[CraneWorm]

I set the env variable but I can't seem to get the access to devtools?

Only regular menu appears on right-click.

[oueasley]

Try quitting Slack and just running this from the console.

It worked for me:

export SLACK_DEVELOPER_MENU=true

open /Applications/Slack.app

[d4rky]

Instead of using open you can just run the binary inside Slack.app directory:

SLACK_DEVELOPER_MENU=true /Applications/Slack.app/Contents/MacOS/Slack

[ak217]

That's not a great idea. If you don't use open, the app won't show up in the Finder app switcher.

[christefano]

Good point! Thanks for mentioning that.

Small nitpick, though. The dock is what runs the app switcher, not the Finder.

[xenophonf]

That only works for the Bourne shell. Using `env` is more portable.

[mijoharas]

slack tends to keep a process in the background that needs to be killed and restarted when you "close" it. did you run `pkill slack` or similar and then restart?

[CraneWorm]

good tip, thank you!

[ripley12]

Same for me on macOS.

[d4rky]

Try like this:

SLACK_DEVELOPER_MENU=true /Applications/Slack.app/Contents/MacOS/Slack