# Xcodebuild: error: Unable to find a destination matching the provided destination specifier: 		{ platform:iOS Simulator, OS:latest, name:iPhone 6 } 	The requested device could not be found because multiple devices matched the request

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**Category:** Build Environment\
**Created:** [November 3, 2016, 11:29am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/xcodebuild-error-unable-to-find-a-destination-matching-the-provided-destination-specifier-platform-ios-simulator-os-latest-name-iphone-6-the-requested-device-could-not-be-found-because-multiple-devices-matched-the-request/7859 "2016-11-03T11:29:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![PelamReaktor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@PelamReaktor](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/PelamReaktor)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 11:29am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/xcodebuild-error-unable-to-find-a-destination-matching-the-provided-destination-specifier-platform-ios-simulator-os-latest-name-iphone-6-the-requested-device-could-not-be-found-because-multiple-devices-matched-the-request/7859/1 "2016-11-03T11:29:29Z")

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iOS build started failing today.

Apparently there are multiple iOS 10, iPhone 6 guids.

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**Author:** ![JoschkaSchulz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/joschkaschulz/32/14526_2.png) [@JoschkaSchulz](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/JoschkaSchulz)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 1:18pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/xcodebuild-error-unable-to-find-a-destination-matching-the-provided-destination-specifier-platform-ios-simulator-os-latest-name-iphone-6-the-requested-device-could-not-be-found-because-multiple-devices-matched-the-request/7859/2 "2016-11-03T13:18:26Z")

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Think there is already an solution/ an answer…

> [@Multiple iOS simulators available for single OS + device configurations](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/multiple-ios-simulators-available-for-single-os-device-configurations/7854):
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> EDIT Jan 16 2017: We no longer recommend using UUIDs to start simulators. The OS X image has been updated to resolve the underlying issue, and using UUIDs is no longer necessary. Please check out [this post](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/os-x-build-image-update-xcode-8-2/9355) for examples of how to choose the simulators by name. Hey, We’ve seen a couple of users complain about failing builds because xcodebuild sees multiple iOS simulators. Most likely your call to xcodebuild looks something like this: xcodebuild ... -destination 'platform=iOS Simulator,OS=10.0,…

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**Author:** ![gravicle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/gravicle/32/14593_2.png) [@gravicle](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/gravicle)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 12:59am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/xcodebuild-error-unable-to-find-a-destination-matching-the-provided-destination-specifier-platform-ios-simulator-os-latest-name-iphone-6-the-requested-device-could-not-be-found-because-multiple-devices-matched-the-request/7859/3 "2016-11-11T00:59:50Z")

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Any update regarding this issue?

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/original/3X/5/1/511608acda8e85906e15909b57bd0a46c1dbe291.png) [@system](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 11:32am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/xcodebuild-error-unable-to-find-a-destination-matching-the-provided-destination-specifier-platform-ios-simulator-os-latest-name-iphone-6-the-requested-device-could-not-be-found-because-multiple-devices-matched-the-request/7859/4 "2018-06-18T11:32:19Z")

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