Best practice to reset third-party app sessions on Android TV after hotel guest checkout?

doing a factory reset each time would be the only way I could see getting around the problem, a device owner app could do that.

Thank you for the suggestion. A factory reset would technically solve the issue, but it is not operationally feasible in our case. Performing a reset at every checkout would require reinstalling our application and reapplying the entire device configuration, which is too heavy for a hospitality deployment.

I am considering the following approach:

• Devices report to a local backend server.

• The server connects to the devices via ADB over the LAN.

• A technician on site initially authorizes the ADB connection and selects “Always allow from this computer.” After that, the server can connect at any time without prompting for permission again.

• At checkout, the server connects via ADB and executes commands such as:

  adb shell pm clear
  (for example, com.google.android.youtube.tv for YouTube)

• The server then disconnects.

My main concerns are:

• Security implications of using network ADB in production.

• Reliability and potential network-related issues.

• Whether this approach is generally considered bad practice.

IMHO clearing app data is a god idea. Also consider 3rd party apps uninstalling apps installed by the guests.

Note that accounts like the Google/Youtube account are not app specific. Therefore clearing the app data won't affect such accounts.

This post my help to list and delete such accounts: https://stackoverflow.com/a/63453017/150978