Auto Open Door on Samsung refrigerators

Our Auto Open Door feature on select fridges helps you fully open doors with a light touch, even if your hands are full. However, it comes disabled by default on certain models. Be sure to turn the feature on if you want easy door opening!
Hand touching fridge door to activate Auto Open Door feature
Hand touching fridge door to activate Auto Open Door feature

Auto Open Door on Samsung refrigerators

Important

Doors only open correctly if the fridge is level

 

If the doors open too much or not enough, level the refrigerator. In general if the front of the fridge is lower, the doors will swing open more, and if the back of the fridge is lower, the doors will swing open less and also close more easily. If the right and left doors don't swing to equal degrees, it means the fridge is not level on one side compared to the other.

 

Ideally the fridge should be level front to back, but slight adjustments can be made to tweak door opening preferences.

 

Auto Door Open is not enabled by default:

 

Except on side by side models which do not have the option to turn this feature off, Auto Door Open is disabled by default and must be enabled to be used.

How to toggle Auto Door Open:

On Family Hub models

  1. Navigate to Fridge Manager.
  2. Select Settings on the right side of the screen.
  3. Scroll to the bottom and toggle the Auto open door setting.
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On other models

  1. Wake up the panel by tapping any button.
  2. Tap < or > until you get to Settings, and then tap OK.
  3. Tap < or > until you get to Auto Open Door, and then tap OK.
  4. Tap < or > until you get to your desired setting, and then tap OK.
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