Limit where an app can be opened

Limit where a work app can be opened by choosing the places and networks for it.

When to use this

Steps

  1. Open Applications in the menu on the left.

    The applications page, with the menu on the left
  2. Open MANAGE APPLICATIONS at the top of the page.

    The applications page, with its tabs at the top
  3. Click the row of the app whose access you want to limit.

    The list of apps your company has added
  4. Further down the page that opens, turn on Location Control.

    The app's page, with switches that control how the app can be used
  5. Click SELECT GEOFENCE + below Location Control. A list of places opens.

    The location switch turned on, with a button for choosing places below it
  6. Click Select next to the place where the app may open.

    A window listing the places you can choose, with none picked yet
  7. Click APPLY at the bottom of the window.

    The same window, with one place picked and shown on the right
  8. If the app should also open only from your company network, turn on IP Based Control.

    The app's page, with the place you picked shown under the location switch
  9. Click SELECT NETWORK + below IP Based Control. A list of networks opens.

    The network switch turned on, with a button for choosing networks below it
  10. Click Select next to the network the app may open from.

    A window listing the networks you can choose, with none picked yet
  11. Click APPLY at the bottom of the window.

    The same window, with one network picked and shown on the right
  12. Click save changes at the bottom right of the page.

    The bottom of the app's page, with the place and network you picked
  13. Check that the switches you turned on are on, with what you picked shown below each one.

    The app's access settings, with the location and network switches turned on

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