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This page summarizes documentation provided for
PasswordRequirements.PasswordQuality
and represents how passwordRequirements
instances are chosen to be applied based on the device management mode.
- Complexity-based requirements are
COMPLEXITY_LOW,
COMPLEXITY_MEDIUM
and COMPLEXITY_HIGH.
- Quality-based requirements are all other requirements except
PASSWORD_QUALITY_UNSPECIFIED.
Prior to Android 12
Quality-based settings are always selected for all scopes if present.
Android 12 and later
Behavior depends on the device management mode.
Fully managed devices
Device scoped quality-based setting is always applied if present.
Company-owned work profile devices
The first two columns represent which password settings are specified in the
policy. The last two columns represent which password settings are chosen to be
applied.
| Device-scoped setting |
Profile-scoped setting |
Applied device-scoped setting |
Applied profile-scoped setting |
| Complexity & Quality |
Complexity & Quality |
Complexity |
Complexity |
| Complexity & Quality |
Quality |
Quality |
Quality |
| Complexity & Quality |
None |
Quality |
None |
| Quality |
Complexity & Quality |
Not allowed |
| Quality |
Quality |
Quality |
Quality |
| Quality |
None |
Quality |
None |
| None |
Complexity & Quality |
None |
Complexity |
| None |
Quality |
None |
Quality |
| None |
None |
None |
None |
Personally owned work profile devices
The first two columns represent which password settings are specified in the
policy. The last two columns represent which password settings are chosen to be
applied.
| Device-scoped setting |
Profile-scoped setting |
Applied device-scoped setting |
Applied profile-scoped setting |
| Complexity & Quality |
Complexity & Quality |
Complexity |
Complexity |
| Complexity & Quality |
Quality |
Complexity |
Quality |
| Complexity & Quality |
None |
Complexity |
None |
| Quality |
Complexity & Quality |
Not allowed |
| Quality |
Quality |
Complexity (Translated from Quality) |
Quality |
| Quality |
None |
Complexity (Translated from Quality) |
None |
| None |
Complexity & Quality |
None |
Complexity |
| None |
Quality |
None |
Quality |
| None |
None |
None |
None |
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Last updated 2025-07-02 UTC.
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