Hide "Customize this Page" in Google Chrome home page

[maxrebo]

Its come to our attention that the pupils are customising the google homepage background using the "Customize this page" Settings cog in the bottom right when opening a new tab.

Is there any where to hide this is the Google GPO?

 

thanks

[cbsc]

We raised this issue with Google, and they pointed us to the following thread:

 

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=894273

 

According to [email protected] "we're adding a new policy to disable customization of the NTP background" and aiming to have this available for version 74.

 

I recommend 'starring' the thread so Google can prioritise this issue accordingly.

[Jaan]

We've just noticed this today, although we're on v74 and have the lastest gpos. Can't seem to find an option to disable it.

[Jaan]

Just noticed this has been added to v80 of the chrome GPOs.

 

I've added the GPOs but i'm unable to find the option i'm sure it's just because the coffee hasn't kicked in yet! lol

 

https://cloud.google.com/docs/chrome-enterprise/policies/?policy=NTPCustomBackgroundEnabled