Enforce Youtube settings for students

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

The YouTube settings that you configure using the Google Admin console are based on cookie authentication. Students need to be signed in to YouTube for settings to be enforced.

Issue

From the Chrome browser address bar, students can access the Youtube cookie and block the saving of information—allowing them to access YouTube without signing in.

Workaround

As an admin, you can prevent students from blocking the saving of information that’s needed to enforce the Youtube settings that you configure.

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using your administrator account (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. In the Admin console, go to Menu  DevicesChromeSettings. The User & browser settings page opens by default.

   If you signed up for Chrome Enterprise Core, go to Menu  Chrome browserSettings.

3. (Optional) To apply the setting only to some users and enrolled browsers, at the side, select an organizational unit (often used for departments) or configuration group (advanced). Show me how

   Group settings override organizational units. Learn more

4. Go to Content.
5. Click Cookies.
6. Configure cookie settings:
   • Allow cookies for certain websites only—Leave Default cookie setting set to Allow the user to decide. For Allow cookies for URL patterns, enter [*.]youtube.com.
   • Allow cookies for all websites—For Default cookie setting, choose Allow cookies.
7. Click Save. Or, you might click Override for an organizational unit.

   To later restore the inherited value, click Inherit (or Unset for a group).