SkieCan we cancel Skie, and what happens to the tablets?
Cancellation follows your contract. Before it ends, run Remove Skie on each device: it turns off every protection, shows every app again, restores DNS, releases ownership and deletes no apps. Tablets are then yours to use or re-enrol elsewhere. Do not just let the licence lapse.
Whether you can cancel at any time, and what notice you must give, depends on your agreement. Read the term, the notice period and the renewal clause before you sign, and keep the dates in your calendar.
Planning matters more than the paperwork. Because Skie runs as the device owner, tablets stay managed until the owner is released. If you let the licence lapse without removing it, devices keep their last rules and you cannot easily change them. Use Remove Skie first, group by group, and verify each one.
Remove Skie reverses the management. All protections are turned off, hidden apps show again, the DNS is restored, and ownership is released. It does not delete apps, so students keep what they had. After that, the tablet behaves like a normal Android device. If you want to manage it with another system, a fresh setup or reset is needed, because Android only allows device owner management on a device that is not set up.
Do the data side at the same time. Download backups and the reports you need. A full export is not available yet, so ask support what extract you can have, and agree the deletion of your records with the team.
A practical tip: run a trial removal on two or three devices a month before the end, so you know exactly how long it takes and what the student sees. Then plan the rest by group in the holidays, not during term.
- Remove Skie turns off every protection and restores DNS
- No apps are deleted
- Releasing ownership comes before the licence ends
- Download backups and ask support about data deletion