Deprecated Chrome policies
Last updated for Chrome 70.
Applies to managed Chrome Browsers and Chrome devices.
For administrators who manage Chrome Browser or Chrome devices for a business or school.
You can use Chrome policies to control how your users experience Chrome Browser and devices running Chrome OS. New releases of Chrome introduce new policies and sometimes deprecate old ones. Deprecated policies continue to work in the current release, but they will be removed from future releases of Chrome.
You can unset deprecated policies using the same policy-management tools you used to set them. We recommend replacing deprecated policies with an alternative policy (see below). You should unset policies you’re not using.
For full descriptions of Chrome policies, including the deprecated ones, see the Policy List.
Recently deprecated policies
Other deprecated and removed policies
The following policies were deprecated before Chrome 60. Use alternative policies instead, when available.
Deprecated plug-in policies
| Policy | Flash alternative | PDF viewer alternative |
|---|---|---|
| DisabledPlugins | DefaultPluginsSetting | AlwaysOpenPdfExternally |
| DisabledPluginsExceptions | DefaultPluginsSetting | AlwaysOpenPdfExternally |
| EnabledPlugins | DefaultPluginsSetting | AlwaysOpenPdfExternally |
Deprecated remote-access policies
| Policy | Alternative |
|---|---|
| RemoteAccessHostClientDomain | RemoteAccessHostClientDomainList |
| RemoteAccessHostDomain | RemoteAccessHostDomainList |
Other deprecated policies
| Policy | Alternative |
|---|---|
| DefaultMediaStreamSetting | No alternative available. |
| DisabledSchemes | URLBlacklist |
| ForceSafeSearch | ForceGoogleSafeSearch or ForceYouTubeRestrict |
| ForceYouTubeSafetyMode | ForceYouTubeRestrict |
| ProxyServerMode | ProxyMode |
| SigninAllowed | SyncDisabled |
The following power-management policies have been deprecated since Chrome 35. There are no alternatives.
The following policies are no longer available in Chrome. Do not use them.
- AlwaysAuthorizePlugins
- AutoCleanUpStrategy
- ClearSiteDataOnExit
- DHEEnabled
- DisablePluginFinder
- DisableSpdy
- DnsPrefetchingEnabled
- EnableCommonNameFallbackForLocalAnchors
- EnableDeprecatedWebBasedSignin
- EnterpriseWebStoreName
- EnterpriseWebStoreURL
- PasswordManagerAllowShowPasswords
- PresentationIdleDelayScale
- RemoteAccessClientFirewallTraversal
- RemoteAccessHostRequireTwoFactor