Turn on Chrome browser management (user policies only) (2024)

For administrators who manage user-level Chrome browser policies from the Google Admin console.

For user-level policies that are set in your Admin console to work on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, or iOS device, you need to turn on browser management.

Enable Chrome user policies in the Admin console

Before you begin: To turn the setting on or off for select groups of users or Android and iOS devices, put their accounts in an organizational unit.

1. Sign in to your GoogleAdminconsole.

   Sign in using your administrator account (does not end in @gmail.com).

   See Also

   How to find and change Google Chrome settingsYour browser is managed by your organization. NO IT'S NOT!Browser message "Managed by your organization" - ID.ee[Chrome OS] About managed Chromebooks | Official Support | ASUS USA

2. In the Admin console, go to MenuDevicesChromeSettings.

   If you signed up for Chrome Enterprise Core, go to MenuChrome browserSettings.

3. Go to and clickChrome management for signed-in users.
4. Click Edit.
5. Select Apply all user policies when users sign into Chrome, and provide a managed Chrome experience.
6. Click Inherit to revert to the same setting as its parent organizational unit. Or, click Save to keep the new setting, even if the parent setting changes.
7. To apply policies on Android or iOS devices, do the following:
   1. Go to and clickChrome on Androidor Chrome on iOS.
   2. Select Apply supported user settings to Chrome on AndroidorApply supported user settings to Chrome on iOS.
   3. Click Save.

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