Change your development experience
Choose a different development experience if you want a more robust environment using the experience switcher in Creator Studio.
Before you begin
You must have permission to work in other development environments, such as ServiceNow Studio or ServiceNow IDE, to use the experience switcher.
Role required: admin, delegated developer, or any additional role that your admin granted access to
Note: Even if you have the delegated developer role, if you also have the Creator Studio User or Creator Studio Restricted User role, you won't see the experience switcher.
Procedure
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Let's head over to All > App Engine > Creator Studio.
All the apps built in Creator Studio appear on the home page.
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Display the experience switcher by selecting the arrow icon [Omitted image "crs-arrow-switcher.png"] Alt text: next to the Creator Studio logo in the banner at the top of any page in Creator Studio.
[Omitted image "crs-experience-switcher.png"] Alt text: Selecting a different development experience from the switcher
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Select the development experience you want to switch to.
For example, select ServiceNow Studio.
Note: The development experiences that you can select from depend on your permissions. Contact your administrator if you need assistance.
Result
The development experience you selected opens in the same browser tab.
Alternatively, you can open a specific app in ServiceNow Studio in the following ways:
- On the home page by selecting the more actions icon [Omitted image "cs-more-actions-icon.png"] Alt text: More options enable you to take action on an app on the app's tile and choosing to Open in ServiceNow Studio.
- After you open the app by selecting the more actions icon [Omitted image "sn-studio-more-options-icon.png"] in the navigation panel and then select Open in ServiceNow Studio.
[Omitted image "crs-open-in-sns-link.png"] Alt text: Select more options to get the Open in SNS link
Parent Topic:Building apps with Creator Studio
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title: Change your development experience
description: Choose a different development experience if you want a more robust environment using the experience switcher in Creator Studio.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/application-development/creator-studio/crs-change-dev-experience.html
release: australia
product: Creator Studio
classification: creator-studio
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Build apps, Creator Studio, Developing your application, Classic app development, Building applications]
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# Change your development experience
Choose a different development experience if you want a more robust environment using the experience switcher in Creator Studio.
## Before you begin
You must have permission to work in other development environments, such as ServiceNow Studio or ServiceNow IDE, to use the experience switcher.
Role required: admin, delegated developer, or any additional role that your admin granted access to
**Note:** Even if you have the delegated developer role, if you also have the Creator Studio User or Creator Studio Restricted User role, you won't see the experience switcher.
## Procedure
1. Let's head over to **All** > **App Engine** > **Creator Studio**.
All the apps built in Creator Studio appear on the home page.
2. Display the experience switcher by selecting the arrow icon \[Omitted image "crs-arrow-switcher.png"\] Alt text: next to the Creator Studio logo in the banner at the top of any page in Creator Studio.
\[Omitted image "crs-experience-switcher.png"\] Alt text: Selecting a different development experience from the switcher
3. Select the development experience you want to switch to.
For example, select ServiceNow Studio.
**Note:** The development experiences that you can select from depend on your permissions. Contact your administrator if you need assistance.
## Result
The development experience you selected opens in the same browser tab.
Alternatively, you can open a specific app in ServiceNow Studio in the following ways:
- On the home page by selecting the more actions icon \[Omitted image "cs-more-actions-icon.png"\] Alt text: More options enable you to take action on an app on the app's tile and choosing to **Open in ServiceNow Studio**.
- After you open the app by selecting the more actions icon \[Omitted image "sn-studio-more-options-icon.png"\] in the navigation panel and then select **Open in ServiceNow Studio**.
\[Omitted image "crs-open-in-sns-link.png"\] Alt text: Select more options to get the Open in SNS link
**Parent Topic:**[Building apps with Creator Studio](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/creator-studio/building-apps-with-creator-studio.md)
| title | Change your development experience |
| description | Choose a different development experience if you want a more robust environment using the experience switcher in Creator Studio. |
| locale | en-US |
| canonical_url | https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/application-development/creator-studio/crs-change-dev-experience.html |
| release | australia |
| product | Creator Studio |
| classification | creator-studio |
| topic_type | task |
| last_updated | 2026-09-10 |
| reading_time_minutes | 1 |
| breadcrumb | Build appsCreator StudioDeveloping your applicationClassic app developmentBuilding applications |