For administrators who manage Chrome browser or ChromeOS devices for a business or school.
Here are some of the policies you can enforce to manage your users' Chrome apps and Chrome browser updates.
Just getting started? See Understand Chrome policy management.
Chrome auto-update policies
Click the links for details and to enforce them from your preferred platform.
| Policy description | Steps for your platform | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turn on auto-updates (recommended) | Admin console | Windows | Mac | Linux |
| Turn off auto-updates (for testing) | Admin console | Windows | Mac | Linux |
| Turn off Chrome Browser component updates | Windows | Mac | Linux | |
| Schedule auto-updates outside work hours | Admin console | Windows | Mac | |
| Pin updates to specific version of Chrome | Admin console | Windows | Mac | |
| Stagger updates to reduce bandwidth use on a network | Admin console | Windows | ||
| Cache updates to reduce bandwidth use on a network | Admin console | |||
| Set auto-updates for specific apps | Windows | Mac | ||
| Notify users that they need to restart their Chrome OS device or relaunch Chrome browser to apply pending updates | Admin console | Windows | Mac | Linux |
| Allow a kiosk app to control the Chrome OS version | Admin console | |||
| Speed up updates | Admin console | |||