4+ | |||
| Apple TV Remote.app | 13.0-16.x | |||
| AppleCashStickerPackHost.app | 26.2+ | |||
| AppleIDSetupUIService.app | 18.0+ | |||
| AppProtectionUIHost.app | 18.0+ | |||
| AppSettings.app | 15.x | |||
| AppSSOUIService.app | 13.0+ | |||
| AppStore.app | App Store | 2.0-18.1.x | Client for the App Store | |
| AskPermissionUI.app | 8.0+ | |||
| AskToMessagesHost.app | 17.0-18.x | |||
| AskToUIHost.app | 26.0+ | |||
| AuthenticationServicesUI.app | 14.5+ | |||
| AuthKitUIService.app | 13.0+ | |||
| AuthorizationPromptService.app | 26.4.x | |||
| AutoSettings.app | 17.4-18.2.x | |||
| AVKitRoutingService.app | 26.0+ | |||
| AXRemoteViewService.app | 16.0+ | |||
| AXUIViewService.app | 11.2+ | |||
| BacklinkIndicator.app | 16.0+ | |||
| BarcodeScanner.app | 13.0+ | |||
| Batteries.app | 16.0+ | Hidden app used to provide battery widgets. | ||
| Bridge.app | — | Apple Watch | 8.2-10.2.x | Used to pair an iPhone with Apple Watch. |
| BrowserKitViewService.app | 26.4+ | |||
| BusinessActionSheet.app | 26.4+ | |||
| BusinessChatViewService.app | 13.0+ | |||
| BusinessExtensionsWrapper.app | 11.0+ | |||
| Calculator.app | — | Calculator | 1.0-10.x | Calculator. Icon evolved over major OS releases. Landscape scientific mode added in iPhone OS 2.0. Only available on iPhone. |
| Camera.app | Camera | 4.0-18.1.x | The Camera app. Split from MobileSlideShow.app starting with iOS 4.0. | |
| CameraOverlayAngel.app | 18.0+ | |||
| CarCamera.app | 17.4+ | |||
| CarPlaySetup.app | 17.0+ | |||
| CarPlaySplashScreen.app | — | 13.0+ | ||
| CarPlayWallpaper.app | — | 15.0+ | ||
| Charge.app | 17.4+ | |||
| ChargingViewService.app | 11.0 - 11.1.x | |||
| CheckerBoard.app | 10.3+ | Known as Diagnostic mode to end users. Can only be accessed using a combination of buttons on boot, and communicates with AST2. | ||
| CheckerBoardRemoteSetup.app | 16.0+ | |||
| CinematicFramingOnboardingUI.app | 14.5+ | Starts with iOS 26 for iPhone 17. | ||
| ClarityCamera.app | 16.2+ | Camera app intended for use when Assistive Access is enabled. | ||
| ClarityPhotos.app | 16.2+ | Photos app intended for use when Assistive Access is enabled. | ||
| Climate.app | 17.4+ | |||
| ClipViewService.app | 14.0+ | |||
| ClockAngel.app | 16.0+ | |||
| Closures.app | 17.4+ | |||
| ColorPickerUIService.app | 17.0+ | |||
| com.apple.PassbookUISceneService.plist | 16.0-17.x | |||
| CompanionAuthViewService.app | 15.0-16.x | |||
| CompanionServicesViewService.app | 17.x | |||
| CompanionSetup.app | 18.0-18.1.x, 26.4+ | |||
| CompanionViewService.app | 18.0+ | |||
| Compass.app | — | Compass | 3.0-10.x | The Compass app. Only available on qualifying devices, which now includes all devices minus iPadOS devices. |
| CompassCalibrationViewService.app | 7.0+ | |||
| ContactlessReaderUIService.app | 15.4-17.3.x | |||
| ContactPhotoCarouselRemoteAlert.app | 17.0+ | |||
| Contacts.app | 15.0+ | |||
| Contacts~iphone.app (MobileAddressBook.app before iOS 4) | Contacts~ipad.app | Contacts | 1.1-10.x | The Contacts app. |
| ContinuityCamera.app | 11.0-12.x | |||
| ContinuityCaptureShieldUI.app | 17.0+ | |||
| ContinuitySingShieldUI.app | 26.0+ | |||
| Copilot.app | — | 7.0.x | ||
| CoreAuthUI.app | 8.0-26.3.x | Overlay for "Enter [device] passcode". | ||
| CoreIDVUIService.app | 26.0+ | |||
| Coverage Details.app | 16.4+ | |||
| CredentialSharingUIViewService.app | 14.0-17.x | |||
| CTCarrierSpaceAuth.app | 11.0+ | |||
| CTKUIService.app | 14.0+ | |||
| CTNotifyUIService.app | 13.0+ | |||
| DataActivation.app | 3.2, 4.2.5-4.2.10, 9.0-16.x | |||
| DDActionsService.app | 6.0-13.x | |||
| DemoApp.app | 1.0+ | Displays a video continuously when the device is not being used. Invoke with a file called Demo.mov in the user directory (/private/var/root for iPhone OS 1.1.2 and lower, /private/var/mobile for iPhone OS 1.1.3 and later). Used by Apple Stores. | ||
| Device Recovery Assistant.app | 26.0+ | |||
| Diagnostics.app | 8.1+ | The Diagnostics app, accessed by opening diags:// . Not to be confused with CheckerBoard, which can only be opened on boot. | ||
| DiagnosticsReporter.app | 16.0+ | |||
| DiagnosticsService.app | 10.0+ | |||
| DisplayCal.app | 13.0+ | |||
| DKPairingUIService.app | 17.0+ | |||
| DNDBuddy.app | 11.0-14.x | |||
| DockFolderViewService.app | 26.0+ | |||
| EmojiPoster.app | 26.3.x | |||
| EventViewService.app | 16.4+ | |||
| ExposureNotificationRemoteViewService.app | 12.5.x, 13.7+ | |||
| EyeReliefUI.app | 17.0+ | User interface for Screen Distance feature. Requires iPhone or iPad with Face ID. | ||
| FacebookAccountMigrationDialog.app | 6.0-10.x | Facebook service. | ||
| FaceTime.app | FaceTime | 7.0-10.x | FaceTime application for devices running iOS 7 or later. | |
| FaceTimeLinkTrampoline.app | 15.0+ | |||
| Family.app | 8.0+ | Likely does stuff relating to iCloud's family functionality. | ||
| FamilyControlsAuthenticationUI.app | 15.0+ | |||
| FamilyExtensionHost.app | 26.0+ | |||
| Feedback Assistant iOS.app | 8.3+ | Feedback assistant. The feedback app only appears on the home screens of beta iOS devices, but can be accessed without it via it's X-callback URL or opening it via Shortcuts as of iOS 16.0. | ||
| FeedbackRemoteView.app | 17.0+ | |||
| FieldTest.app | FieldTest.app (3G only) | 1.0-3.x, 4.1-26.x | Hidden app for checking network parameters; Can be accessed by dialing *3001#12345#*; Retired in 4.0, returns in 4.1 providing only the cellular network RSSI display. iOS 4.2 brings all features back. It can also be opened in iOS 26 via Open App in Apple Shortcuts. | |
| FinanceStub.app | 17.1+ | |||
| FinanceUIService.app | 17.0+ | |||
| Find iPhone.app | 9.0-12.x | Merged into FindMy.app in iOS 13, the Find my iPhone app. | ||
| Find My.app | 13.0-15.x | |||
| FindMyExtensionContainer.app | 14.5+ | |||
| FindMyFriends.app | 9.0-10.x | The Find My Friends app prior to it's merge into FindMy.app | ||
| FindMyiPhone.app | 13.0-15.1.x | |||
| FindMyRemoteUIService.app | 16.0+ | |||
| Fitness.app | — | 8.2-8.4.x | ||
| FMDMagSafeSetupRemoteUI.app | 15.0+ | |||
| FontInstallViewService.app | 13.0+ | |||
| FontPickerUIService.app | 17.0+ | |||
| FTMInternal-4.app | 9.0-18.x | |||
| FTMInternal.app | 26.0+ | |||
| FunCameraEmojiStickers.app | 13.0-18.x | |||
| FunCameraShapes.app | 13.0-18.x | |||
| FunCameraText.app | 13.0-18.x | |||
| Game Center UI Service.app | 6.0+ | |||
| Game Center.app | 4.x (Game Center~iphone starting with 4.1) on iPhone 4, 15.0+ | |||
| GameCenterRemoteAlert.app | 15.0+ | |||
| GameCenter~iphone.app | GameCenter~ipad.app | Game Center | 4.1-9.x | The Game Center app. |
| GameController.app | 8.0-10.2.x | |||
| GameOverlayUI.app | 18.x | |||
| GameTrampoline.app | 26.0+ | |||
| GAXApp.app | 18.0+ | |||
| GradientPoster.app | 26.3.x | |||
| GuestUserHandoverSetup.app | 18.2+ | |||
| HashtagImages.app | 10.0+ | The GIF picker in iMessage | ||
| HDSViewService.app | 15.0+ | |||
| HeadphoneProxService.app | 18.0+ | |||
| Health.app | 8.0-15.x | Health app. | ||
| HealthENBuddy.app | 12.5.x, 13.7+ | |||
| HealthENLauncher.app | 12.5.x, 13.7+ | |||
| HealthPrivacyService.app | 8.0+ | |||
| HearingApp.app | 16.0+ | |||
| — | HelloPoster.app | 26.2-26.3.x | ||
| Home.app | 10.x, 15.0+ | The Home app | ||
| HomeCaptiveViewService.app | 15.4+ | |||
| HomeControlService.app | 14.x | |||
| HomeUIService.app | 9.0+ | |||
| iAdOptOut.app | 6.0-14.x | |||
| iBooks.app | 8.0-10.x | The Books app. | ||
| iCloud+.app | 16.1+ | |||
| iCloud.app | 11.0+ | |||
| iCloudDriveApp.app | 9.0-10.x | iCloud Drive app. | ||
| icq.app | — | 14.0-16.0.x | ||
| iMessageAppsViewService.app | 13.0+ | |||
| InCallService.app | 8.0+ | |||
| InputUI.app | 16.0+ | |||
| iOS Diagnostics.app | 4.0-9.x | This can be accessed through Safari; just type diags:// into the URL bar. | ||
| iPodOut.app | 4.0-8.x | Hidden app for iPodOut functionality with third party equipment such as car entertainment systems. Provides a media selection and notification view interface through the video output in a click-wheel interface. Succeeded by CarPlay after being removed. | ||
| iTunes.app (Not to be confused with MobileStore.app, the iTunes Store app) | iTunes.app | 7.0+ | Hidden app. Crashes on startup. Purpose not known. | |
| Jellyfish.app | 11.0+ | |||
| KaleidoscopePosterApp.app | 26.2-26.3.x | |||
| kbd.app | 6.x | |||
| LimitedAccessPromptView.app | 18.0+ | |||
| LocalAuthenticationUIService.app | 26.0+ | |||
| — | LoginUI.app | 9.3+ | ||
| Look Up.app | 14.0+ | |||
| Magnifier.app | 10.0-14.x | |||
| MagnifierAngel.app | 18.0+ | |||
| MailCompositionService.app | 6.0+ | |||
| ManagedAppDistributionViewService.app | 17.0-17.1.x | |||
| Maps~iphone.app (Maps.app on iOS 7+) | Maps~ipad.app | Maps | 1.0-10.x | |
| MBHelperApp.app | 15.0+ | |||
| MDMRemoteAlertService.app | 9.3.x | |||
| Media.app | 17.4+ | |||
| MediaRemoteUI.app | 16.0+ | |||
| MediaRemoteUIService.app | 17.0+ | |||
| Messages.app | 15.0+ | |||
| MessagesNotificationViewService.app | 8.0-10.x | |||
| MessagesViewService.app | 6.0-14.x | |||
| Mitosis.app | 9.x | |||
| MobileCal.app | Calendar | 1.0-10.x | Calendar. | |
| MobileMail.app | 1.0-10.x | |||
| MobileMusicPlayer.app | iPod; Music; Videos | 1.0-4.x | iPod/Music/Videos. Uses the Application Roles feature to have more than one icon. Split into separate Music/Videos apps since iOS 5. | |
| MobileNotes.app | Notes | 1.0-10.x | ||
| MobilePhone.app | MobilePhone.app (iPad 2 and newer only, running iOS 6 and under) | Phone; FaceTime for iOS 6 and under | 1.0+ | Only FaceTime is shown on the iPad and iPod touch. On iOS 7, FaceTime is an independent application. Uses the Application Roles feature to have more than one icon. |
| MobileReplayer.app | 17.0+ | |||
| MobileSafari.app | Safari | 1.0-18.1.x | ||
| MobileSlideShow.app | Photos (iOS 4 and above); Photos, Camera (older OS versions) | 1.0-18.1.x | ||
| MobileSMS.app | Messages; Text (iPhone OS < 2.2.1) | 1.0-18.1.x | SMS, MMS and iMessage; not included in iOS 3 or 4 on iPad | |
| MobileStore.app | iTunes Store (iTunes prior to iOS 7) | 1.1-10.x | The iTunes Store, allows purchasing of Music, Videos, Movies, TV Shows, and more. | |
| MobileTimer.app (MobileTimer~iphone.app on iOS 6 only) | MobileTimer~ipad.app (only from iOS 6) | Clock | 1.0-15.x | World Clocks, Alarms, Stopwatch and countdown Timer. |
| MomentsUIService.app | 17.2+ | |||
| MTLReplayer.app | 15.0+ | |||
| MusicRecognition.app | 15.0+ | |||
| MusicUIService.app | Music | 8.0+ | ||
| Music~iphone.app (Music.app on iOS 7+) | Music~ipad.app | Music | 5.0-10.x | Previously part of MobileMusicPlayer.app. Icon is identical to the one previously only displayed on iPod touches. |
| MXUIServiceApp.app | 26.0+ | |||
| NanoWebSheet.app | 26.0+ | |||
| NetworkEndpointPickerUI.app | 26.0+ | |||
| NewDeviceSetupUIService.app | 17.2+ | |||
| News.app | 9.0-10.x | News app. | ||
| NFCUISceneService.app | 26.0+ | |||
| Nike.app | — | Nike+iPod | 2.2.1-12.x | Removed with iPhone 6 and newer |
| OTEAutomationTest.app | 18.4+ | |||
| PaperBoard.app | 15.0-17.x | |||
| Passbook.app | — | 13.0-16.0.x | ||
| PassbookBanner.app | 14.5-15.x | |||
| PassbookSecureUIService.app | 14.0+ | |||
| PassbookStub.app | — | 12.4-12.5.x | ||
| PassbookUISceneService.app | 16.0+ | |||
| PassbookUIService.app | 8.1-8.4.x (iPad), 11.x (iPhone) | Passbook app. | ||
| PASViewService.app | 17.0+ | |||
| PCViewService.app | 16.0+ | |||
| PDUIApp.app | 16.2+ | |||
| PeopleMessageService.app | 16.0+ | |||
| PhotosUIService.app | 14.0+ | |||
| PhotosViewService.app | 8.0-13.x | |||
| Podcasts.app | 8.0-10.x | |||
| PosterBoard.app | 16.0+ | |||
| PreBoard.app | 8.0+ | Data Recovery (via USB) and iOS Data Upgrade | ||
| Preferences.app | Settings | 1.0+ | Settings. | |
| PreviewShell.app | 17.0+ | |||
| PridePosterApp.app | 26.2-26.3.x | |||
| Print Center.app | Print Center | 7.0-12.x | ||
| Print Centre.app | 13.0+ | |||
| ProductKitViewer.app | 18.0-26.0.x | |||
| ProximityReaderSceneUI.app | 17.4+ | |||
| ProximityReaderUIService.app | 15.4+ | |||
| quicklookd.app | 6.0-9.x | |||
| RecoverDeviceUI.app | 15.4+ | |||
| Reminders.app | Reminders | 6.0-10.x | Reminders application. | |
| RemoteiCloudQuotaUI.app | 13.4+ | |||
| RemotePaymentPassActionsService.app | — | 15.0+ | ||
| RepairCal.app | 18.3+ | |||
| ReplayKitAngel.app | 16.0+ | |||
| RunShortcut.appex | 14.0-14.2.x | |||
| Safari.app | 14.0+ | |||
| SafariViewService.app | 9.x, 11.0-13.x | |||
| SafetyMonitorApp.app | 17.0+ | |||
| Screen Time.app | 14.0+ | |||
| ScreenContinuityShell.app | 18.0+ | |||
| ScreenSharingViewService.app | 10.0+ | |||
| ScreenshotServicesService.app | 11.0+ | |||
| ScreenTimeUnlock.app | 13.0+ | |||
| ServerDocuments.app | 9.0-11.x | |||
| SESUIServiceApp.app | 18.1+ | |||
| Settings.app | — | 13.0+ | ||
| Setup.app | Setup | 5.0+ | Hidden setup app. Opens automatically after a restore. | |
| ShareBear.app | 8.3-9.x | |||
| SharedWebCredentialViewService.app | 8.0+ | |||
| SharingUIService.app | 17.0+ | |||
| SharingViewService.app | 10.0+ | AirPods Connect Pop-up | ||
| ShazamEventsApp.app | 17.0+ | |||
| ShazamViewService.app | 16.0-16.3.x | |||
| ShoeboxUIService.app (PassbookUIService.app on iOS 7+) | ShoeboxUIService.app | 6.0-10.x | ||
| ShortcutsUI.app | 16.0+ | |||
| ShortcutsViewService.app | 14.0+ | |||
| Sidecar.app | 13.0+ | |||
| SIMSetupUIService.app | 13.0+ | |||
| Siri.app | Siri | 9.0+ | ||
| SiriViewService.app | 7.0-8.x | Siri controller. | ||
| SleepLockScreen.app | 14.0+ | |||
| SleepWidgetContainer.app | 15.0+ | |||
| SLGoogleAuth.app | 8.3-14.x | |||
| SLYahooAuth.app | 9.0+ | |||
| SMS Filter.app | 14.0-18.x | |||
| SocialPPTApp.app | 7.0-8.x | |||
| SocialUIService.app | 5.0-10.x | |||
| SoftwareUpdateUIService.app | 10.3+ | |||
| SOSBuddy.app | 16.1+ | |||
| SPNFCURL.app | 13.0-13.3.x | |||
| Spotlight.app | 13.0+ | |||
| SpringBoardEducation.app | 16.0+ | |||
| StickerPickerService.app | 18.0+ | |||
| StickersUltra.app | 17.0+ | |||
| Stocks.app | — | Stocks | 1.0-10.2.x | Stocks. Updated in iPhone OS 3.0 and iOS 7. |
| StoreDemoViewService.app | 10.0+ | |||
| StoreKitUISceneService.app | 26.0+ | |||
| SubcredentialUIService.app | 13.5-17.x | |||
| SupportFlow.app | 26.0+ | |||
| SystemActions.app | 18.0+ | |||
| SystemPaperViewService.app | 16.0+ | |||
| SystemVoiceAssistant.app | 26.2+ | |||
| Tamale.app | — | 18.2+ | ||
| TDGSharingViewService.app | 17.0+ | |||
| TencentWeiboAccountMigrationDialog.app | 7.1-10.x | Account Migration (??) for Tencent Weibo Accounts. | ||
| Text Message Filter.app | 26.0+ | |||
| Tips.app | Tips | 8.0-10.x | The Tips app | |
| TirePressure.app | 17.4+ | |||
| TrackingUIService.app | — | 26.0+ | ||
| Transfer to Android.app | 26.0+ | |||
| Trip.app | 17.4+ | |||
| TrustMe.app | 5.0-12.x, 13.3.1+ | Related to SSL and certificates. | ||
| TV.app | 10.2+ | |||
| TVAccessViewService.app | 12.3+ | |||
| TVRemoteUIService.app | 12.2-12.5.x, 17.0+ | |||
| TVSetupUIService.app | 15.4+ | |||
| UnityPosterApp.app | 26.2-26.3.x | |||
| Vehicle.app | 18.3+ | |||
| Videos.app | Videos | 5.0-10.x | Previously part of MobileMusicPlayer.app. The Videos app. | |
| VideoSubscriberAccountViewService.app | 10.0+ | |||
| VoiceMemos.app | — | Voice Memos | 3.0-10.x | Voice Memos. Requires encode-aac capability and a microphone. |
| Wallet.app | 13.0+ | |||
| WatchListViewService.app | 10.2+ | |||
| Weather.app | Weather | 1.0-10.x | Weather. Updated for fast app switching support and hourly forecast in iOS 6. Only included on iPads starting with the iPad (4th generation) | |
| WeatherPosterApp.app | 26.3.x | |||
| Web.app | 2.1+ | Runs fullscreen web clips. | ||
| WebApp1.app | 8.0-12.x | |||
| WebContentAnalysisUI.app | 7.0-18.x | |||
| WebContentRestrictionsUI.app | 26.0+ | |||
| WebSheet.app | 3.0-18.x | Used for overlaying web data. Usually for logging in to captive Wi-Fi hotspots. | ||
| WebViewService.app (WebUIService prior to iOS 7) | WebViewService.app | 6.0-9.x | ||
| WhatsNew.app | 6.1.3-6.1.x | |||
| WidgetRenderer_Activities.app | 26.0+ | |||
| WidgetRenderer_CarPlay.app | 17.0+ | |||
| WidgetRenderer_Default.app | 17.0+ | |||
| WidgetRenderer_WatchFaces.app | 26.0+ | |||
| WLAccessService.app | 11.0-12.2.x | |||
| WorkoutRemoteViewService.app | 17.0+ | |||
| WritingToolsUIService.app | 18.0+ | |||
| Xcode Previews.app | 13.4-16.x | |||
| YouTube.app | YouTube | 1.0-5.x | ||
Apple TV (Apple TV Software)
The versions referred to here correspond to the displayed/marketing version, not the internal version.
| Folder name | Display name | Versions | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| AdSheet.app | 7.0+ | Hidden app for iAd support. | |
| AppleTV.app | 4.1+ | The Apple TV Software equivalent of SpringBoard. Formerly known as Lowtide.app. | |
| Family.app | 7.0+ | ||
| ShareBear.app | 7.1+ | ||
| WhatsNew.app | 5.1+ |
tvOS
Unofficial Apps
These application bundles are not present on an unmodified system and are generally installed via a PC utility, manually or through a package. More applications may be installed after jailbreak.
- Installer.app (AppTapp Installer)
- blackra1n.app (blackra1n and limera1n)
- Cydia.app (Cydia Installer)
Files
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