Restricting Android features on devices

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You can restrict Android operating system features in device owner mode. For example, you can restrict factory reset, changing credentials, use of Google Play and Google Chrome, file transfer over USB, changing location settings, and manage system updates.

You can restrict Android features in the Feature restrictions section.

To open the Feature restrictions section:

  1. In the console tree, in the Managed devices folder, select the administration group to which the Android devices belong.
  2. In the workspace of the group, select the Policies tab.
  3. Open the policy properties window by double-clicking any column.

    Complete the following steps within 15 minutes. Otherwise, you may face an error when saving changes to the policy.

  4. In the policy Properties window, select the Device owner mode > Feature restrictions section.

Restrict device features

On the Device Features tab of the Feature restrictions section, you can enable or disable the following features:

Restrict app features

On the Apps tab of the Feature restrictions section, you can enable or disable the following features:

Restrict storage features

On the Storage tab of the Feature restrictions section, you can enable or disable the following features:

Restrict network features

On the Network tab of the Feature restrictions section, you can enable or disable the following features:

Restrict location services

On the Location Services tab of the Feature restrictions section, you can configure the following settings:

Restrict system updates

Managing update settings on mobile devices is vendor-specific. On some Android devices, the restriction on manual installation of operating system updates may work incorrectly.

On the Updates tab of the Feature restrictions section, you can configure the following settings:

See also:

Configuring restrictions for Android devices

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