Remove default Chrome apps from taskbar

[Joko]

Hi there,

 

Just looking at testing Chromebooks out for students, although we're a Microsoft house. So i am looking to see if its possible to get rid of all the Google icons from the shelf automatically through the admin side. Has anyone managed to do this?

 

Thanks.

[paulkerton]

If you set an app to pin to the shelf, then I've found usually that any default applications usually disappear as part of that.

[Joko]

If you set an app to pin to the shelf, then I've found usually that any default applications usually disappear as part of that.

 

Argh, that could work.

 

I have just spoken to support and apparently actually removing them as a policy is not supported yet and asked me to log my request.

 

Shame really as i know this could be a kicker for the school to decide these or a more expensive Windows device.

[paulkerton]

Whenever I've logged a new machine in as a test user, it only ever has the pinned apps we've assigned. I'm assuming if you don't pin any apps, the defaults then appear.