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Where did “Allow Installation from Unknown Sources” go in Android?

Where did “Allow Installation from Unknown Sources” go in Android?

By Mitch Bartlett 5 Comments

If you have upgraded to Android Oreo, you may have noticed that the option to “Allow Installation from Unknown Sources” is gone. The option is often used if you wish to install an app from an APK file you have obtained from outside of the Google Play Store.

You can still install APK files, you just have to provide permission to the exact app you are using to install the APK file.

  1. Open “Settings“.
  2. Select “Menu”  at the upper-right corner, then choose “Special access“.
  3. Select “Install unknown apps“.
  4. Choose the application you are installing the APK file from. For example, if you are downloading the APK file in Chrome on your Android device, then attempting to open it, select “Chrome“. If you are simply browsing to the file using a File manager like “My Files“, select “My Files“.
  5. Toggle the “Allow from this source” option to “On“.

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Filed Under: Android Tagged With: Oreo

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  1. Ronald says

    November 21, 2020 at 12:38 am

    I just want to install disliked and there are five shown in play store and none of them look like the one I have always used before.

  2. Ronald says

    November 21, 2020 at 12:33 am

    There isn’t a menu option in settings in any upper right corner of anywhere.

  3. David says

    August 18, 2020 at 1:38 am

    I did just that but apk not installed

  4. driver says

    June 11, 2020 at 8:03 pm

    No like I want all apps

  5. Phlip says

    March 11, 2020 at 6:18 pm

    I need to install an app without using the Play store, and without using adb. My app’s name is not listed in the “Install unknown apps” list. I don’t want to install “my files”

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