Chrome Management API
Chrome Management API
Chrome Management API manages enterprise Chrome browsers and Chrome OS devices — policy deployment, extension control, user activity reports.
Deep integration with Chrome Enterprise suite
Requires Chrome Enterprise or Education license
Enable Chrome Management API in Workspace Admin Console. GET /admin/directory/v1/customer/my_customer/devices/chromeos to list Chromebook devices.
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About this API
Chrome Management is an enterprise Chrome governance tool. If your company issues Chromebooks to employees or mandates Chrome browser with corporate policies (block social media, enforce SSO, restrict extensions), this API is the backend operations entry. Common uses: HR system status changes auto-adjust device state (one-click wipe of departing employees' Chromebooks), bulk-deploy security policies (monthly extension allowlist updates), generate compliance reports (what extensions are installed on employee browsers). Combined with Workspace Admin SDK, covers the full enterprise endpoint-management lifecycle.
What you can build
- 1Enterprise bulk-deploy Chrome policies (block specific sites, enforce HTTPS)
- 2Audit employee browser usage
- 3Control allowed extensions
- 4Hardware inventory (Chromebook asset management)
Strengths & limitations
Strengths
- Deep integration with Chrome Enterprise suite
- Policy control as granular as Organizational Unit (OU)
- Fine-grained audit visibility
Limitations
- Requires Chrome Enterprise or Education license
- Some advanced policies can still only be set in Admin Console UI
Example request
curl https://google.com/<endpoint>Getting started
Enable Chrome Management API in Workspace Admin Console. GET /admin/directory/v1/customer/my_customer/devices/chromeos to list Chromebook devices.
FAQ
Can it manage consumer Chrome browsers?+
No — only enterprise users and Chromebooks within the Workspace domain.
Technical details
- Auth type
- unknown
- Pricing
- unknown
- Protocols
- REST
- SDKs
- python, javascript, go, java
- Response time
- 40 ms
- Last health check
- 5/12/2026, 7:37:30 AM
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