No Developer Mode option on iOS 16 device.

Oddly disabling any active Focus mode (like Sleep, Personal, etc...) made the option appear for me in Settings > Privacy & Security > Developer Mode.

I had no VPN and my phone was plugged in with xCode opened. Hope this helps ^^

I just solved this problem by installing an app that requires development mode. So it wasn't show up because there is no app that requires development mode.

Turning on Wi-Fi did the trick for me

Following worked for me

1. Connect iPhone/Device to mac.
2. Open XCode > Window > Devices and Simulators.
3. Under devices select the "+" icon in the bottom left.
4. Select your device and click Next/Done.
5. On the iPhone make sure you don't have settings open (i.e. force close it.).
6. Open settings > Privacy and Security
7. Scroll to the bottom and Developer mode should now be there.

My problem was with step 5, I already had settings open and for what ever reason developer mode wasn't showing so had to exit and reopen settings.

I have an iPhone 13 Mini. When I attempted to run an app I was developing on my phone, I found that the Settings > Privacy & Security > Developer Mode was missing. I realized that I was still associated with a defunct app developer team from several years ago. So I left the team (https://developer.apple.com/help/account/manage-your-team/leave-a-team/), updated my developer account, and then rebooted several times but Developer Mode was still not showing up. I began to think that joining the fee-based Apple Developer Program might be required.

I checked back yesterday (after ~4 days had elapsed) and noticed that the Developer Mode option was available (even though I had NOT joined the fee-based Apple Developer Program). So for anyone reading this, allow for system latency after leaving a team and/or updating your account.

Thanks, it sucks I don’t own any kind of computer but at least I know why they removed it like that.

but.. how do you do that if there is no mac and no xcode... I am trying to distribute a test app to registered devices, but they cannot get into developer mode

they live on the other side of the country and are just users of the app, not developers..

I find a warning for my apple id says I need to login again, or something may not work correctly. Then after I login my apple id again, the developer mode switch shows up.

What worked for me :

Open Xcode "14.3.1" then :

1. Go to Product -> Destination -> Manage Run Destinations
2. Click on your device and press unpair
3. Click on + and add your device
4. Finally press enable developer mode on device (from Manage Run Destinations)

Now on Your device :

Go to Privacy & Security :

1. In the bottom the option now shows up
2. Enable you will be prompted to restart

Here you go !

As someone else mentioned, the option appears once the device is connected, has been trusted, and you have opened XCode.

Finally I found a solution, I hoper it could help someone

1.- Open Xcode 2.- Select your physical device 3.- Run/build the app 4.- You'll able to see Developer mode Settings - Privacy && Security 5.- Enable it

other steps 1.- Settings - Developer - Clear Trusted Computers ... and allow again

so, if you have problem with you keychain, just enter you password to allow the permission and click "Allow always" , don't hit Allow because it doesn't work and then it should be work.

if is necessary restart your computer and iphone.... build the app from Xcode and you will be able to see your app in your physical device

I hope it work for you!!! :=

My issue was that my phone was plugged into the computer via a USB hub instead of directly into the USB-C port. As soon as I plugged it in directly, the option showed up.

I just had this, for me it turned out that I needed to connect via cable to my Mac first, problem was I was using a third party cable. As a last ditched effort I dug out my apple cable (usbc-usbc)

That did the trick I got all the prompts for trusting the device and then the Developer Mode option popup in the settings.

I had this and got it working but my setup is.a little different

My setup is a little different though as the device is enrolled in InTuneMDM. This may or may not have contributed

• iPhone 13 - iOS 17.0.3
• Mac OS 14.0 - M2 Pro
• XCode 15
• Enrolled in inTuneMDM
• The phone could connect to another mac via xcode although it was my old mac and Xcode was too old to support iOS 17.

Symptoms:

• Developer Mode Not Available
• iPhone Not visible in XCode
• I don't think the phone was visible in finder.

Steps Taken

• An inTuneMDM setting was enable when I was having problems with this, this may or may not have had an impact. Named something along the lines of - Allow enhanced USB connection.
• Reboots didn't work.
• To confirm if the phone was getting the prompt to trust the Mac I cleared Settings->General->Reset->Reset Location & Privacy Settings
• To confirm the Mac trusted the phone I changed the following so I could see the phone was trying to connect. Privacry & Security -> Allow accessories to connect -> Ask every time.
• At this point both devices prompted to trust the other but still no change.
• Rebooted both Mac and iPhone
• Now the phone was visible in finder but not in X-Code
• Reboot again
• Partially visible in xcode. It tried to sync but only partially worked. At this point it was in a strange state where xcode was 'partially' aware of the iPhone. I wasn't in the list of device and even though the list of devices was empty the main window in devices & simulators had a small amoutn of info about the phone.
• Reboot again.
• This time the sync in xcode worked and the device was displayed as expected. Although it complained that developer mode was not enabled.
• Enable developer mode on the phone under Privacy. This restarted the iPhone.
• Select a trust prompt on the phone when asked.
• It was now showing in xcode.

SOLUTION.

The developer mode cannot be activated until having tried to run it from xcode first. Once xcode attempts to read it, the developer mode appears in settings where it should be displayed.