Browser | Configuration Details for Android Enterprise

The Browser configuration for Android Enterprise profiles enables you to manage Google Chrome browser security settings on Android Enterprise devices. This includes configuration such as incognito mode, browser cookies, location tracking, and more.

Tip: Update your Chrome browser to ensure payload compatibility.

You perform this configuration when:

Allow Incognito Mode When enabled, the user can launch the browser in incognito mode (private browsing).
Allow Location Tracking When enabled, websites can request location data from the device.
Allow Cookies Select whether websites can install browser cookies on the device. Options are:
  • Disallow
  • Allowed for Session Only
  • Allowed
Allow JavaScript When enabled, JavaScript can run in the browser.
Enforce Safe Search When enabled, the profile limits the device users' ability to search for explicit or otherwise unsafe content on the device.
Allow Browser History When enabled, the device saves browsing history.
Allow Password Management When enabled, save passwords for visited websites.
Allow Browser Popups When enabled, websites can open popup windows.
Allow Auto-fill When enabled, the browser can automatically complete fields in web forms using stored information from earlier such as name, address, or credit card information.
Default Search Provider Specify a default search provider. When the user initiates a search via the browser's navigation bar, the profile uses the specified search provider.
Allow Editing of Bookmarks When enabled, device users can add, edit, or delete browser bookmarks.
Enforce Translate Mode When enabled, the browser displays, when appropriate, an integrated toolbar offering to translate a web page for the user.
Allow Search Suggestions When enabled, the browser displays search suggestions when the user types a search term in the address bar.
Allow Network Action Prediction When enabled, the browser can pre-load the IP addresses of all links on a displayed web page.
Allow Data Compression When enabled, device users can enable an option in the Google Chrome browser to request Google servers to compress web pages before rendering them in Chrome.