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Chrome allows you to disable installation of extensions via Group Policy for a looong time now: https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/66239/how-to-preven

• wumpus 5y ago
  That's windows-only, right?
  • judge2020 5y ago
    IIRC you can apply it on macOS via MDM / configuration profiles, but that's not as simple as gpedit.msc.
  • izacus 5y ago
    I've seen these restrictions enabled on macOS and ChromeOS as well, so there is a way to manage them.
• pkulak 5y ago
  I'm just not smart enough to figure that out. That first answer references steps that don't exist on any Chromebook I've ever seen. So I assume I have to enroll the machine in a group policy externally? I have no idea. Never been able to figure it out. I usually just end up installing an extension (oh, the irony) that blocks the extensions domain. :/
  • mkl 5y ago
    > That first answer references steps that don't exist on any Chromebook I've ever seen. That's because Group Policies are a Windows-only thing.
    • hda2 5y ago
      So there isn't a way to disable extension installation on anything other than windows?
  • jeroenhd 5y ago
    Chromebooks don't run Windows, so Group Policies won't work for you. You can get the same (and more) control with an Enterprise subscription from Google which seems to cost about $50 per year, per device.
• oliverulerich 5y ago
  but sadly Group Policy is not available on Windows Home edition
  • jeroenhd 5y ago
    In most cases, you can get group policies like these to work if you manually create the registry keys that GPO would create for you. It's more complicated, but it can work.
    • throwawaycuriou 5y ago
      works about as well as taking a pair of scissors to your nightlamp's electrical cable to go to sleep