Developer Tools missing from sidebar

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Hi all, just wondering if anyone can help with this annoying thing that has just happened. Developer Tools went missing from the sidebar and I cant get it back!

  • I have done a Hard Refresh & Cache Clear,
  • Made sure Advanced Mode is still enabled.
  • Logged out and Logged back in.
  • I have verified that it IS still present in the Quick Bar (i.e. in the UI, press c on my keyboard and typed “Developer Tools”). Its still there!
  • Forced a reset of the Sidebar.
  • Checked for `default_config’ in my Configuration.yaml file.
  • Verified my Administrator Status.
  • Logged in in an Incognito window.

Yet, its still wont come back.

Getting frustrated by having to press ‘c’ and go through the Quickbar every time I want to go to Developer Tools.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Cheers,
Vincent.

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they moved.

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You will find plenty of related posts in “2026.2 beta week” thread starting from this.

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It is now located under the Settings screen.

Recent HA Core updates have been reorganizing Settings for consistency.
In the 2026.2.x series, some installations (especially Core and Container) moved tools that used to be in the sidebar into Settings to reduce sidebar clutter.
That’s why:

You still can access Developer Tools
It still works normally
But the sidebar item is no longer shown by default

This particularly affects:

Home Assistant Core installs (not OS)
Users without custom dashboards controlling the sidebar

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There are many solutions how to get the entry back to the main menu, unfortunately none of them have been communicated in the release notes.

It would be helpful if solution oriented thinking would become more important than problem oriented thinking.

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look here

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I write my own yaml code, and I sure do miss the quick shortcut of having Developer Tools on the sidebar in OS 26.2.
So:
Here is a way to put Developer Tools, which will then (after this edit) be called “Tools” back on the sidebar in 26.2. Keep in mind that this can break if further changes are made by the Home Assistant programmers. I make no guarantee that this will work for everyone - or anyone - but it worked for me.
Edit your configuration.yaml file and add the section to it that I’ve listed at the end of this message.

Double check to make sure you did only this exact addition, then save the file and completely restart Home Assistant. If “Tools” doesn’t show up, refresh your browser.

Afterwards, your sidebar should have a “Tools” entry that loads Developer Tools.

Sidebar Afterwards
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Here’s the code:

panel_custom:
  - name: developer-tools
    sidebar_title: Tools
    sidebar_icon: mdi:application-cog-outline
    js_url: /api/hassio/app/entrypoint.js
    url_path: developer-tools
    embed_iframe: true
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It works, it saves me an extra mouse click, but would be nice to have it on a bottom like before :frowning:

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Thanks for this, works better than creating a new dashboard which seems to nest sidebars - I have posted the code as text rather than picture, so it can be copied straight in…

panel_custom:
    # fix for ha decision to remove dev tools 
  - name: developer-tools
    sidebar_title : Dev tools
    sidebar_icon: mdi:tools
    js_url: /api/hassio/app/entrypoint
    embed_iframe: true
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If you don’t care installing a custom plugin, you can use custom-sidebar with this configuration.

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Thank you - I just figured out how to add the code correctly in this forum.

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There is no way to choose the position using this method - sorry.