Disallowing uninstallation for a particular Play for Work application through a SureMDM profile refers to the process of configuring device settings to prevent users from uninstalling a specific application distributed through Google Play for Work. This can be useful in scenarios where organizations need to ensure that essential applications remain on employees’ devices and cannot be easily removed.
Purpose
The purpose of this knowledge article is to provide a guide on how to disallow uninstallation for a particular Play for Work application through a profile.
Prerequisites
- Supported only for Work Profile and Fully Managed Device Mode of Enrollments with SureMDM Agent version >=27.32.07.
Steps
- Log into the SureMDM Console.
- Navigate to Profiles, select the OS as Android and click on Application Policy.
- Click Add and select Play for Work.
- Select the application that you want to add.
- Enable the Disallow Uninstallation option under the Play Store Application Policy configuration to disallow the uninstallation ability of that particular application for the user.
Note: We can disallow the uninstallation of all the applications present on the enrolled device by enabling “Disable Apps Uninstallation” under system settings in the profile (Works on Device Owner, Profile Owner, and Work Profile Company Owned enrolled devices).
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