How to allow personal user accounts during specific hours

Problem

You have some sign-in restrictions applying to your devices but you would like to allow your users to sign-in with personal accounts on their ChromeOS devices during specific periods of time.

Environment

  • ChromeOS

Solution

  1. Configure the Device off hours policy to create a weekly schedule to determine at what time users will be able to sign-in with their personal accounts on ChromeOS devices. ​​​​​​
  2. Log in to the Admin console.
  3. Navigate to Menu > Devices > Chrome > Settings > Device.
  4. To apply the setting to all devices, leave the top organizational unit selected. Otherwise, select a child organizational unit.
  5. Scroll down to the Sign-in settings section.
  6. Here you will find the Device off hours policy.