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Asked: 2026-06-06T05:22:00+00:00

How can I edit /etc/hosts on my iOS device? I just do sudo nano

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How can I edit /etc/hosts on my iOS device? I just do sudo nano /etc/hosts on OS X. Perhaps writing a small app to do it is the best way.

Note that I just want to edit it on my iOS device. I’m not planning on editing it for apps in the app store.

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    You can’t edit any files outside of your application’s sandbox (without jail breaking). See this question (Is it possible to access iPhone/iPad app files without jailbreak?) for more information on viewing files in your app’s sandbox. If you jailbreak your iPhone, you can access /etc/hosts in numerous ways:

    • Download iFile and navigate to that directory
    • Download OpenSSH and from your computer edit the contents of /etc/hosts
    • Download MobileTerminal and just like on OS X, navigate to /etc/hosts with the cd command

    I just found a way of accessing your files without jail breaking, but I have not tried it. There’s an application called iFunbox that claims to allow the user to access an iPhone’s root filesystem without jail breaking. Once again, I have not tried it and do not know if it works but you might want to check it out. You can download it here http://www.i-funbox.com/.

    Hope this helps!

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