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How to Require Admin Activation Approval for Google Workspace Mobile Sync

Quick and easy-to-follow guide for Google Workspace administrators

You can prevent users on computers and laptops, Android, or iOS devices from accessing Google Workspace account data without admin approval.

What are the requirements to set up admin approval for mobile devices

How to require admin approval for mobile devices to access Google Workspace data step-by-step with images

Step 1

How To Require Admin Activation Approval For Google Workspace Mobile Sync - Step 1

In Google Admin at https://admin.google.com, click Devices > Mobile & endpoints > Settings > Universal settings in the menu on the left.

Step 2

How To Require Admin Activation Approval For Google Workspace Mobile Sync - Step 2

Select Security.

Step 3

How To Require Admin Activation Approval For Google Workspace Mobile Sync - Step 3

Click Device approvals.

Step 4

How To Require Admin Activation Approval For Google Workspace Mobile Sync - Step 4

Check the box Require admin approval and specify the email address that will receive approval requests. 

Click SAVE. It may take up to 24 hours before the setting starts working.

From now on, when someone tries adding their Google Workspace account to a mobile device, they’ll get a message that the domain admin must approve them, as shown step by step below.

Step 5

How To Require Admin Activation Approval For Google Workspace Mobile Sync - Step 5

To approve or reject devices

In Google Admin at https://admin.google.com, click Devices > Mobile & endpoints > Device approvals in the menu on the left.

Step 6

How To Require Admin Activation Approval For Google Workspace Mobile Sync - Step 6

You will see a list of devices pending approval. 

Check the box to the left of a device to select it and then above the devices list, click the three dots on the top right and choose APPROVE DEVICES to allow the device to have a Google Workspace profile synced, or DELETE DEVICES to reject the request. 

Step 7

How To Require Admin Activation Approval For Google Workspace Mobile Sync - Step 7

You can also click Email Users to send an email message to the person trying to sync.

How To Require Admin Activation Approval For Google Workspace Mobile Sync - Step 8

Click Block Devices to prevent devices from syncing while still keeping them in your devices listed as Blocked.

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