How to enable and access developer options on Amazon Fire tablet (Fire HD, Fire HDX and Kindle Fire HDX), and how to hide developer options again?

Android developer options give app developers a lot of options to test the app under various simulated conditions.

But for normal users, sometimes, you may also need some features that are under developer options. For example, when you need run an ADB (Android Debug Bridge) command to backup the phone, or take lots of screenshots of Amazon Fire tablet  from your PC (if you just want to take a few, you can do this on the tablet with Power and volume up button as illustrated in this guide), you need turn on USB Debugging (enable ADB).

By default, the developer options on Amazon Fire tablet is hidden with the recent Fire OS. This is consistent with other Android devices which hide developer options since Android Jelly Bean 4.2,

But it is very easy to enable and access developer options on Amazon Fire tablet. In this guide, Fire tablet refers to Fire HD, Kindle Fire HD, Fire HDX and Kindle Fire HDX.

This guide will show you how to enable and access developer options on Amazon Fire tablet, and how to disable and hide the developer options on Amazon Fire tablet (after you enabling them).

How to enable and access developer options on Amazon Fire tablet?

Step 1: Go to Settings–Device Options

In your Amazon Fire tablet, go to Settings by swiping down from the status bar (top of the screen) or tap Settings app in the app drawer.

Then tap Device Options

Step 2: Tap Serial Number Field  7 times

In the Device Options page, tap the serial number field 7 times.

After tapping the serial number 2 times, it starts to pop out the message as shown below.:

You are now X steps away from being a developer

Continue to tap the field to 7 times and the message will notify you the developer options are enabled on your Amazon Fire tablet.

Step 3: Access and play with developer options in Amazon Fire tablet

Now, in Settings— Device Options page, you can find a new entry of developer options. This means you successfully enabled developer options on Amazon Fire tablet.

Tap Developer options as shown below to access the developer options.

Please note, you should NOT enable/disable the options unless you know what you are doing. Some may degrade the performance of your Fire tablet significantly.

Most of the options are for developers who can simulate the behavior of  their apps under different situations, e.g., low memory.

For most Amazon Fire tablet owner, you may want to enable ADB (USB debugging) for Amazon Fire tablet so that you can use ADB commands from the PC.

How to hide developer options on Amazon Fire tablet?

After Developer options on Amazon Fire tablet are enabled, you can hide them again if you do not want to use them or you do not want your kids to mess up the developer options on your Fire tablet.

To hide developer options on Amazon Fire tablet is not so complicated.

It is absolutely NOT necessary to reset the tablet to disable or hide developer options on Amazon Fire tablet after enabling them.

You can disable or hide developer options on Amazon Fire tablet by clearing the data for Settings app.

Step 1: Go to Settings — Applications

You can go to Settings– Applications f=on your Fire tablet.

Tap Manage All Applications

Step 2: Switch to All Applications

By default, Third-party applications are shown.

Tap the arrow down button in the right side of Third-Party Applications as shown below.

Then in the drop down list, tap All Applications

Step 3: Clear data for Settings app

Scroll down to find Settings.

Tap Settings as shown below.

Tap Clear data as shown below.

This will clear the saved data about the Settings app. It will NOT remove your account or other settings.

Clear Application Data?

This will remove all data from this application including saved contents, accounts and settings. The application will remain installed on your device. You should only clear data if the application is seriously misbehaving and you want to have a clean installation of the application.

Tap OK.

This will essentially reset the menu for Settings, and therefore will hide developer options on Amazon Fire tablet.

Please note, this operation will not only hide developer options on Amazon Fire tablet, but also disable all settings in developer options. If you need the developer options on your Amazon Fire tablet again, you have to enable the developer options first.