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Device Recovery UtilityReviews, users & alternatives

By Google Ireland, Ltd.

Create recovery media for your Chromebook or Googlebook device.

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Time on the storeAbout 10 years or moreA rough range, not an exact date
Store users≈2MRounded by the Chrome Web Store
Chrome Web Store rating2.6 / 52.2K ratings on the Chrome Web Store
Last store update12 Oct 2026Version 1.0.2, 1 day ago

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Permissions & access

Access levelLow

Asks only for everyday access, nothing we track as sensitive.

What it’s allowed to do, not what it actually does. Not a safety rating.

Permissions 6

Standard6

  • Other browser accesschromeosInfoPrivate
  • Other browser accessfeedbackPrivate
  • Other browser accessfileSystem
  • Other browser accessimageWriterPrivate
  • Other browser accessmetricsPrivate
  • Save its own settingsstorage

Members also see when a new version asks for new access.

Website access 2

  • dl.google.com
  • www.google-analytics.com
Extension ID
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Package size
2.11MiB
Manifest
Version 3

The maker

Google Ireland, Ltd. has 5 listings on the store. Most of their listings haven’t changed in over a year.

Listings
5
Combined store users
≈2.4M
Store Featured
0
Updated in the last 90 days
1 of 5

Combined users can count the same person more than once. See all 5 listings

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Device Recovery Utility at a glance

Device Recovery Utility is a Developer Tools extension by Google Ireland, Ltd. with ≈2M users. Chrome Web Store users rate it 2.6 out of 5 from 2.2K ratings. By users it sits in the top 1% of Developer Tools extensions. It was updated in the last day.

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Is Device Recovery Utility safe? (permissions)

Device Recovery Utility asks for 6 permissions and access to 5 site patterns. None of them are on our list of wide-access permissions.

Permissions show what an extension could do, not what it does. Check that they fit what you use it for, and who makes it (Google Ireland, Ltd.). See the full permission list.

Device Recovery Utility not working?

  • Recent 1- and 2-star reviews (last 90 days) mostly mention: stopped working or broken (9 of 37).
  • 40 of the 70 reviews posted in the last 90 days gave 1 or 2 stars.
  • It was updated in the last two weeks. A fresh update can fix a problem, or occasionally cause one.

Common fixes: make sure Chrome and the extension are up to date, turn the extension off and on in chrome://extensions, reload the page, and try with other extensions turned off in case two of them clash. If it still fails, contact the maker from its store page, or try one of the alternatives.

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