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On a scale of 1-10, how risky is this?

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It all depends on what you decide to do when in Developer Mode. For example, doing things such as changing your OS may result in damage to your setup, whilst doing something more simple is less risky. However, it also depends on how much you know about the task you are going to complete. It's really all up to the person.

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What if I do it on a school Chromebook?

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You'd probably get in trouble. Don't do it. It can be difficult to revert back to being school-managed.

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What do you do if your Chromebook says something along the lines of "you are not allowed to use developer mode because your administrator blocked it"?

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You can't enable developer mode, so you can contact your school, or whoever manages your Chromebook to get permission to do this.

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It keeps saving the page as a bookmark when I press CTRL D, what can I do?

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That is because control + D is the keyboard shortcut to save a bookmark. You can disable this in the settings of your web browser.

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If you choose to disable Developer Mode after making the changes you want to make, will those changes carry over outside Developer Mode or not?

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No, these changes will revert to their original state before developer mode was enabled.

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My Chromebook doesn’t seem to have a power button at the top of the keyboard, is there any other way around going into development mode?

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If you go to where the time is, you can either sign out or power off your Chromebook.

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