SkieHow do I force SafeSearch on Chrome on managed school devices?
Skie forces SafeSearch on in Chrome as a device owner rule, so it is on by default and the user cannot switch it off. Explicit images and results are filtered out of Google Search on every managed phone or tablet, without anyone opening Chrome settings. Admins can set it per organisation, school or group.
SafeSearch is a Google Search setting that filters explicit results from web and image searches. On an unmanaged device the user can turn it off in two taps. On a Skie device it is a Chrome policy pushed by the device owner, so the toggle is either missing or locked in Chrome's settings.
Skie applies the rule to Chrome stable, beta, dev and canary, so installing a different Chrome channel does not give a way around it. The rule is part of the policy for the group, and policies flow down from organisation to school, branch and group, with the most specific level applied last. If your coaching institute wants the same setting everywhere, set it once at the top.
It works together with the other Chrome rules rather than alone. The search engine is locked to Google so a student cannot switch to a search site that ignores SafeSearch, incognito is blocked, and the filtering DNS stops adult domains from loading even if a link is typed directly. Each layer covers a different route.
What the admin sees: the effective policy view shows SafeSearch as enforced for the group, and after every apply the device reads the protection back from Android and reports it in the compliance score. If a device does not match, it appears in the breach centre.
Practical tip: test on one device first. Search for a term your staff know returns explicit images on an unfiltered phone and confirm the results are clean before you roll to the whole group.