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How to Enable or Disable Developer Mode on the Samsung Galaxy S5

Mitch BartlettAugust 23, 2018 Comments (6)

Enabling Developer Mode on the Samsung Galaxy S5 enables you to use the Android SDK and many other development tools with the phone. It is not enabled by default though. So you have to go through some special steps to enable or disable it.

Enabling Developer Mode Option in Settings

  1. From the Home screen, select “Settings“.
  2. Scroll to the bottom of the list and select “About phone“.
  3. Scroll down a bit, then tap the “Build number” option 7 times.

You will now have a “Developer Mode” option listed in the “Settings” menu.

Developer Options on Galaxy S5

Disabling Developer Mode Option in Settings

You could toggle the “On“/”Off” switch at the top of the “Settings” > “Developer mode” screen if you wanted to turn it off. If you want to remove the entire option from the “Settings” menu, there is no way to do so without performing a factory reset on the device. Unfortunately, the old “Clear data” on the Settings app trick doesn’t work on the Galaxy S5.

Categories: Android

Author Mitch Bartlett

Through my career that spans over 20 years I have become an expert in Microsoft Systems Administration, Android, and macOS. I started this site as a technical guide for myself and it has grown into what I hope is a useful knowledgebase for everyone.

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Comments

  1. Galaxy a12 says:
    April 3, 2022 at 5:08 am

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  2. Bill G says:
    December 4, 2018 at 10:01 am

    This worked with my Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 with Android 5.1.1,

  3. leeladhar says:
    June 12, 2018 at 2:24 am

    i am using samsung galaxy grand neo plus and i want to disable developer option from settings but in setting there is option of clear data but when i click there us nothing happen by that and developer option is not disabled so please tell me another method

  4. S says:
    April 4, 2017 at 4:51 pm

    You can just go to applications in settings and find the settings app and clear it’s data.

  5. John Hedden says:
    December 14, 2016 at 4:56 pm

    THANK YOU WITH Disabling Developer Mode Option

  6. Shweta says:
    November 25, 2016 at 12:31 am

    Hi
    Thanks for sharing this post. I am using Samsung Galaxy S5 but did’t aware about this concept. Again Thanks.

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Last Updated on August 23, 2018 by Mitch Bartlett