Open a Visio file on a Chromebook

Open it in Chrome

1. Save the .vsdx or .vsd file to your Chromebook (Downloads, or Google Drive in the Files app).
2. Open the Visio Viewer in Chrome.
3. Drag the file from the Files app onto the page, or click the page to choose it.

You see every page of the drawing, free. Nothing to install, no Linux, no Android app.

Make .vsdx files open with a double-click

1. On the Visio Viewer page, click the install icon at the right end of Chrome's address bar (or the three-dot menu, then Cast, save and share, Install page as app).
2. In the Files app, right-click a .vsdx file, choose Open with, and pick Visio Viewer.

From then on the drawing opens in its own window. ChromeOS may ask once whether the app may open that kind of file.

Other options

Visio for the web works in Chrome if your work or school Microsoft 365 account includes it: upload the file to OneDrive and open it there. LibreOffice can run on Chromebooks that have Linux turned on, but it's a heavy install for looking at one diagram.

Sharing it from a Chromebook

To pass the drawing on to someone without Visio, download it as a PDF or as PNG pictures of each page ($19 once, every drawing). Both open in Google Docs, Slides and Gmail.