Manage Windows kiosks

Knox Manage implements the native kiosk functionality in Windows 10/11 to provide deployment and provisioning of your Windows devices as kiosks.

Windows kiosks are split between two types — single-app and multi-app. Single-app kiosks continuously run one app in full screen, while multi-app kiosks offer a selection of apps that the device user can choose from. Here's a detailed feature breakdown between the two:

	Single-app Windows kiosk	Multi-app Windows kiosk
Supported platforms	Windows 10/11	Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, or Education Non-admin account
Supported app types	Microsoft Edge1 or Kiosk Browser Microsoft Store (UWP) apps	Kiosk Browser Microsoft Store (UWP) apps Win32 apps
User entry point	Session welcome screen	App grid
User interface	Single web browser or app	Desktop with taskbar
Login	Automatic	Automatic
Access to Downloads directory	No	Yes

¹ Requires Windows 10 version 1809 or higher.

Single-app kiosk interface

A single-app Windows kiosk provides a full-screen interface of either a web browser or an app, with no multi-tasking capability. Here's an example of a single-app kiosk interface using Microsoft Edge:

Multi-app kiosk interface

A multi-app kiosk offers a desktop-like interface, with a curated selection of apps, multi-tasking capability, and a taskbar:

Kiosk use cases and experiences

There are four kiosk experiences for your device users that you can choose from, depending on the use case:

Example use case	Core experience	Scope
Public browsing terminal	Session-based web browser	Web browser only, with unrestricted browsing.
Employee inventory management terminal	App	Single Microsoft Store (UWP) app.
Public price check terminal	Session-based web browser	Web browser only, with access to approved web pages only.
Sign	Persistent web browser	Web browser only, restricted to one web page and with user interaction blocked.

When the core experience is a web browser, you can choose between two browsers:

1. Microsoft Edge Browser with two InPrivate browsing modes available:

   • Public Browsing Mode — An unrestricted browsing mode where most web browser features are available. The user can end the session, which clears the browsing data.
   • Digital/Interactive Signage Mode — A non-browsing mode limited to one web page where the user can't exit the session.
2. Microsoft's Kiosk Browser² which provides a standard browsing experience, customization of the browser buttons, and the option of restricting web page access to specific sites.

² Not to be confused with the Knox Manage Kiosk Browser.

See also

• Set up a Windows kiosk