diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/network/MobileNetworkListFragment.java b/src/com/android/settings/network/MobileNetworkListFragment.java
index c90827e6556..4690a288154 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/network/MobileNetworkListFragment.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/network/MobileNetworkListFragment.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package com.android.settings.network;
 
 import android.app.settings.SettingsEnums;
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.os.UserManager;
 import android.provider.SearchIndexableResource;
 
 import com.android.settings.R;
@@ -66,5 +67,10 @@ public class MobileNetworkListFragment extends DashboardFragment {
                     result.add(sir);
                     return result;
                 }
+
+                @Override
+                protected boolean isPageSearchEnabled(Context context) {
+                    return context.getSystemService(UserManager.class).isAdminUser();
+                }
             };
 }
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/network/telephony/MobileNetworkSettings.java b/src/com/android/settings/network/telephony/MobileNetworkSettings.java
index f8e5c3a518f..838aa12f95f 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/network/telephony/MobileNetworkSettings.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/network/telephony/MobileNetworkSettings.java
@@ -277,5 +277,11 @@ public class MobileNetworkSettings extends RestrictedDashboardFragment {
                     result.add(sir);
                     return result;
                 }
+
+                /** suppress full page if user is not admin */
+                @Override
+                protected boolean isPageSearchEnabled(Context context) {
+                    return context.getSystemService(UserManager.class).isAdminUser();
+                }
             };
 }
diff --git a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/network/MobileNetworkListFragmentTest.java b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/network/MobileNetworkListFragmentTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a65ff24f455
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/network/MobileNetworkListFragmentTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.settings.network;
+
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.os.UserManager;
+
+import com.android.settings.search.BaseSearchIndexProvider;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
+import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner;
+import org.robolectric.util.ReflectionHelpers;
+
+
+@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner.class)
+public class MobileNetworkListFragmentTest {
+    @Mock
+    private Context mContext;
+    @Mock
+    private UserManager mUserManager;
+
+    private MobileNetworkListFragment mFragment;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
+        mFragment = new MobileNetworkListFragment();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void isPageSearchEnabled_adminUser_shouldReturnTrue() {
+        when(mContext.getSystemService(UserManager.class)).thenReturn(mUserManager);
+        when(mUserManager.isAdminUser()).thenReturn(true);
+        final BaseSearchIndexProvider provider =
+                (BaseSearchIndexProvider) mFragment.SEARCH_INDEX_DATA_PROVIDER;
+
+        final Object obj = ReflectionHelpers.callInstanceMethod(provider, "isPageSearchEnabled",
+                ReflectionHelpers.ClassParameter.from(Context.class, mContext));
+        final boolean isEnabled = (Boolean) obj;
+
+        assertThat(isEnabled).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void isPageSearchEnabled_nonAdminUser_shouldReturnFalse() {
+        when(mContext.getSystemService(UserManager.class)).thenReturn(mUserManager);
+        when(mUserManager.isAdminUser()).thenReturn(false);
+        final BaseSearchIndexProvider provider =
+                (BaseSearchIndexProvider) mFragment.SEARCH_INDEX_DATA_PROVIDER;
+
+        final Object obj = ReflectionHelpers.callInstanceMethod(provider, "isPageSearchEnabled",
+                ReflectionHelpers.ClassParameter.from(Context.class, mContext));
+        final boolean isEnabled = (Boolean) obj;
+
+        assertThat(isEnabled).isFalse();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/network/telephony/MobileNetworkSettingsTest.java b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/network/telephony/MobileNetworkSettingsTest.java
index a999a9ee1cf..4afe0fc1e05 100644
--- a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/network/telephony/MobileNetworkSettingsTest.java
+++ b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/network/telephony/MobileNetworkSettingsTest.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import android.app.usage.NetworkStatsManager;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.net.NetworkPolicyManager;
 import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.os.UserManager;
 import android.provider.Settings;
 import android.telephony.TelephonyManager;
 
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ import androidx.fragment.app.FragmentActivity;
 import com.android.settings.core.FeatureFlags;
 import com.android.settings.datausage.DataUsageSummaryPreferenceController;
 import com.android.settings.development.featureflags.FeatureFlagPersistent;
+import com.android.settings.search.BaseSearchIndexProvider;
 import com.android.settings.testutils.shadow.ShadowEntityHeaderController;
 import com.android.settings.widget.EntityHeaderController;
 import com.android.settingslib.core.AbstractPreferenceController;
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
 import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner;
 import org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment;
 import org.robolectric.annotation.Config;
+import org.robolectric.util.ReflectionHelpers;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -135,4 +138,34 @@ public class MobileNetworkSettingsTest {
         mFragment.onActivityResult(REQUEST_CODE_DELETE_SUBSCRIPTION, 0, null);
         verify(mActivity).finish();
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void isPageSearchEnabled_adminUser_shouldReturnTrue() {
+        final UserManager userManager = mock(UserManager.class);
+        when(mContext.getSystemService(UserManager.class)).thenReturn(userManager);
+        when(userManager.isAdminUser()).thenReturn(true);
+        final BaseSearchIndexProvider provider =
+                (BaseSearchIndexProvider) mFragment.SEARCH_INDEX_DATA_PROVIDER;
+
+        final Object obj = ReflectionHelpers.callInstanceMethod(provider, "isPageSearchEnabled",
+                ReflectionHelpers.ClassParameter.from(Context.class, mContext));
+        final boolean isEnabled = (Boolean) obj;
+
+        assertThat(isEnabled).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void isPageSearchEnabled_nonAdminUser_shouldReturnFalse() {
+        final UserManager userManager = mock(UserManager.class);
+        when(mContext.getSystemService(UserManager.class)).thenReturn(userManager);
+        when(userManager.isAdminUser()).thenReturn(false);
+        final BaseSearchIndexProvider provider =
+                (BaseSearchIndexProvider) mFragment.SEARCH_INDEX_DATA_PROVIDER;
+
+        final Object obj = ReflectionHelpers.callInstanceMethod(provider, "isPageSearchEnabled",
+                ReflectionHelpers.ClassParameter.from(Context.class, mContext));
+        final boolean isEnabled = (Boolean) obj;
+
+        assertThat(isEnabled).isFalse();
+    }
 }