topic Students ability to clear history on managed devices in Peer-Peer Topics

Students ability to clear history on managed devices

tneuser — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 14:46:16 GMT

We currently have our devices set up for students that they cannot clear their browser history. We have just discovered there is a loophole in this setting. If a student signs into their school account on their phone, they can clear their browsing history. Do you know if there is a way to prevent students from signing into a personal device with their school account? Or is there a setting I need to change to prevent students from being able to clear their history on their personal devices?

Re: Students ability to clear history on managed devices

kaned — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 14:59:54 GMT

We also make an effort to block this.

I'm curious to know what the importance to prevent users from clearing history is...

I am not as concerned about end users doing this because I have a filtering solution in place that logs traffic/history. This is certainly nice to have for a secondary way to show use/history, but I don't rely on this as a tool or single source of data.

Re: Students ability to clear history on managed devices

tneuser — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 15:32:19 GMT

We also have a filter that logs traffic, but teachers don't have access to it. With the device's history, teachers on site can quickly see what the student has been up to.