Kiosk Mode on non-managed Chromeboxes?

Question

I'm trying to turn on Kiosk mode for an non-managed chrome box following the official instructions but when I'm on the chrome://extensions page in developer mode there is no Add kiosk application option.

Did this get removed at some point leaving kiosk mode only available to managed devices?

Edit The kiosk mode app I was using was a simple one that I wrote and had loaded via the "unpacked extension" box on the extensions page.

Then I published it restricted to test accounts and included the account on the chromebox as a tester and loaded it from the chrome web store that way. The effect is the same and I still don't see the kiosk application options.

Double Edit I published it unlisted and installed it. The app installs and works. I have "kiosk_enabled" : true in my manifest and I still don't see any kiosk mode option.

Answer 1

Got the manage kiosk button to show up by:

• Removing other users. The first user on the machine is designated the owner. I was trying for kiosk mode from the second user.
• Restarting the device

After the reboot the Manage Kiosk Applications button was enabled. The solution is hinted at in this bug from 2014: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=385943