How to Restrict Users to Add or Delete Account on Mobile Devices with AirDroid Business?

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Part 1 : Steps to Restrict Adding or Deleting Accounts: Step 1. Navigate to the Policy Setting; Step 2. Create or Edit a Policy; Step 3. Locate "Users and Accounts"; Step 4. Enable Adding or Deleting Account; Step 5. Save the Policy; Step 6. Apply the Policy

Adding or Deleting Account configuration on AirDroid Business is one of the most important functions that helps Enterprises or organizations manage their devices’ accounts,including Google, Facebook, WhatsApp, etc.. It can restrict users from adding their personal accounts or deleting the existing accounts on the devices to protect the security of the devices.

1Steps to Restrict Adding or Deleting Accounts

Step 1
Navigate to the Policy Setting
Log in to the Web Console > "Policy and Kiosk" > Policy and Kiosk Config Files.

Step 2
Create or Edit a Policy
Way 1：Create a new policy
To create a new policy, you can click on "+Create Config File," select "Policy," and then click "OK" on the pop-up.
Way 2：Edit an existing Policy
You can also edit an existing policy to add this restriction. To edit the policy, choose the existing policy in Policy and Kiosk Config Files and click it to edit.

Step 3
Locate "Users and Accounts"
After creating a Policy, you need to select the Restrictions section and locate "Users and Accounts" to restrict adding or deleting an Account.

Step 4
Enable "Adding or Deleting Account"
Here, we will provide 3 options for you to restrict the devices to add or delete an account :
Option 1: If you don't want to restrict the users to add or delete accounts on devices, you can disable the "Allow adding/deleting accounts" button.
Option 2: If you want to prevent adding or deleting any of the accounts, you need to enable the "Allow adding/deleting accounts" button but disable "Allow adding/deleting Google accounts." Please refer to the picture below:
Option 3: Suppose you need to restrict users from adding or deleting the Google Account. In that case, you will need to enable both the "Allow adding/deleting accounts" and "Allow adding/deleting Google accounts" buttons at the same time.

Step 5
Save the Policy
Click "Next" on the top right corner and then fill in the profile information to save the policy.

Step 6
Apply the Policy
In Users and Accounts policy you created, click Add to choose the devices, then tap Next. Lastly, click OK to apply this policy on the devices.

By following these steps, you can restrict the users to add or delete accounts on devices easily.

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How to Restrict Users to Add or Delete Account on Mobile Devices with AirDroid Business?

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