diff --git a/lib/src/webview.dart b/lib/src/webview.dart
index 32d0770..d257c47 100644
--- a/lib/src/webview.dart
+++ b/lib/src/webview.dart
@@ -388,6 +388,16 @@ class WebviewController extends ValueNotifier<WebviewValue> {
     return _methodChannel.invokeMethod('setUserAgent', userAgent);
   }
 
+  /// Sets the areDevToolsEnabled value.
+  Future<void> setAreDevToolsEnabled(bool areDevToolsEnabled) async {
+    if (_isDisposed) {
+      return;
+    }
+    assert(value.isInitialized);
+    return _methodChannel.invokeMethod(
+        'put_AreDevToolsEnabled', areDevToolsEnabled);
+  }
+
   /// Clears browser cookies.
   Future<void> clearCookies() async {
     if (_isDisposed) {
diff --git a/windows/webview.cc b/windows/webview.cc
index 0de207a..8bc51d7 100644
--- a/windows/webview.cc
+++ b/windows/webview.cc
@@ -75,12 +75,11 @@ Webview::Webview(
   webview_controller_->put_ShouldDetectMonitorScaleChanges(FALSE);
   webview_controller_->put_RasterizationScale(1.0);
 
-  wil::com_ptr<ICoreWebView2Settings> settings;
-  if (SUCCEEDED(webview_->get_Settings(settings.put()))) {
-    settings2_ = settings.try_query<ICoreWebView2Settings2>();
+  if (SUCCEEDED(webview_->get_Settings(settings_.put()))) {
+    settings2_ = settings_.try_query<ICoreWebView2Settings2>();
 
-    settings->put_IsStatusBarEnabled(FALSE);
-    settings->put_AreDefaultContextMenusEnabled(FALSE);
+    settings_->put_IsStatusBarEnabled(FALSE);
+    settings_->put_AreDefaultContextMenusEnabled(FALSE);
   }
 
   EnableSecurityUpdates();
@@ -447,6 +446,14 @@ bool Webview::SetUserAgent(const std::string& user_agent) {
   return false;
 }
 
+bool Webview::SetAreDevToolsEnabled(bool areDevToolsEnabled) {
+ if (settings_) {
+    return settings_->put_AreDevToolsEnabled(areDevToolsEnabled) ==
+           S_OK;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
 bool Webview::SetBackgroundColor(int32_t color) {
   if (!IsValid()) {
     return false;
diff --git a/windows/webview.h b/windows/webview.h
index 567e742..52336c9 100644
--- a/windows/webview.h
+++ b/windows/webview.h
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ class Webview {
   bool SetCacheDisabled(bool disabled);
   void SetPopupWindowPolicy(WebviewPopupWindowPolicy policy);
   bool SetUserAgent(const std::string& user_agent);
+  bool SetAreDevToolsEnabled(bool areDevToolsEnabled);
   bool OpenDevTools();
   bool SetBackgroundColor(int32_t color);
   bool SetZoomFactor(double factor);
@@ -219,6 +220,7 @@ class Webview {
   wil::com_ptr<ICoreWebView2> webview_;
   wil::com_ptr<ICoreWebView2DevToolsProtocolEventReceiver>
       devtools_protocol_event_receiver_;
+  wil::com_ptr<ICoreWebView2Settings> settings_;
   wil::com_ptr<ICoreWebView2Settings2> settings2_;
   POINT last_cursor_pos_ = {0, 0};
   VirtualKeyState virtual_keys_;
diff --git a/windows/webview_bridge.cc b/windows/webview_bridge.cc
index f417f9a..63944fd 100644
--- a/windows/webview_bridge.cc
+++ b/windows/webview_bridge.cc
@@ -601,7 +601,19 @@ void WebviewBridge::HandleMethodCall(
     }
     return result->Error(kErrorInvalidArgs);
   }
-
+  
+  // setAreDevToolsEnabled: bool
+  if (method_name.compare(kMethodSetAreDevToolsEnabled) == 0) {
+    if (const auto areDevToolsEnabled  = std::get_if<bool>(method_call.arguments())) {
+      if (webview_->SetAreDevToolsEnabled(*areDevToolsEnabled)) {
+        return result->Success();
+      }
+      return result->Error(kErrorNotSupported,
+                           "Setting the setAreDevToolsEnabled failed.");
+	}
+    return result->Error(kErrorInvalidArgs);
+  }
+  
   // setBackgroundColor: int
   if (method_name.compare(kMethodSetBackgroundColor) == 0) {
     if (const auto color = std::get_if<int32_t>(method_call.arguments())) {