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Browser Restriction

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About Browser Restriction

Browser Restriction lets admins control which browsers can be used on devices. By allowlisting or blocklisting specific browsers, admins can prevent unauthorized usage, ensure the best user experience, highest security, and prevent certain features from being available on specific browsers.

Benefits of Browser Restriction

Remote work has increased reliance on web browsers. With various browsers available, each offering unique features, IT admins face challenges in managing them effectively. While most web applications work across different browsers, compatibility issues can arise, leading to disruptions and increased help desk calls.

Endpoint Central's Browser Restriction feature lets IT admins mandate the usage of a single browser by their employees. They can test out the functioning of mission-critical web applications in their selected browser. This helps ensure a consistent user experience and allows IT admins to focus on securing a single browser.

Implementing Browser Restriction

The steps given below will guide you to implement browser restriction across your network using Endpoint Central:

  1. Open Endpoint Central console and navigate to Browsers -> Policies -> Browser Restriction.
  2. Click Create Policy.
  3. Select Allowlist or Blocklist to allow or block the respective browsers.
  4. Choose the browsers to be allowlisted or blocklisted from the list.
  5. Click on Save to save the policy as a draft.
  6. Click on Save & Publish to publish the policy.
  7. Associate the policy to computers/groups of computers in which you want to restrict access to web-applications.

    Browser Restriction

    8. Note: Browser Restriction feature controls the usage of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Naver Whale, Brave, Vivaldi, Coc Coc, Yandex, Ulaa, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Edge (Legacy), and Internet Explorer browsers.
    Usage of unsupported browsers such as Opera and UC Browser can be restricted by controlling the access of supported browsers. For instance, if you want to restrict access to an unsupported browser, say Opera, you can opt to allow access only to Google Chrome, a supported browser. This capability permits access only for Google Chrome, while all other browsers will be restricted for access. Browser Restriction takes effect after the next asset scan when a new browser is installed.