# Policies

The **Policies** category allows you to create and manage policies. Policies control things such as user access, scheduling, URL filtering, and much more.

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### **Add a policy**

To add a policy:

1. Navigate to the **Policies** category.
2. Click **Add**.
3. Configure the general policy settings:
   * **Name**: The name of the policy.
   * (Optional) **Description**: The description of the policy.
4. Configure settings in the **Profile** section. This section allows you to create an isolation profile based on users, groups, locations, time zones, and so on.
   * (Optional) **Users**: Users affected by this policy. Find the user in the Users drop-down menu and click the Add button to the right. Added users will appear in the list below.
   * (Optional) **Groups**: User groups affected by this policy. Find the group in the **Groups** drop-down menu and click the **Add** button to the right. Added groups will appear in the list below.
   * (Optional) **Active Hours**: The time period when the policy will be active.
   * (Optional) **Location**: Locations where the users are affected by this policy. Find the location in the **Country** drop-down menu and the **Add** button to the right. Added locations will appear in the list below.
5. Configure settings in the **Security controls** section. This section allows you to configure specific use cases or features like preventing uploading or downloading, restricting printing, or blocking a URL.
   * (Optional) **Policy features**: Features that are restricted under the policy.
     * **Disable application**: Disables the application.
     * **Disable printing**: Disables printing from the application.
     * **Disable keyboard**: Disables keyboard usage in the application.&#x20;
     * **Disable downloads**: Disable downloading from the application.
       * Choose the file type extension that you want to specifically disable. E.g., audio files, like `.mp3` or `.wav`.
     * **Disable copy & paste from PBI**: Disables copying from the application.
     * **Disable copy & paste to PBI**: Disables copying to the application.
     * **Disable Uploads**: Disable uploads from the application.
       * Choose the file type extension that you want to specifically disable. E.g., audio files, like `.mp3` or `.wav`.

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**Note:** Currently Downloads and Uploads do not support Drag and Drop Functionality.
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* (Optional) **End user experience**: The indicator that shows that the application is running inside Parallels Browser Isolation.
* (Optional) **Restrict domains**: The URLs that are blocked under the policy. Specify the domain you want to block in the **Block domain** field and click the **Add** button to the right. Added URLs will appear in the list below. You can add several domains simultaneously by clicking the **Add from File** button and selecting a `.csv` file with the list of domains.

1. Click **Save**.
2. To apply the policy to an application, navigate to the [**Applications**](https://docs.parallels.com/landing/pbi-guides/parallels-browser-isolation-administrators-guide/parallels-browser-isolation-interface/applications) category and edit the application accordingly. You can see the list of applications the policy is applied to in the **Usage** section of the policy settings.

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**Note:** If you add or edit a policy for an application that is currently in use, it will not take effect immediately. For the new policy to load, the users will need to close all tabs of the application, wait for five seconds, and open the application again.
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### **Edit a policy**

To edit a policy:

1. Navigate to the **Policies** category.
2. Click the meatball icon (three vertical dots) in the rightmost column and select **Edit**.
3. Edit the policy as desired.
4. Click **Save**.

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**Note:** If you add or edit a policy for an application that is currently in use, it will not take effect immediately. For the new policy to load, the users will need to close all tabs of the application, wait for five seconds, and open the application again.
{% endhint %}

### View policy information

To view policy information:

1. Navigate to the **Policies** category.
2. Click on the policy. A side pane with information opens.

### **Remove a policy**

To remove a policy:

1. Navigate to the **Policies** category.
2. Click the meatball icon (three vertical dots) in the rightmost column and select **Remove**.
3. In the dialog that appears, click **Remove**.


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