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Chromebook Recovery Utility

by google.com

v0.2.3 Updated Feb 16, 2024 1.87MiB
CWS
2M
Users
★ 2.59
2K reviews
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of 207.1K
developer
#10 of 18.1K
⚠️Not updated in over 2 years ⚠️Below average rating 1M+ users

Description

This is a Chrome Extension for the Chromebook Recovery. Use this tool on M55+ Chromebooks, Windows, and Mac devices to create recovery media. Instructions on how to use the tool can be found here: https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/6002417 By installing this item, you agree to the Google Terms of Service and Privacy Policy at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/.
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Reviews (200 cached)

★☆☆☆☆2026-04-01
Bong Quines

canot ger started, unhelpful

★☆☆☆☆2026-03-24
Troy Fugnitti

This never ever works. If there was a way to give a negative number. I would |0|

★☆☆☆☆2026-03-19
Berea Owino

A zero star rating is in order here. No matter where I click on the page the utility launches a duplicate inactive page that does not respond to any other clicks anywhere on the page. It basically is setting the focus in a locked field on a separate page entirely would be my guess.

★☆☆☆☆2026-03-16
Naveed Shahzad

cant get started

★☆☆☆☆2026-03-16
mila

Truly this not reformat your HDD but just erase something. If hacker have your Chromebook compromised, nobody and nothing help you - period. Google even never. If you recover Chromebook, be aware not share your password with others around. It is very simple find out, if chromebook is yours or hackers.

★☆☆☆☆2026-03-15
KinSeng Yong

not working

★☆☆☆☆2026-02-28
Ethan Chandler

did not work maybe if google cared enough the would update it

★☆☆☆☆2026-02-21
Leana MCCAIN

it doesn't work and it hasn't been updated since 2024

★☆☆☆☆2026-02-20
Peter Robinson

pathetic. can not erase and reformat anything once this app has killed your USB device. google's long term persistence to own hardware is untenable, I hope it leads to a worldwide class action

★☆☆☆☆2026-02-17
Zayd Zaman

Would put 0 star if possible. Trying to fix Chromebook that's not working by recovering with a new version. Keeps exiting with the same error code: Unknown error: CHROMEOS_IMAGE_BURNER_ERROR. Please try again. Messed up a perfectly good USB of mine.

★☆☆☆☆2026-02-16
Chuck Poole

It no longer works

★☆☆☆☆2026-02-13
Sebastian Ghenciu

broke my usb

★☆☆☆☆2026-02-11
Gomer Pyle

Fried my USB drive. DONT USE THIS.

★☆☆☆☆2026-02-11
William Hunt

Do not use this if you're trying to make a bootable drive, lost a 128 gb 3.0 USB drive while trying to fix my PC. Though the process ran smoothly when I was still clueless as to whether or not my USB drive would work after the formatting process. Just hoping there's a way I can repair my USB drive now, seeing as it cost me 20$ only to have it be bricked by the extension I was trying to use just to make the damn thing able to install Windows 10 (I used the .bin file renaming method.)

★☆☆☆☆2026-02-09
C Rich

SUCKS RUINED TWO USB DRIVES

★☆☆☆☆2026-02-06
I8Chrome

THIS SUCKS ITS STUCK AT 0% INSTALLING CHROME OS BUT ANY OTHER ISO (which doesn't work on the chromebook annoyingly) WORKS JUST FINE, ONLY CHROME OS.

★☆☆☆☆2026-02-06
Roger Newnham

Locks up, won't download, screen freezes. No clues as to why it won't work.

★☆☆☆☆2026-02-04
susheel kumar

WI FI NOT WORKING

★☆☆☆☆2026-02-02
Patricia Villarreal

"Linux is currently unsupported"

★☆☆☆☆2026-01-29
muaaz

trying to download image on usb drive for an hour still stuck on 0%

★☆☆☆☆2026-01-28
alfian baharuddin

I already tried this more than 6 or 7 times, it kept saying the same thing like "Download interrupted, please check your network connection and try again" again and again, what did I do wrong? My internet connection is perfectly fine. Update: Guys if you already tried like thousand times and still fails, there's no hope anymore. Stop what you're doing it's not worth it but you can use other website to get your file image manually, it's not direct to your USB and the file usually is up to 1gb

★☆☆☆☆2026-01-27
sledman

use rufus (dd mode)if on windows and dd if on Linux but do not use this. if you are ChromeOS just use another pc

★☆☆☆☆2026-01-24
Graham Gibby

How does this launch? This is not my beautiful house... How did I get here?

★☆☆☆☆2026-01-22
GameMaster

not workin at all

★☆☆☆☆2026-01-21
AlexCreeper

why in the actual hell is this an extension, this should be a seperate utility

★☆☆☆☆2026-01-19
Ariel Leslie

Wont go past Chromebook Recovery Utility screen to load to the USB .

★☆☆☆☆2026-01-13
Freeup Tv

not good

★☆☆☆☆2026-01-12
chromebook

Bad

★☆☆☆☆2026-01-09
Thuy Long - Tyler

Not working. Stuck at 0%. Tried on another PC with different wifi - same result.

★☆☆☆☆2026-01-05
hi

no work

★☆☆☆☆2025-12-30
Silicon Logics

USELESS,NOT WORKING

★☆☆☆☆2025-12-30
Rafal D

Says only "Linux is currently unsupported"

★☆☆☆☆2025-12-26
Patrik Belgian

Stuck on creation. Seemingly could not get the image it was looking for.

★☆☆☆☆2025-12-21
Swaleh

stuck at 0% download

★☆☆☆☆2025-12-21
Steve Lowen

The Chromebook Recovery Utility is racking up quite a few bad reviews in the last few weeks. There is obviously a problem with it. Google Tech Support, can you help?

★☆☆☆☆2025-12-17
Landon

stuck at 0% download. Don't use this its a waste of time.

★☆☆☆☆2025-12-17
Dan Chan

Doesn't work. Clicked on Get Started, get a pop-up. Clicked on Get Started on the pop-up, and nothing happens. Why not provide a URL where folks can directly download ChromeOS Flex installer onto a USB?

★☆☆☆☆2025-12-16
Shanna Sweeney

horrible

★☆☆☆☆2025-12-14
Michael Nichols

Its not letting me do anything. click on Get started is as far as I got, then it stops and will not go to the next step.

★☆☆☆☆2025-12-12
comel tak

sucks, stuck at 0%. why make a recovery if it's can' t even download it. I'm urgently need but not helping at all

★☆☆☆☆2025-12-09
Aromax Productions

Currently it stops at 0% Download, for some good weeks,

★☆☆☆☆2025-12-06
mins55 m

its saying my 500gb usb drive is 2 gb

★☆☆☆☆2025-12-01
Haxeeb Mughl

don't work downloading 0% show

★☆☆☆☆2025-11-30
Jeff McNeill

Thanks google, doesn't work at all.

★☆☆☆☆2025-11-29
Joe Schroedl

Horrible. Doesn't write image to any USB drives.

★☆☆☆☆2025-11-27
Angel Pevensey

Chromebook Recovery Utility keep saying this page is not available

★☆☆☆☆2025-11-19
Joseph

Said I have a 3.6gb of space when the drive was empty even though i had 64gb. I even reformatted it

★☆☆☆☆2025-11-18
Cat Prower

said my 8gb usb drive wasnt 8gb

★☆☆☆☆2025-11-18
Jhon Denielle Icawalo

always error

★☆☆☆☆2025-11-17
Shriram Subramanian

it is really bad i cannot create this recovery tool from the extension

Permissions (6)

Permissions

chromeosInfoPrivatefeedbackPrivatefileSystemimageWriterPrivatemetricsPrivate storage Can store data locally in your browser

Details

Version 0.2.3
Updated Feb 16, 2024
Size 1.87MiB
First Seen Apr 1, 2026