Friday, August 3, 2018
Add Supervised Users in Chrome
Add Supervised Users in Chrome
This is no longer limited to Chrome Beta: the latest stable Chrome release lets you add supervised users. Theyre just like regular Chrome users, except that theyre attached to your Google account and you can block sites and check their browsing activity from a Google page. This could be used as a parental control feature and its more useful if you have a Chromebook.
"A supervised user is a special type of Chrome user who can browse the web with guidance. Under the supervision of the manager, a supervised user can browse the web and sign in to websites. Supervised users dont need a Google Account or an email address because the manager creates a profile for the supervised user through the managers Google Account," informs Google.
When you add an user from the settings page, make sure to enable "this is a supervised user". You need to sign in to Chrome using a Google Account to use this feature. For Chromebooks, you have to sign out, click "add user" on the lower-left corner and "Create a supervised user".
Youll see this dialog and youll get a confirmation email.
Chrome windows associated with the new profile have a "supervised user" label next to the icon. Supervised users cant enable Chrome Sync and cant install extensions or apps from the Chrome Web Store.
You can managed supervised users from this page: https://www.google.com/settings/chrome/manage (short URL: chrome.com/manage). Manage permissions, block domains, lock or unlock Google SafeSearch, check the browsing activity. SafeSearch is turned on by default and cant be disabled by the supervised user.
If the supervised user wants to visit a site thats blocked, hell see this message and can click "Request permission". Chromes dashboard page will show the requests and the manager can approve them.
"Supervised User Profiles" is a beta feature, even if its now available in the stable Chrome releases.
