+3Hi all,
I'm the only Jamf admin for my company and have been asked to removed a specific Chrome extension from all our Macs across 9 locations. Is there a way AI can do this without physically going to all locations and removing it one by one? I saw a few posts, but I'm a newbie and don't know where to even start. Thanks in advance!
Best answer by Shyamsundar
you can deploy a Chrome restriction profile with ExtensionInstallBlocklist, Which will block the user from installing this extension, and also if this extension is already installed it will be blocked
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>ExtensionInstallBlocklist</key>
<array>
<string>yourExtensionID here</string>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
please refer the below link for more information
https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/#ExtensionInstallBlocklist
+13you can deploy a Chrome restriction profile with ExtensionInstallBlocklist, Which will block the user from installing this extension, and also if this extension is already installed it will be blocked
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>ExtensionInstallBlocklist</key>
<array>
<string>yourExtensionID here</string>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
please refer the below link for more information
https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/#ExtensionInstallBlocklist
+13If you know the id of the extension you can look for the associated .json file in the user profile under /Users/[username]/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/External Extensions/ and remove it, forcing chrome to quit and relaunch. It may come back without a blocking profile but it's a start.
+26*I meant to put I, not AI
I was going to make a joke about not relying on AI to do anything lol.
You just need to make a configuration profile that has a blocklist payload for chrome and put the ID for the profile you want to remove in it and deploy. This will force remove the extension from all devices. @Shyamsundar is comment is spot on.
+3you can deploy a Chrome restriction profile with ExtensionInstallBlocklist, Which will block the user from installing this extension, and also if this extension is already installed it will be blocked
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>ExtensionInstallBlocklist</key>
<array>
<string>yourExtensionID here</string>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
please refer the below link for more information
https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/#ExtensionInstallBlocklist
I'm still confused. I don't understand how to create this plist into a JSON custom scheme. I do have the extension ID. Sorry for any confusion, I've been thrown into this new position and we've only had Jamf for a year and I've been the only one working on things to benefit our workflow and environment so I'm also learning as I go
+13I'm still confused. I don't understand how to create this plist into a JSON custom scheme. I do have the extension ID. Sorry for any confusion, I've been thrown into this new position and we've only had Jamf for a year and I've been the only one working on things to benefit our workflow and environment so I'm also learning as I go
Just copy and paste the above Plist file in Application and Custom Payload in the Configuration profile replace the Extension ID and give the name as com.google.Chrome.plist and deploy it
+3you can deploy a Chrome restriction profile with ExtensionInstallBlocklist, Which will block the user from installing this extension, and also if this extension is already installed it will be blocked
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>ExtensionInstallBlocklist</key>
<array>
<string>yourExtensionID here</string>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
please refer the below link for more information
https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/#ExtensionInstallBlocklist
I got it to work. Thank you so much for your help! Still a newbie so I really appreciate it!
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