{"id":87410,"date":"2023-06-05T13:09:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T17:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/?post_type=support&#038;p=87410"},"modified":"2025-03-10T10:07:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T14:07:34","slug":"create-an-android-account-restrictions-policy","status":"publish","type":"support","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/support\/create-an-android-account-restrictions-policy","title":{"rendered":"Create an Android Account Restrictions Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Android Account Restrictions Policy lets you control how authorized corporate accounts interact with corporate data, email, and apps. As an IT Admin, you must apply this policy before you finish provisioning the device to ensure that users cannot circumvent this policy by adding accounts before the policy is enabled. This policy works for devices running Android 5.1 and later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prerequisites<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>JumpCloud\u2019s Android EMM is configured for your organization. See&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/support\/set-up-android-emm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Set Up Android EMM<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your Android devices are enrolled in EMM.&nbsp;See&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/support\/add-and-manage-android-devices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Add and Manage Android Devices<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/support\/users-enroll-your-personal-android-device\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Users: Enroll Your Personal Android Device<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To create an Android Account Restrictions policy:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to the <a href=\"https:\/\/console.jumpcloud.com\/login\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JumpCloud Admin Portal<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go to&nbsp;<strong>DEVICE MANAGEMENT &gt; Policy Management<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the&nbsp;<strong>All<\/strong>&nbsp;tab, click (<strong>+<\/strong>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On the New Policy panel, select the&nbsp;<strong>Android<\/strong>&nbsp;tab.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the Account Restrictions&nbsp;policy from the list, then click&nbsp;<strong>configure<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On the New Policy panel, optionally enter a new name for the policy, or keep the default. Policy names must be unique.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For&nbsp;<strong>Policy Notes<\/strong>, enter details like when you created the policy, where you tested it, and where you deployed it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under&nbsp;<strong>Settings<\/strong>, complete these fields:\n<ol start=\"1\" style=\"list-style-type:lower-alpha\" class=\"is-lower-alpha\">\n<li>Select <strong>Disable Adding New Users &amp; Profiles<\/strong> to prevent users from adding new users and work profiles. Selecting this field means that only admins can add new users and work profiles. This setting applies to fully managed and dedicated devices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select&nbsp;<strong>Disable Account Modification<\/strong>&nbsp;to prevent users from adding and removing user accounts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select <strong>Disable User Removal<\/strong> to block users from removing other users. Selecting this field means that only admins can remove users. This setting applies to fully managed and dedicated devices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select <strong>Disable User Credentials Configuration<\/strong> to block users from configuring user certificates that are assigned to devices. This also applies to devices that aren&#8217;t associated with a user account.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select <strong>Disable User Icon Modification<\/strong> to block users from changing the user icon on the Android device. Selecting this field means that only admins can change the icon. This setting applies to fully managed and dedicated devices.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-notification-card-wysiwyg notification-card note\"><div class=\"notification-card-content\"><div class=\"notification-card-icon\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/jumpcloud\/assets\/images\/gutenberg-blocks\/note-icon.png\" \/><\/p><\/div><div class=\"notification-card-copy is-type-body-default\"><div><strong class=\"notification-card-type\">Note:<\/strong> \n<p>If you leave this field unselected, users might be able to configure or change their credentials when they access them in the keystore. This field applies only to Android devices running 7.0 and later.&nbsp;<\/p>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"6\" style=\"list-style-type:lower-alpha\">\n<li>Select <strong>Disable Account Types<\/strong> to restrict the management of account types by the user. Enter the account type as a string in the field provided.<br><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2862\" height=\"1720\" class=\"wp-image-122054\" style=\"width: 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/android-account-restrictions.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/android-account-restrictions.png 2862w, https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/android-account-restrictions-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/android-account-restrictions-1024x615.png 1024w, https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/android-account-restrictions-768x462.png 768w, https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/android-account-restrictions-1536x923.png 1536w, https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/android-account-restrictions-2048x1231.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2862px) 100vw, 2862px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"9\">\n<li>(Optional) Select the&nbsp;<strong>Device Groups<\/strong>&nbsp;tab. Select one or more device groups where you will apply this policy. For device groups with multiple OS member types, the policy is applied only to the supported OS.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(Optional) Select the&nbsp;<strong>Devices<\/strong>&nbsp;tab. Select one or more devices where you will apply this policy.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-notification-card-wysiwyg notification-card tip\"><div class=\"notification-card-content\"><div class=\"notification-card-icon\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/jumpcloud\/assets\/images\/gutenberg-blocks\/tip-icon.png\" \/><\/p><\/div><div class=\"notification-card-copy is-type-body-default\"><div><strong class=\"notification-card-type\">Tip:<\/strong> \n<p>For this policy to take effect, you must specify a device or a device group.<\/p>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"11\">\n<li>Click&nbsp;<strong>save<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Android Account Restrictions Policy lets you control how authorized corporate accounts interact with corporate data, email, and apps. 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