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Android: “Developer Options” is Missing From Settings

Android: “Developer Options” is Missing From Settings

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If you’ve found that the Developer Options selecting is missing from the Settings of your Android device, you may have to enable the menu in your settings. The option hidden unless you unlock it. You can enable the Developer Options menu using these steps.

If you’re a developer and need to access the USB Debugging, Stay awake, Allow mock locations or other developer settings, follow these steps to enable the Developer Options selection.

  1. Open the “Settings” app.
  2. Scroll down to the bottom and select “About device“, “About phone” or “About tablet“. On some models, select “General” before this step.
  3. Scroll down to the bottom and tap “Build number” repeatedly. A message should appear on the screen that says, “You are now * steps away from being a developer.” Keep tapping until it says, “You are now a developer.“
  4. Now back on the main “Settings” screen, “Developer Options” should appear as a selection.

You can now use you Android device with Android Studio or any other developer tools.

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  1. BipolarCurious says

    Clearly this “article” is not from January 2023, seeing as there’s comments from ’21 on here. And that “tap build number 7 times” crap doesn’t work on most phones (if any of them) anymore. Certainly not on Android 11’s lastest patch

  2. Tom says

    Firestick OS 7.6.0.3
    Settings > My Fire TV > About > Fire TV Stick Max – clock OK OK OK OK O

    Okay Kidding.. You only have to click OK a few times until it pops up about becoming a “developer”.

  4. Chester says

    I’ve got a Samsung A20, managed to turn on and find my developer options and figured out how to get passed the “grayed out” option I wanted to change, but everytime I exit the screen the setting default back to what they were before? Is there some way to save the changes I’ve made that I missed somehow?

  5. Marc Stanley says

    @mohammad bin amir. After enabling Developer Options, go to Settings > System > Advanced > Developer Options > USB Debugging. Turn it on. You also have to download something like Android File Transfer for Mac

  6. mohammad bin amir says

    when ever i click 7 times on build number a pop up cames and says that developer mode has been turned on but when ever i go back to the place where it should be it is not there it hink this is of knox but i dont know how to fix please help me. dont ignore my comment please

  7. Fola says

    If you cleared your setting data your developer options disappared from your phone and it won’t show up if you click on build number seven times unless you factory reset you phone that would make it come back

  10. kyle says

    same problem already a user no need for enableing developer options and isnt on the settings menu help

  11. SA says

    In Google Pixel, in System Settings there is an option called System. If your phone is telling you Developer Options have been enabled but do not show in Settings Menu by itself, you may find the Dev Options under System. I located it after I ran a ‘search’ on my phone’s Settings search option. Good luck folks!

  12. Moses says

    I had cleared my settings data then my developer option is not showing in settings but when I tap on built number it shows no need to developer mode already on

  13. Jeff says

    it doesnt work, pressing build number has no effect, i dont get any message stating i am now or that i was already a developer. moto g3 xt1541 android 6.0.1

  15. Recaz says

    Hello I tried but It didnt work it’s still says that |developer option has been turned on| while I searched it still in the search menu so please if there is another way to help me that do be very good and the android i use is Samsung galaxy A3
    So please help

  16. Mitch Bartlett says

    Is your phone controlled by a company you work for? They may have the option locked down.

  17. Ayomide says

    I am tapping the build number repeatedly but it was saying action not allowed.
    Please can I do

  18. felsguy says

    Thank you,thank, you, thank from this technologically challenged user. Worked exactly as outlined. So nice to find directions where the steps match exactly what actually happens on my phone

  19. Dennis says

    I was told to hit volume down key and power key to take a screen shot, now my developer options that were enabled are gone and so is the build number from which to reenable the developer options.

    Samsung galaxy j2

  21. LUMPY VINEGAR says

    Not only does my OUKITEL Android 10 phone not have an ABOUT PHONE option in the settings folder, When I finally found the build number and did the 7 TAP DANCE routine, I was told “No NEED” already in developer mode. When I went back to settings, absolutely nothing had changed, still no developer option. When I plug my phone into a computer it is not recognized, as debug option to switch to MEDIA device is not made available on phone. Someone help this poor old Idiot (Me)!

  22. Vijay Desai says

    I have teped on build number 7 times says that developer option is enable but not coming in about phone

  28. Heather B says

    Ok so I have done this in many phones many times but it does nothing when I push the build in my sprint ZTE Warp 8

  29. Ferdinand Hendriks says

    Running Android 11 on a pixel 2.

    Has anyone found how to turn off various sensors on the pixel 2?

    Thx in advance

  31. Prince selwan says

    When i tap on buil number it shows developer options in enabled but its not showing on settings device j7 prime sm g610f

  32. Hey love says

    Hey…I followed the instructions as follows and. I received a message on my screen “no need, you’re already a developer” And I taped backed button to home.. then I went back in setting but I didn’t find developer setting option

  33. jason watson says

    I am using apex launcher on and 4.2.2 tablet. I found dev options by using the ”activities” widget which pulls up a list of apps. Scroll down to settings, click on it to expand the menu, scroll down to dev options.

  34. Romesh says

    For those who couldn’t find Developer Option even after tapping build number 7 times.
    I found it in System > Advanced > Developer Options.
    Hope this helps someone.

  35. Marcy says

    Hey…I followed the instructions as follows and. I received a message on my screen “no need, you’re already a developer” And I taped backed button to home.. then I went back in setting but I didn’t find developer setting option

  37. Kayiira says

    Hey…I followed the instructions as follows and. I received a message on my screen “no need, you’re already a developer” And I taped backed button to home.. then I went back in setting but I didn’t find developer setting option

  38. Tambourineman says

    I clicked build 7 times and got a message I am a developer, but the develop options is not listed. There is no way to get to them. If I try clicking build again it says I am already a developed.. There is no developer option listed in either about phone or settings. (Pixel 3 XL

  42. Steve says

    I was in developer options tuning up my phone when I dropped it. When I picked it up to resume what I was doing developers options was gone ! Thanks for this post because there is no F****ing way I would have figured this one out on my own.

  43. Edwardo b.florendo says

    If developer options missing again and again on application… What it mean ,i try to tap so many times… Only appeared messages is your already a developer, but dev options nothing

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