Similar to disabling Incognito mode to stop users bypassing extensions, is there a way to disable Chrome's Guest Window?
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I worked out a solution that is now possible since May 2019 using policies and the same method as disabling Incognito mode.
If you're using chrome, create the folder /etc/opt/chrome/policies/managed. (I'm guessing if you're using chromium, create the folder /etc/chromium/policies/managed.)
Then create a file in that directory named test_policy.json. It can have any name you want, but it needs the extension to be .json.
Open it in your favorite editor and put:
{ "BrowserGuestModeEnabled": false }
(Updated) Source: https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/
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1Hi, this solution is brilliant. However, if you can, can you help me to figure out how to do both: disable Incognito+ disable guest mode. I made the son file and wrote { "IncognitoModeAvailability": 1, "BrowserGuestModeEnabled": false }. Jun 30, 2020 at 6:05
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2you can't have any line breaks in the policy file. So it should look like: { "BrowserGuestModeEnabled": false, "IncognitoModeAvailability": 1 } Jul 3, 2020 at 4:34
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2@MrPhilby and others, list of available policies moved to: cloud.google.com/docs/chrome-enterprise/policies– LuxZgDec 9, 2020 at 10:22
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