SkieHow does Skie block factory reset on school tablets?
Skie switches on Android's factory reset restriction, so the Reset option in Settings is unavailable on a managed tablet. It is on by default. Behind it, Android's Factory Reset Protection is on, so a wiped device asks for the Skie organisation's Google sign-in before it can be set up again, which only Skie holds.
The first line of defence is the Android user restriction called DISALLOW_FACTORY_RESET. Because Skie is the device owner, it can set this, and Android then removes or greys out the Erase all data option in Settings. A student who opens the menu simply finds nothing to press.
The second line is Factory Reset Protection, covered in its own entry. If a device were reset some other way, for example from the recovery menu, Android's Factory Reset Protection is on, so the wiped device asks for the Skie organisation's Google sign-in before it can be set up again. Only Skie holds that sign-in, so a reset device is of no use to whoever took it.
In the dashboard, the factory reset block appears as one switch in the hardening section of the policy. It is on by default at organisation level. After each apply, the device reads the value back from Android and counts it in the compliance score. If the protection is ever missing on a device, you will see it there.
A device must be freshly set up or reset once to become managed in the first place. That is how Android works with device-owner management, and it is separate from this protection, which applies after enrolment.
Practical tip: if you need to wipe a device on purpose, for example to replace it, use the replace device flow in Skie so the student, group and history carry over and the old seat is freed.