Meta / Oculus

We have more Meta headsets than anything else in the lab, and Meta moved the label with almost every generation. Serials are 14 characters.

The number on the box is not the headset serial. Meta prints a separate unit number on the packaging. Read the serial off the device, out of the Meta account, or over adb.

The two shortcuts that work on any Quest

Meta account — sign in at auth.meta.com/settings/my/devices (opens in new tab) with the account the headset is signed into. The serial is listed under the device model. No disassembly, no developer mode.

adb — for headsets in Developer Mode, from Windows, macOS, or Linux:

adb devices -l
adb shell getprop ro.serialno

The ID adb prints is the headset serial. See Reading it from the OS for the setup.

Quest 3 and Quest 3S

Printed on the inside of the left headset arm. Pivot the arm upward, away from the headset, and the print is on the inner face. Pulling the left side of the head strap apart gets you to the same spot.

Quest Pro

Same idea as the Quest 3: pivot the left arm away from the display housing and look at the inner surface near the hinge. Print position varies between units — if it isn’t there, check under the rear pad of the halo strap, or skip the hunt and use the Meta account page or adb.

Quest 2

Quest 2 uses one of two places, so check both:

• Pull the facial interface (the foam face pad) off — it snaps free — and look at the housing underneath, on the left.
• On the right side, pull the head strap back until it pops off the strap arm; the serial is on the inside of the arm.

Take off any Elite Strap, battery strap, silicone cover, or third-party shell first — they cover exactly the spots you need.

Quest (1st gen)

On the inside edge of the battery cover. These serials start with 1PASH.

Oculus Go

On the left side: loosen and lift the adjustable strap to expose the strap arm — the serial is on the lower part of the arm.

Oculus Rift (CV1)

Stamped inside the head strap near the speaker on the right side — pull the cord back to expose it.

Oculus Rift S

The label is under the halo band padding on the right side; it’s the least consistent of the lot. If you can’t find it, the Oculus/Meta PC app on the Windows machine it’s tethered to lists connected Rift hardware, and the box label is the last resort. Photograph whatever you find and tell us so we can pin this down.

Touch controllers

Every controller has its own serial, separate from the headset. Slide the battery door off, remove the battery, and the serial is inside the compartment, below the QR code.

Log controllers as separate assets only if they get loaned apart from the headset. Otherwise put both controller serials in the headset asset’s Notes, so a swapped controller is still traceable.

What to put in the Model field

Use the product name as Meta sells it — Quest 3, Quest 3S, Quest Pro, Quest 2, Quest, Rift S, Rift, Go. Numbers like 899-00416-01 on the same label are part numbers, not models. See the naming conventions .