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Dump ChromeOS Kiosk Apps as Chrome Apps

  1. Enable devmode using sh1mmer
  2. Add your personal Google account
  3. Add your school account
  4. Open a crosh shell (ctrl+alt+T), run shell, go to /home/chronos/(hash of your user account)/extentions/kiosk/ and find the ID that goes with your kiosk apps
KioskID
TestNavmdmkkicfmmkgmpkmkdikhlbggogpicma
SecureTestBrowserhblfbmjdaalalhifaajnnodlkiloengc
NWEAomkghcboodpimaoimdkmigofhjcpmpeb
CollegeBoardjoaneffahikmmipmidpkeedopejmhbbm
  1. Back it up to your downloads folder with cp /home/chronos/(hash of your user account)/extentions/kiosk/(app ID) /home/chronos/<hash of your account id>/Downloads/.
  2. Zip it with the file manager
  3. Go into the folder and edit the manifest.json and delete the line "kiosk_only" : true"
  4. Backup the folder anywhere you would like, USB, Google Drive, it doesn’t matter
  5. Unenroll again and go to any user
  6. Copy the backup over to your chromebook and unzip it into a folder
  7. Go to chrome://extensions and click the “developer mode” switch
  8. Click “Load Unpacked”
  9. Select the folder you extracted the ZIP to