privileged-oauth-apps.md

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Privileged OAuth apps	Some {% data variables.product.prodname_oauth_apps %} are privileged apps, owned by {% data variables.product.company_short %}, that are granted special capabilities.	fpt ghes ghec * * *	Privileged apps	/apps/oauth-apps/using-oauth-apps/internal-oauth-apps

Some {% data variables.product.prodname_oauth_apps %} are privileged apps. These apps are owned by {% data variables.product.company_short %} and are granted special capabilities. For example, even if an organization owner has restricted access by {% data variables.product.prodname_oauth_apps %} to the organization's data, users can still authorize these apps and use them to access data from the organization.

Some of these privileged apps are automatically included with {% data variables.product.company_short %} and do not require user authorization. These apps will not appear in your list of authorized {% data variables.product.prodname_oauth_apps %}.

These privileged apps will appear in the user security log, but will not appear in organization{% ifversion ghes or ghec %} or enterprise{% endif %} audit logs. {% ifversion ghes or ghec %}For more information, see AUTOTITLE, AUTOTITLE, and AUTOTITLE.{% else %}For more information, see AUTOTITLE and AUTOTITLE.{% endif %}

These {% data variables.product.prodname_oauth_apps %} are :

• Gist
• Git Credential Manager
• {% data variables.product.prodname_android %}
• {% data variables.product.prodname_cli %}
• {% data variables.product.prodname_github_codespaces %} for JetBrains
• {% data variables.product.prodname_desktop %}
• {% data variables.product.prodname_education %}
• github-importer-production
• {% data variables.product.prodname_ios %}
• {% data variables.product.company_short %} Support
• JetBrains IDE Integration
• {% data variables.product.prodname_vs %}
• {% data variables.product.prodname_vscode %}