User experience policies

For administrators who manage Chrome browser or ChromeOS devices for a business or school.

Here are just some of the policies you can use to customize your Chrome users' browsing experience.

Just getting started? See Understand Chrome policy management.

Chrome user experience policies

Review policies below. Then click links for more details and to enforce them from your preferred platform.

Show Home page button
Enable this policy to show the Home button on the toolbar of Chrome browsers or ChromeOS devices. Clicking the Home button opens your default homepage (see below). Enforce from: Admin console—ChromeSettingsUsers & browsersHome button Windows Group Policy—Show Home button on toolbar Mac / Linux preference name: ShowHomeButton Policy details for Windows/Mac/Linux: ShowHomeButton
Set a default homepage
Enable this policy to set the homepage that opens when users click the Home button in either Chrome browser or on ChromeOS devices. Sample value: https://www.example.com Enforce from: Admin console—ChromeSettingsUsers & browsersHomepage Windows Group Policy—Configure the homepage URL Mac / Linux preference name—HomePageLocation  Policy details for Windows/Mac/Linux: HomePageLocation
Open new tabs to homepage URL
Enable this policy to open new tabs to a page you specify, such as your homepage. Enforce from: Admin console—ChromeSettingsUsers & browsersNew tab page Windows Group Policy—Configure the New Tab page URL Mac / Linux preference name—NewTabPageLocation Policy details for Windows/Mac/Linux: NewTabPageLocation
Set default search engine to Google
Enable these policies to use google.com as the search provider when users type in the address bar at the top of any Chrome window.  Enforce from: Admin console—ChromeSettingsUsers &  browsersOmnibox search provider Windows Group Policy—Default search provider (folder) Mac / Linux preference name—Several policies Policy details for Windows/Mac/Linux:  DefaultSearchProviderAlternateURLs DefaultSearchProviderEnabled DefaultSearchProviderEncodings DefaultSearchProviderIconURL DefaultSearchProviderImageURL DefaultSearchProviderImageURLPostParams DefaultSearchProviderInstantURL DefaultSearchProviderInstantURLPostParams DefaultSearchProviderKeyword DefaultSearchProviderName DefaultSearchProviderNewTabURL DefaultSearchProviderSearchTermsReplacementKey DefaultSearchProviderSearchURL DefaultSearchProviderSearchURLPostParams DefaultSearchProviderSuggestURL DefaultSearchProviderSuggestURLPostParams
Customize ChromeOS device wallpaper
Applies only to ChromeOS devices. Upload a custom image to use as the background on users' sign-in screen and desktop. Enforce from: Admin console—ChromeSettingsUsers & browsersCustom wallpaper
Turn spellcheck on or off
Enable this policy to let users use the spellchecker.  Enforce from: Windows Group Policy—Enable spellcheck Mac / Linux preference name—SpellcheckEnabled Policy details for Windows/Mac/Linux: SpellcheckEnabled
Turn spellcheck languages on or off
Enable the SpellcheckLanguage policy to allow users to specify languages in their spellchecker.  Enforce from: Windows Group Policy—Force enable spellcheck languages Mac / Linux preference name—SpellcheckLanguage Policy details for Windows/Mac/Linux: SpellcheckLanguage Enable the SpellcheckLanguageBlocklist policy to not allow users to specify languages in their spellchecker. Enforce from: Windows Group Policy—Force disable spellcheck languages Mac / Linux preference name—SpellcheckLanguageBlocklist Policy details for Windows/Mac/Linux: SpellcheckLanguageBlocklist

More policies

• User Experience settings in the Admin console
• Chrome Enterprise policy list