Upcoming change: Admins now have more control over Profile fields, and changes to the Contacts On/Off setting

Modified on Mon, 5 Jun, 2017 at 11:41 AM

On June 26, 2017, Google Team is releasing some changes that will bring user profile management under the direct control of G Suite admins, starting with the Name, Photo, Gender, and Birthday fields. Whereas end users could previously only edit these fields if they had upgraded to Google+, these new controls let admins decide which profile fields can be edited by end users, independent of Google+ status. Additionally, they are renaming the Contacts setting to Directory in order to better describe the functionality and, as such, the Contacts on/off setting within it will be removed.


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