It will also take a closer look at a few other restrictions and changes that you can make to the sign-in process. Just in case turning guest mode off on your Chromebook isn’t enough.
Why would you want to turn this off, to begin with?
Now, the reasons you or anybody else might have for trying to turn off guest mode sign-ins on a Chromebook are numerous. In fact, they range from business-related reasons to personal preferences. But the former of those reasons does stand as one of the most likely to be common. After all, if you’re using your Chromebook for work, having other users sign in and take up storage space isn’t always the best idea. Setting aside that giving access to your work machine comes with other risks. If others can sign in, to begin with, they’ll likely be more tempted to try. Even if you’ve asked them not to. And there are a number of things that can go wrong with that. Whether increasing the risk of damage to your work computer. Or something else. Conversely, you may want to limit a new Chromebook for another common reason. Namely, maybe the Chromebook is meant for school work for a child in the home. In which case, you’d either want to limit its use to yourself and the child. Or just to the child. Rather than allowing all of the child’s friends and other family members to sign in. What’s more, you may want to restrict use to a specific set of users. Or enhance privacy by removing profile images and usernames from appearing on the sign-in page at all. Whatever the reasons you might have for restricting or otherwise altering sign-ins on the Chromebook in question, this guide can help. So let’s dig in.
Here’s how you can turn off Guest Mode on your Chromebook
Getting guest mode turned off is likely the first place you’ll want to start with your Chromebook. And that’s fairly easy to accomplish too. As are the other steps here. In fact, they’re all housed within the same menu, even. So this first set of steps will help you readily find the remaining methods for restricting device access too.
You can also restrict sign-in outright
Conversely, you may simply want to turn off sign-ins that aren’t associated with a specific account. Or specific accounts. And that’s easy enough to find as well as manage.
Or turn off usernames and profile images
The final adjustment that can be made on the “Manage other people” menu is one that allows for more privacy. That’s as opposed to necessarily increasing security for your Chromebook. Although, to a certain extent, it can accomplish that task as well. And that’s because it allows you to effectively turn off usernames and profile images on the log-in page itself. That means, in effect, that anybody who happens to gain access to your Chromebook won’t be able to see the usernames associated with it. Or, for that matter, who the Chromebook belongs to — if you’ve got a real image set to your profile image.
