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

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

June 3, 2018 by Mitch Bartlett 17 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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  1. Dave says

    July 14, 2022 at 3:25 pm

    No help. I need to install apps from unknown sources

  2. Calie says

    May 3, 2022 at 3:52 pm

    I did that all but the “allow from this source” button is greyed out and i cant press it, i want to fix that because i cant open things installed from chrome

  3. tim hagen says

    April 17, 2022 at 12:08 am

    didnt help, see

    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”

  4. Zane says

    April 14, 2022 at 2:53 pm

    There is no menu at the top right of the settings page.

  5. Nafisa says

    September 11, 2021 at 7:52 pm

    How do I download the game

  6. Shoukat says

    July 16, 2021 at 3:00 pm

    Factory reset a very big mistake how to problem this solve

  7. David K Daniel says

    June 13, 2021 at 3:37 pm

    They took a choice away from us. Dammit Android!

  8. Donald Kelley says

    March 31, 2021 at 1:47 pm

    Try: Settings/Biometrics and security/Install unknown apps

  9. AxeDame says

    February 28, 2021 at 9:53 pm

    There ISN’T any ‘menu’ option at the top right corner of ‘settings’.

  10. john says

    February 21, 2021 at 12:36 am

    I have allowed both Firefox and My Files and the app still won’t install.

  11. Shahanzreign says

    February 20, 2021 at 4:55 am

    Why not sign up playstore?how?

  12. Edil says

    January 29, 2021 at 2:34 pm

    No. No menu 2B found in upper right corner!

  13. 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.

  14. Ronald says

    November 21, 2020 at 12:33 am

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

  15. David says

    August 18, 2020 at 1:38 am

    I did just that but apk not installed

  16. driver says

    June 11, 2020 at 8:03 pm

    No like I want all apps

  17. 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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