Maximum session duration allowed for remote access connections (Google Chrome Group Policy)

What it does

If this policy is set, remote access connections will automatically disconnect after the number of minutes defined in the policy have elapsed. This does not prevent the client from reconnecting after the maximum session duration has been reached. Setting the policy to a value that is not within the min/max range may prevent the host from starting. This policy does not affect remote support scenarios. This policy has no effect if it is not set. In this case, remote access connections will have no maximum duration on this machine.

What it writes

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry key: Software\Policies\Google\Chrome

Options

Option	Type	Registry value	Allowed values
Maximum session duration allowed for remote access connections	Number (decimal)	`RemoteAccessHostMaximumSessionDurationMinutes`	30 to 10080

Configure and deploy

Choose a state and the option values; the output below is generated from the template for exactly that.

Output could not be generated from the retained template.

History 6 retained releases

155.0.8059.8519 Oct 2026
- Already present in the first release ChangeIntel keeps.

5 later releases left it unchanged.

Template

Internal name: RemoteAccessHostMaximumSessionDurationMinutes
Namespace: Google.Policies.Chrome
Template file: chrome.admx
Release: Google Chrome 156.0.8078.48 · file set 1376a9ec58cd0f91…

Definition, editor controls and support

Definition

<policy class="Both" displayName="$(string.RemoteAccessHostMaximumSessionDurationMinutes)" explainText="$(string.RemoteAccessHostMaximumSessionDurationMinutes_Explain)" key="Software\Policies\Google\Chrome" name="RemoteAccessHostMaximumSessionDurationMinutes" presentation="$(presentation.RemoteAccessHostMaximumSessionDurationMinutes)" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="Google.Policies.Chrome:RemoteAccess" />
      <supportedOn ref="Google.Policies.Chrome:SUPPORTED_WIN7" />
      <elements>
        <decimal id="RemoteAccessHostMaximumSessionDurationMinutes" maxValue="10080" minValue="30" valueName="RemoteAccessHostMaximumSessionDurationMinutes" />
      </elements>
    </policy>

Editor controls

<presentation id="RemoteAccessHostMaximumSessionDurationMinutes" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions"><decimalTextBox refId="RemoteAccessHostMaximumSessionDurationMinutes">Maximum session duration allowed for remote access connections:</decimalTextBox></presentation>

Supported platforms and category

Google.Policies.Chrome:category:RemoteAccess
<category displayName="$(string.RemoteAccess_group)" name="RemoteAccess" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="Google.Policies.Chrome:googlechrome" />
    </category>
Google.Policies.Chrome:category:googlechrome
<category displayName="$(string.googlechrome)" name="googlechrome" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="Google.Policies:Cat_Google" />
    </category>
Google.Policies.Chrome:definition:SUPPORTED_WIN7
<definition displayName="$(string.SUPPORTED_WIN7)" name="SUPPORTED_WIN7" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
Google.Policies:category:Cat_Google
<category displayName="$(string.google)" name="Cat_Google" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
Google.Policies.Chrome:category:RemoteAccess
<category displayName="$(string.RemoteAccess_group)" name="RemoteAccess" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="Google.Policies.Chrome:googlechrome" />
    </category>
<strings><string id="Google.Policies.Chrome:RemoteAccess_group">Remote access</string></strings>
Google.Policies.Chrome:category:googlechrome
<category displayName="$(string.googlechrome)" name="googlechrome" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="Google.Policies:Cat_Google" />
    </category>
<strings><string id="Google.Policies.Chrome:googlechrome">Google Chrome</string></strings>
Google.Policies.Chrome:definition:SUPPORTED_WIN7
<definition displayName="$(string.SUPPORTED_WIN7)" name="SUPPORTED_WIN7" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
<strings><string id="Google.Policies.Chrome:SUPPORTED_WIN7">Microsoft Windows 7 or later</string></strings>
Google.Policies:category:Cat_Google
<category displayName="$(string.google)" name="Cat_Google" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
<strings><string id="Google.Policies:google">Google</string></strings>