topic Re: Photos blocked by admin in Galaxy S23

Sharing photos blocked by admin on work profile

mrvlfan — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 03:39:43 GMT

I was trying to share a photo to someone and clicked switch to work because was just curious what pops up.

Alao was using my one drive app to upload. I clicked on work and got the same thing. Somce its a microsfot app, i don't know if its a microsoft problem or samsung.

Does anyone know what admin its talking about?

Re: Photos blocked by admin

LongHiker — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 18:11:35 GMT

@mrvlfan It looks like you added a work account to your device and the admin of that work account has some strict rules.

One solution is to remove the work account from your device.

Re: Photos blocked by admin

kimberleigh — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 18:33:26 GMT

Unless its a work device.... If it's a work device, your IT team has firewalls that prevent you from going to certain site, files, photos ... etc...

Re: Re: Photos blocked by admin

mrvlfan — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 19:09:14 GMT

Its not though. Just a personal phone

Re: Re: Photos blocked by admin

mrvlfan — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 19:11:26 GMT

I think i did for a job, but i left it and renoved the work email account a lont time ago. Idk where or how to see if there are any extra accounts I'm not using.
Its weird since i don't have any i know of

Re: Re: Photos blocked by admin

LongHiker — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 19:17:22 GMT

@mrvlfan First make sure that the account is completely removed.

Go to phone settings -> Accounts and backup -> Manage accounts and see if the account is listed. If it is, click on it and select Remove.

Then go to phone settings -> Security and privacy -> More security settings -> Device admin apps. Disable (and/or remove) any apps which you don't think should be on that list.

Re: Photos blocked by admin

mrvlfan — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 14:29:06 GMT

Ok thanks. I went to manage accounts . i didn't even know a work account was there. I removed it.
Im in device admin apps. I don't see any that shouldn't be there.
There isn't an option remove any. When i click on one it just had Cancel, uninstall or activate. Im not sure what that section is for.
Does that mean these admin apps can take control of your phone?

Re: Photos blocked by admin

mrvlfan — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 20:01:58 GMT

Its strange. I removed the work account in my ohone settings. When i go to my onedrive app to upload a photo a work option still shows up even though i don't have a work account.
Will probably find a Microsoft forum to ask

Re: Re: Re: Photos blocked by admin

realaud — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 20:42:29 GMT

Just FYI whenever you leave a job that you allow to put an administrator on your phone, you should contact the IT dept to have them properly delete it. Or, better yet, if you get a job that makes you have an admin account on it, get them to supply a work phone, or purchase a cheap phone for work. I'm not giving control of my phone to anyone.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Photos blocked by admin

mrvlfan — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 20:55:54 GMT

Whats wrird is i didn't allow ajy administrators to put anything on my phone.
Ive had a work email before that us signed into, but removed it afterwards.
So im not sure what it admin its talking about

Re: Re: Photos blocked by admin

realaud — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 21:03:57 GMT

It's possible some companies automatically do it once you connect to their network or utilize their apps, like email. You would have probably had to grant permission for it, but if it was so long ago, you either probably don't remember doing it, or thought you were just acknowledging use of the email. Ticked me off once when I logged into a work email account from my home computer and then found out my browser was now being managed by my organization.

Re: Re: Re: Photos blocked by admin

mrvlfan — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 21:14:28 GMT

It must have happened automatically i connected to some network and acknowledgeduse of an email. Don't remember at all ans wish i could remember what or how.
Were u able ro remove the work email?
How did they manage your browser just by signing in?

Re: Re: Re: Re: Photos blocked by admin

realaud — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 21:22:36 GMT

It was a government agency. It was not a major management issue, they just took control of my print spooler to make sure anything I printed from the email account would be directed to my default printer. You wouldn't believe how many people just hit print, don't look at which printer they are sending things to and end up sending the print job somewhere it was not intended. It was the principle, though, that they took any control over my home computer -- but it was only the particular browser I had logged in on. No other part of my computer or any other browser was affected.

Re: Photos blocked by admin

mrvlfan — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 21:24:52 GMT

How weird how that works. Were u able to removue the work email and get control of the browser again?

Re: Re: Photos blocked by admin

realaud — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 15:07:28 GMT

The browser modification is apparently permanent, but since it doesn't affect anything, it doesnt bother my activities, just irks me that it's there at all. I mostly use an different browser.

Re: Photos blocked by admin

mrvlfan — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 00:15:21 GMT

So i went to manage accounts ams removed fhe work one. Yet when i try to share a photo, it still shows a work option id like to remove .
So does anyone have any other ideas?
Otherwise i might call samsung aupport.

Re: Photos blocked by admin

mrvlfan — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 16:04:47 GMT

It sill shows am oprion to switch a work account whe sharing a photo from photos app, outlook email or one drive. I removed my work accounts. So i don't get why its still there.
I might talk to Microsoft support next

Re: Photos blocked by admin

Tomyy50 — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 16:45:20 GMT

Hello and good evening I had this problem too did you talk with Samsung or Microsoft?

Re: Sharing photos blocked by admin on work profile

crossie — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 06:41:23 GMT

I've the same issue saying i don't have e permission to access personal jnfo and to contact administrator. I've never had any work on my personal phone. Gone to all the settings above and nothings there. It only began late last year after a system update. So frustrating

Re: Photos blocked by admin

realaud — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 14:28:18 GMT

Was your phone added to an administrative network when your work accounts were set up? Are you no longer with the operation that put the admin on? If you left, did you make sure they removed your phone from their control? Just deleting the work accounts does not eliminate the administrative control, the administrator has to release your device. If you still work at the place that has the admin rights, ask them to release the device.

I no longer work, but if I ever had a job where a company wanted control of my device, they would have to supply the device. I am never giving control of my personal device to anyone.