Error:Unable to locate adb within SDK in Android Studio

The ADB is now located in the Android SDK platform-tools.

  1. Check your [sdk directory]/platform-tools directory and if it does not exist, then open the SDK manager in the Android Studio (a button somewhere in the top menu, android logo with a down arrow), switch to SDK tools tab and and select/install the Android SDK Platform-tools.

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  1. Alternatively, you can try the standalone SDK Manager: Open the SDK manager and you should see a "Launch Standalone SDK manager" link somewhere at the bottom of the settings window. Click and open the standalone SDK manager, then install/update the

"Tools > Android SDK platform tools".

  1. If the above does not solve the problem, try reinstalling the tools: open the "Standalone SDK manager" and uninstall the Android SDK platform-tools, delete the [your sdk directory]/platform-tools directory completely and install it again using the SDK manager.

  2. Check your antivirus chest. Sometimes the Antivirus program thinks adb.exe is a virus. If you find it there please restore the file and it will start working. You can also put adb.exe as a safe file in you Antivirus program.

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Hope this helps!


In my case I had no SDK selected for my project(not sure why). Simply went to Project Structure dialog (alt+ctrl+shift+s or button 1 on the screen) and then to project-> Project SDK's was selected <no SDK>. Just changed it to the latest

Project Structure dialog


For anyone who is still running into this issue. I had a similar problem where I could see my device from adb on the command line using adb devices but Android Studio would not recognize when I had a device attached and would throw either:

  • Unable to locate adb within SDK or

  • Unable to obtain result of 'adb version'

    I had tried start/stops of adb, uninstalls, of platform-tools, and more. What I found was that inside my C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Local\Android folder I had multiple sdk folders. I performed the following:

    1. Unistall Platform-Tools using Android Studio's SDK Manager
    2. Deleted all platform-tools\ directories within each C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Local\Android\sdk* directory
    3. Reinstalled Platform-Tools using Android Studio's SDK Manager

Hope this helps someone someday with their issue.

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