Where is adb.exe in windows 10 located?

Question

I installed android studio 1.5 on windows 10.

When I type in command line:

adb

I get command not found.

Where can I get it from or where is it installed?

Different question but gets you the path: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16581752/android-studio-how-to-change-android-sdk-path — Morrison Chang, Mar 07 '16 at 21:21
a trick I used was to launch task manager and there see location of adb, when running — Antek, May 20 '17 at 14:21

score 511 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 13 '22 at 09:33

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It is located in the AppData hidden folder

C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools

From l33t's comment below you may use the following shortcut:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Android\sdk\platform-tools

To use it in PowerShell you can do: $env:LOCALAPPDATA\Android\sdk\platform-tools

edited Jan 13 '22 at 09:33

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answered Mar 07 '16 at 21:25

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%LOCALAPPDATA%\Android\sdk\platform-tools – l33t Jan 04 '17 at 20:11
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My path was slightly different: `C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe` – 2Yootz Nov 15 '17 at 21:23
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools – Nick Turner Oct 23 '18 at 14:42
`C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools\` – Korayem Dec 19 '18 at 19:35
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`C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\platform-tools` – Defozo Apr 10 '19 at 19:57
for me it was `C:\android-sdk-windows` – CervEd Dec 11 '19 at 14:27
For me, it's `C:\Android\sdk\platform-tools`. Regardless of what it is on your machine, you shouldn't need to deal with any hidden folders. – Gumby The Green Sep 03 '22 at 06:35

score 57 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 23 '16 at 00:19

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You can find it here:

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools

To save yourself the hassle in the future, add it to your path:

Click 'Start'.
Type 'Edit environment variables for your account', and click it.
Double click PATH.
Click 'New'.
Paste that path in.
Click 'OK', click 'OK', and restart any command prompts you have open.

answered Nov 23 '16 at 00:19

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This works. You will have to restart Android Studio to see the changes in Terminal. – live-love Feb 19 '18 at 02:51
If you're using Visual Studio it's C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools – Nick Turner Oct 23 '18 at 14:41
@NickTurner You should post that as a new answer. – Brad Oct 23 '18 at 14:45
Unfortunately the steps are not clear. What is Path in step 3? – William Nov 24 '21 at 08:16
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@William The `PATH` environment variable. – Brad Nov 24 '21 at 08:35

score 32 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 21 '17 at 08:03

Open android studio

Press configure or if project opens go to settings
lookup Android SDK shown in picture
You can see your Android SDK Location. Open file in file explorer to that location.
Add this to end or direct through to this

\platform-tools\adb.exe

full path on my pc is :

C:\Users\Daniel\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\platform-tools

score 8 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 25 '17 at 17:27

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If you are not able to find platform-tools folder, please open SDK Manager and install "Android SDK Platform-Tools" from SDK Tools tab.

answered Apr 25 '17 at 17:27

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score 8 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 08 '19 at 19:23

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I have taken snapshot of adb.exe directory. I hope it helps you best,

answered Jan 08 '19 at 19:23

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Vishnu · Answer 6 · 2021-09-22T15:54:19.990

Steps to add `adb.exe` to environment variables for global access

Run the following on Windows Run (Win + R)


%LOCALAPPDATA%\Android\sdk\platform-tools

Copy the path to the folder from the address bar
Then, search for Environment Variables on the windows search bar
Click on Environment Variables
Under System Variables select the Path environment variable & click on Edit
If the Path environment variable does not exist, create a new one by clicking on New
A new window appears - in the new window, click on New
Then paste the path to adb.exe
Click OK (thrice!)

You can now access the commands like adb, sqlite3 etc globally from Windows

score 7 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 31 '17 at 12:11

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Open a cmd window and type where adb.exe

For me

D:\android-sdk_r24.4.1-windows\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools\adb.exe

answered Oct 31 '17 at 12:11

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score 5 · Answer 8 · edited Oct 31 '17 at 12:08

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You'll find it in the AppData folder if you choose to install it in the default location. Otherwise, it will be located at the folder where you installed your Android SDK/platform-tools folder.

edited Oct 31 '17 at 12:08

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answered Oct 31 '17 at 11:06

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score 4 · Answer 9 · answered Apr 03 '18 at 15:54

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I know the question was in the context of "android studio 1.5", but I found this answer and have Xamarin installed.

In this case, the location is C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools

answered Apr 03 '18 at 15:54

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Yes, mine was located here, and not in AppData – Stardust Sep 03 '18 at 22:27

score 4 · Answer 10 · answered Mar 22 '19 at 15:33

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You can look in C:\android\sdk\platform-tools . This was where I found it on my computer.

answered Mar 22 '19 at 15:33

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score 3 · Answer 11 · answered Aug 19 '20 at 12:06

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If you just want to run adb command. Open command prompt and run following command:

C:\Users\<user_name>\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools\adb devices

NOTE: Make sure to replace <user_name> in above command.

answered Aug 19 '20 at 12:06

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You could replace 'C:\Users\' with '%HOMEPATH%'. – jamie Jan 08 '21 at 18:40

score 1 · Answer 12 · edited Nov 03 '17 at 04:55

Got it to work go to the local.properties file under your build.gradle files to find out the PATH to your SDK, from the SDK location go into the platform-tools folder and look and see if you have adb.exe.

If not go to http://adbshell.com/downloads and download ADB KITS. Copy the zip folder's contents into the platform-tools folder and re-make your project.

I didn't need to update the PATH in the Extended Controls Settings section on the emulator, I left Use detected ADB location settings on. Hope this makes this faster for you !

score 1 · Answer 13 · answered Dec 19 '17 at 22:04

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Since you already have Android Studio installed, and require the environment variable ANDROID_HOME to be set, the easy way to do this is to add %ANDROID_HOME%\platform-tools to your path.

answered Dec 19 '17 at 22:04

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%ANDROID_HOME% is where Android Studio was installed, which is different from the path where (I do not understand WTH) the tools are installed. – Pedro García Medina Apr 20 '20 at 19:50

score 0 · Answer 14 · answered Jul 23 '18 at 19:38

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Mine was in: C:\NVPACK\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools

answered Jul 23 '18 at 19:38

UE4Dev

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This was probably a custom install, for some reason or another. – LuvForAirplanes Mar 07 '20 at 20:25

score 0 · Answer 15 · answered Aug 20 '18 at 14:15

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if you know SDK'path on your system, (by default, it's in /users/appdata/local/Android/...

then, open platform-tools or platform/platform-tools and launch cmd...

it's there you can write adb

answered Aug 20 '18 at 14:15

VITOULEY marcos

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