If you want to go beyond the basic capabilities of your Chromebook, though, you’ll have to enable Chrome OS Developer Mode. This post will explain exactly how to do that, and what to be aware of.

How to enable Developer Mode in ChromeOS The first thing you need to know is that turning on Developer Mode wipes your login information and any locally stored data.

Therefore, back up all important files before you enable the developer mode. To enable developer mode on a Chromebook running Chrome OS, follow these steps: Turn off your Chromebook.

Google’s Chrome OS is designed to be a relatively secure, simple operating system that’s easy to use and hard to mess up. But you can run stable channel, beta channel, or dev channel software ...

If Chromebooks are too simple for you, turn on ChromeOS Developer Mode for more customization options. We explain what Developer Mode is and give a tutorial on how to turn the feature on and off.