Did you know Roku has several secret menus you can access with just a few clicks of the remote? They're like easter eggs — hidden screens that can reveal diagnostic information, advanced toggles, and developer tools you never knew you wanted (or needed).
You can do a “soft” reset with these menus, see a log of every remote button press since your last power cycle, find out the exact build of Netflix, Disney+, or Peacock you're running, check out your CPU temperature, or run a TV input test or AP speed test.
Sure, most of you may be perfectly happy never using these options on your Roku streaming device, but if you consider yourself a bit of a techie, or maybe you just like pressing buttons to see what happens, these secret menus are downright fun to try.
How to find Roku's secret menus
What you'll need: A Roku device and a Roku remote. If you don't have the physical remote on hand, use the one in the Roku app.
The Developer settings menu is where developers can test their apps on a Roku device before launching them.
So, if you're a developer, think of this as your personal dev playground. Here, you can enable the Development Application Installer, sideload one test channel, and even manage your rokudev account. To access it, hit Home three times on your remote, press the Up button twice, and then tap Right, Left, Right, Left, Right.
The Network menu isn't exactly secret, but Roku still gives you a slick remote shortcut to access it.
Need your IP and MAC addresses or want to check your internet connection? That's what this screen is for on your Roku. Just tap Home five times on your remote and then Right, Left, Right, Left, Right to get to it instantly. From…