How to Enable Developer Mode on iPhone

This wikiHow teaches you how to enable Developer options in your iPhone’s Settings using a Mac computer and Apple’s Xcode development software.

Table of Contents

Download Xcode for Mac

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Open a web browser on your computer. You need to download the Xcode integrated development environment (IDE) to your computer before you can start experiencing the developer options on your iPhone.

Xcode is a Mac-only application. The software only runs on Mac OS computers.

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Visit Apple’s Developer Downloads page. This is where you can get the latest beta that Apple releases for software developers.

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Sign in with Apple ID. Enter your email address and password to sign in to the developer portal with your Apple ID.

If you haven’t signed into your Apple ID on a computer before, you’ll have to verify your identity by entering a verification code. You can access this code on your iPhone or any other device where you have automatically signed in with your Apple ID.

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Click the Download button next to Xcode. Under the Release Software heading, click the Download button next to the latest Xcode (probably Xcode 8.3.1 or later). The Mac App Store Preview page will appear in a new tab.

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Click View in Mac App Store (View on Mac App Store). This button is on the left side of the browser screen.

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Click Open App Store in the pop-up box. Xcode opens in the App Store app on your Mac.

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Click the Get button just below the Xcode icon in the upper-left corner of the App Store window. This button will change to green Install App .

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Click the green Install App button. The latest version of Xcode will be downloaded and installed on your computer.

Enable Developer on iPhone

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Open the Xcode app on your Mac computer.

You will have to agree to the software’s terms and license agreement when you open Xcode for the first time. Then parts of the software will be installed and the Xcode installation is complete.

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Connect iPhone to Mac. Use a USB cable to connect your phone to the computer.

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Open the Settings app on your iPhone. The app has a gray gear icon located on the iPhone’s Home screen.

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Scroll down and tap Developer . This option will automatically appear next to the hammer icon in your iPhone’s Settings menu when you plug your phone into your computer while Xcode is running. This means developer mode on the iPhone has been enabled. You can now start recommending apps, checking logs and using developer settings on the device.

Warning

Xcode takes up about 5 GB of space, but the software requires a lot of free disk space to use as a swap space. The swap area is only used when the physical memory (RAM) is full, however, you cannot load Xcode when your computer’s main drive does not have 15 to 20 GB of free space.

Steps

Download Xcode for Mac

Enable Developer on iPhone

Warning

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