How To Enable Developer Mode On A Chromebook - DOES NOT WORK ON A SCHOOL CHROMEBOOK - Dev Mode 

How To Turn On Developer Mode On Your Chromebook Works In 2024 Does Not Work On A School Chromebook. Chromebooks at Amazon amzn.to/3OqtLYV In this video I show you how to switch on developer mode on a Chromebook. This is also sometimes called Dev Mode on a Chromebook. This method still works in 2024. Regarding how to turn on developer mode on a school Chromebook. This can’t be done as the school will have the Chromebook locked down under an administrator account and will be controlled by the school’s Google account administrator. Also, if you have a Chromebook that has any administrator account control on it, you can not turn on developer mode on a Chromebook like this either. TIP FOR BUYING A USED CHROMEBOOK: When buying a used Chromebook make sure that it is not under any administrator control. If it is ask the person who you are buying it from to unlock the Chromebook first and then check it to make sure. To check it, just go through what I show you in this video to turn on developer mode on the Chromebook. Even if you’re not interested in developer mode on the Chromebook, going through the process will definitely let you know if the Chromebook has been unlocked. Because if the Chromebook allows you to turn on developer mode, this will mean that it is unlocked. You don’t have to continue into the final step to activate developer mode on the Chromebook, you can just restart the Chromebook without allowing it to complete the developer mode setup and it will boot into ChromeOS in regular mode without developer mode. THINGS TO DO BEFORE TURNING ON DEVELOPER MODE ON YOUR CHROMEBOOK: Don’t forget to back up any important data on your Chromebook before turning on developer mode, as developer mode will format the Chromebook’s storage and wipe all the data off of it, or as Google it, a Power Wash. So if you have any important data or files, such as photos, videos, music, documents etc. Do a backup of these files to your cloud storage or an external storage drive. You can always copy these files back to your Chromebook after you have added your account on it after turning on developer mode. Also, don’t forget that developer mode will allow you to install APK files, which are the app installer files, that didn’t come from the Google Play Store. This means that the APK files have not been checked for viruses etc. So just be very careful with what you install onto your Chromebook once it is in developer mode. AMAZON ASSOCIATE DISCLOSURE: I am an Amazon Associate. My Amazon links are Amazon affiliate links. I earn from qualifying purchases when you use my Amazon affiliate links. The stuff I mostly use to produce my videos: Cameras: Sony FDR-AX100 geni.us/SONY-FDR-AX100 Sony ZV-1 geni.us/SONY-ZV-1 Sony A7iii geni.us/Sony-A7-iii GoPro Hero 11 geni.us/GoProHero11Black-USA DJI Action 2 geni.us/DJI_Action-2 Microphones & Preamps: Sennheiser ME64 with K6 geni.us/Sennheiser-K6-And-ME64 Various RODE Microphones geni.us/Rode-Microphones Behringer U-Phoria UMC2020HD geni.us/BehringerUMC202HD HDMI Capture Device: Atomos Ninja V geni.us/Atomos-Ninja-V Computer & Software: Apple MacBook Pro M1 Max geni.us/MacBook-Pro-M1-Max Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Studio geni.us/DaViniciResolveStudio You can also send me a coffee donation via PayPal www.paypal.me/DavidHarry My RU-vid equipment & recommendations: Amazon USA amzn.to/3g2Oi3i Amazon UK amzn.to/2ZR6IOV My Amazon Shop links: Amazon USA www.amazon.com/shop/davidharry Amazon UK www.amazon.co.uk/shop/davidharry My global Amazon links: Amazon USA: geni.us/Amazon-USA Amazon UK: geni.us/Amazon-UK Amazon Deutschland: geni.us/Amazon-Deutschland Amazon France: geni.us/Amazon-France Amazon España: geni.us/Amazon-Espana Amazon Italia: geni.us/Amazon-Italia Amazon Canada: geni.us/Amazon-Canada Contact me for product reviews. RU-vid@DavidHarry.com www.DavidHarry.com I’m David Harry. Thank you very much for watching this video, take care and goodbye now. Cheers, Dave. #Chromebook#ChromebookDeveloperMode#DevMode

David's still responding to comments 2 years later, what a legend.

I enabled and disabled it and just added my normal account, not my school account. Now my device isn't managed by the school anymore. Thanks! Edit 2 years later: Apologies, I forgot to mention I was leaving the school and I owned the Chromebook. DO NOT DO TURN ON DEVELOPER MODE ON A SCHOOL CHROMEBOOK YOU DO NOT OWN. I had been sick on the day they showed us how to remove our accounts and I resorted to RU-vid videos to figure out on my own.

A few years later and this is still really useful, thanks bro

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I'm glad I watched this video, I was going to install an emulator apk app for Gamecube emulator but when I heard that doing this involves wiping my entire chromebook clean, I decided against it before it was too late so thanks for the tip. I'm not going to format my entire computer for one emulator, it's not worth it

This actually worked! Ive been scrolling for hours and no luck thank you man!

Thank you brother. You sound like old dude off how to train dragon

Why is he warning us not to do it like we're gonna listen

Great step by step, I couldn't even see the refresh button 😂😂😂😂 Cheers👍👍

lets all be honest, we searched this up LMAOOOO

The beeping legit scared the heck out of me. Defs woke up my dog

This guy is a legend, clear and straight forward instructions, thank you.

In Quarantine, there's no way they'll be able to have us return these. I'm breaking out of admin settings.

My school is sneaky. They know all the trick and won’t let me do any of it.

Thank you very much! I did the procedure but I was avoiding turning off the device because of the initialization with beeps calling attention in classes 😂 Now I know how to skip this 😂

omg i while i was doing it, the beeping was really loud and literally gave me a mini heart attack

well good thing I watched this video before doing it, I had no idea it would wipe out my Chromebook files and data lol

"DO NOT TURN ON DEVELOPER MODE ON A SCHOOL CHROMEBOOK" -*me just doing it to break free from school blocked websites

Can you show us how to install windows 10 on a chromebook

why does switching to developer mode have to delete the files on the system?

OML THE BEEPING SCARED ME HALF TO DEATH EVEN THOUGH HE SAID IT WOULD HAPPEN

Ya girl needs minecarft ya know

Thank you so much at first I thought it was sketchy with the count down and stuff but it actually worked! Thank youu

i'm doing it cuz, i want to watch free movies on a website i found.

I was following without the audio and didn't expect the beeps- out of no where those beeps went like "B E E P B E E P" and I nearly had a heart attack-

Sir my chrome book showing (your systerm is transitioning) but it shows on popup (developer mode is disable on this device by system policy.😢

THANK YOU DO MUCHHH NOW I CAN FINALLT PLAY MY FAVORITE GAMESSS

Class of 2020 ya dig. Got this chrome book from school I'm basically graduated, so I'm not worried🤣

For real tho Imma do this on every computer at school 😂

*....* Anyone else jump when your chromebook beeped twice?

I'm doing this for aptoide, anyone else?

I absolutely love this channel and everything you do on here, I’ve subbed and will keep an eye on your page. Thank you for making quality videos, this was really helpful!

Finally found somebody with the same last name on RU-vid😩 Neat bro, where u from though?

Thanks bro. This was so helpful because I was downloading a apk and it gave me a message saying turn your chromebook into dev mode. So thanks.

Great explanation! I just have a doubt about it tho. If my Chromebook is managed by someone else, does this process remove that administration so that I can activate Linux I've got to activate it, but I don't exactly know if I have to reset it or if there's another method to do so

sorry David im so scared to do this and thanks for sharing ur brain to us

dude thank you so much for telling me that this wipes everything I was about to go in blindly but I just watched a video just in case I could have lost everything if it wasn't for you.

hi, i have issues, the version os looks different than yours, the Ctrl+D doesn't work...

i like that your warning are the exact reasons why i'm enabling dev mode lol

How do you turn off the alert it sends each time you power up your chrome book.

Thanks to this man for solving my problem that was quite difficult to solve... Thanks 👍

DON'T DO THIS ON A SCHOOL CHROMEBOOK Me: Opp-

Very informative and thx for the explanation! I'm sure you just saved tons of people from losing their data

I did this to a school chrome book 📚 and told them it was you who taught me

"DO NOT TURN DEVELOPER MOD ON A SCHOOL CHROMEBOOK" *Me: Already done it.*

Thank you, it helps to know someone knows what there doing!😁

Just spent ages trying to do others ctrl refresh tutorials and this is the only one that worked on my axed 315. Thank you so much. Fr fr

I accidentally put it in developer mode how do I turn it back on

Ok... I was going to do this for an among us apk mod menu but now I changed my mind. Thanks.

Thank you so much, I've been wondering how to do this for quite some time!

You just got a sub this video really helped everyone else's videos made no sense but yours did 😁

Thank you! I got to download an Chinese education app for my son to learn. But could you tell me, it the setting a one-time setting, or it lasts forever? I mean, if next time, I want do download another app out of google play, do I need to do it again or I don’t need to? Thank you!

It works! Thanks David Harry!

So I came back to this video bc I remembered I forgot to like it when I got a chrome book back on last Christmas, I'm just now realizing he has pokemon music as the background music that or I'm just mistaken

Thank you so much I've been trying to do this for so long so i could download my stuff

Still works! You're a legend

1 min in and I've decided not to do it... thanks I'm sure the rest of the video is a very good...

Omg dude thank you so much this helped me so much I was getting something and came back to this this helped a lot thank you!🙏🙏🙏🙏

Can I download Minecraft if I turn on developer mode?

Thank you so, so much for this tutorial! I get your warnings (which are not boring at ALL because you just want to warn and give us caution). Thanks again!

I did this for games :D Thank you so much this video was really helpful!!!

I just got a Samsung Chromebook Go and I knew that I needed to put it in developer mode right away.

No one: **My school uses dell**

thank you very much man for the warning which you gave, thank you very much

This is way to useful, thank you David! Now I can install things from other webpages than play store.. Thank you so much.

Whew! Thanks man, I can now play the games I want to play and I’m glad I had everything on a drive.

lmao😂 i'm fr bouta do this to all my friends at school

Thanks for the tutorial but I did everything what did you did but I have a problem when I turn on randomly pops OS verification why?

When I do this it says in corner, "Developer mode is disabled due to system policy."

I’m sad😞I’m not gonna do it, I’m scared my schools gonna find out or something bad will happen I just wish there was a way to by pass my schools blocks so I can’t get games and a good video editor.

I clicked on the video because all I saw was How To Turn On Developer Mode - DO NOT TURN DEVELOPER MODE and was like wa-what? The full title has clarified everything lol.

I’m trying to download Sims 4😂

"only do this if you know exactly what your doing" me wanting to install a my melody version of among us

Mine doesn't do that after the verification part, it goes straight back to chrome os is missing g or damaged screen, think you could help?

I did this and my dad went on my computer and reset it again

Lol i opened linux and my classmates think im a proper hacker 😂😂

Now I Can Finally Get Tattletail on My Chrome Book Thanks For This Information!

ok, so i have a chrome book from school. and since we’re getting new chrome books for next year,, will it affect the new chrome book i’m getting? like with my school email.

Is there anyway to make it so you dont have to press ctrl+D everytime it boots up? Like is there an option somewhere in the settings, or?

I dropped out and they never asked for the computer back nearly 1 year later so now I have a free.chromoebook thanks to this video

Hey, I turned on developer mode and I can't seem to download anything on google?

"only do it if you know exactly what you are doing" me just wanting to get srb2 on my chromebook

Thank you for this clear video :D I have a Chromebook laying around that my company just told us to discard after they switched back to normal Windows operated laptops... Will give it a try and give an update after ;)

Developer mode is disabled by system policy 🥺

This video is very educational. Good job.

Time to put this on my school Chromebook 😈😈😈

thank you for telling me i was going to turn it into developer mod just to play mindcraft , not going to do it now . thanks

Thank you very much! It really worked I thought this was a trick but this was very helpful🥳🙌🏼

hey i have a home chromebook but my school account is on this chromebook, im doing this to get a mod for a game on my normal account, will this wipe the data from my school account and my current account too? because i need the school account

My school has disabled Developer mode, how do I enable it?

Thank you this was very helpful!

Would developer mode make a difference for older chromebooks that can't download games from play store?

thank you so much much this has helped me big time five thumbs up

Is there a option to disable the beep beep sound when i start up my chromebook

What if your chrome book is disabled and you can only read firmware? How do I enable developer mode then?

*Me seeing the warnings* Eh it will be fine *My Storage* Bish no

Thanks for the advice at the start

my lil bro had tryed this on his school cumputer in it worked but he still gave it back to the school he nice

Omg this actually worked