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GTA 6 Cheats and Cheat Codes: What Is Confirmed Before Launch

There are no confirmed GTA 6 cheat codes yet, and Rockstar has not said the game has cheats. Here is what is official, how GTA 5 handled cheats, and when the first codes can be tested.

Simon Damgaard · · 6 min read

Jason rides a motorbike with Lucia aiming a pistol behind him, chased by a police car and a helicopter in Vice City
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There are no confirmed GTA 6 cheat codes yet. Rockstar has not said a word about cheats in Grand Theft Auto VI, and the game does not unlock anywhere until Thursday 19 November 2026, so every code list you can find today is untested.

You want one thing from a cheats page: codes that work when you type them in. Nobody can give you that before launch, because nobody outside Rockstar and the reviewers can press a button in the game. What we can do is show what is official, how cheats worked in the last Rockstar games, and when the first real codes can be checked.

  • Confirmed GTA 6 cheat codes: 0
  • Has Rockstar said GTA 6 has cheats? No. The word does not appear on its GTA 6 site or on the PlayStation Store page (checked Friday 13 November)
  • Earliest a code can be tested: midnight on 19 November in New Zealand, which is 11:00 GMT on Wednesday 18 November
  • Last game for comparison: GTA 5 had cheats, let you save with them on, and switched achievements off while they were active
  • Online: Rockstar has not announced a GTA 6 online mode, and cheat codes have never worked in GTA Online

This hub covers what is confirmed before launch. It is updated on 19 November with every working cheat code for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, as soon as we have tested them.

GTA 6 cheat codes: the list so far

This table is empty on purpose. A code goes in when it has been entered in the finished game, not before.

CheatPS5Xbox Series X|SStatus
Health and armourAdded at launchAdded at launchNot confirmed by Rockstar
Weapons and ammoAdded at launchAdded at launchNot confirmed by Rockstar
Wanted level up or downAdded at launchAdded at launchNot confirmed by Rockstar
Spawn vehiclesAdded at launchAdded at launchNot confirmed by Rockstar
World and weather effectsAdded at launchAdded at launchNot confirmed by Rockstar

The rows are the cheat types GTA 5 had. They show what we will look for first, not what is in GTA 6.

Are there cheats in GTA 6?

Not confirmed by Rockstar: that GTA 6 has cheat codes at all. Rockstar has neither announced nor ruled them out.

We searched the places where Rockstar and Sony describe the game. None of them mention cheats:

Official sourceMentions cheats?
Rockstar’s GTA 6 site, including the editions sectionNo
Rockstar’s GTA 6 Launch Gallery and its captionsNo
PlayStation Store page for GTA 6No
Rockstar’s “Pre-Load Grand Theft Auto VI Now” post from 10 NovemberNo

That silence is normal. Rockstar did not publish cheat codes before GTA 5 came out either. Players found them in the game. Every main Grand Theft Auto game so far has had cheats, which is why most people expect them again, but an expectation is not a confirmation.

Why GTA 6 cheat code lists online are not real yet

Several sites already list “GTA 6 cheat codes” with full button combinations. Before you save one, check it against these three facts:

  • The game is locked. Pre-loaded copies cannot be started before midnight local time on 19 November, as Rockstar Support confirms
  • The codes are copies. The lists we have seen reuse GTA 5 button combinations and phone numbers with a new headline
  • No trusted source backs them. We found no report on GTA 6 cheats from Rockstar or from the reporters and outlets we rate as reliable

We also do not use leaked footage or data pulled from pre-load files. If a code is on this page, it has been tried in the released game.

How cheats worked in GTA 5

GTA 5 is the best guide to what Rockstar might do, and here there is an official source. Rockstar Support has a page on saving and achievements with GTA 5 cheat codes, and it is clearer than most fan guides:

QuestionWhat Rockstar Support says about GTA 5
Can you save with cheats on?“Saving is allowed when cheat codes are enabled but achievements are temporarily disabled.”
How do you turn a cheat off?“Entering the same cheat code twice will usually, but not always, disable the cheat.”
Do cheats work in missions?“Starting a mission with off-mission cheat codes enabled will disable those cheats.”
What if a cheat is blocked?The game shows “Cheat Denied: Cannot activate that cheat right now.”
How do you reset everything?“Reloading a save or rebooting the console will reset all cheats”

Two things in that table are worth remembering for 19 November. Cheats in GTA 5 did not wreck your save file, and trophies and achievements only stopped while a cheat was active. If GTA 6 follows the same rules, the safe habit is the old one: save first, cheat second, reload when you want trophies again.

GTA 5 also never had a money cheat in story mode. Whether GTA 6 has one is unknown.

How you entered cheats in earlier Rockstar games

Rockstar has changed the method several times, so there is no safe guess for GTA 6. This is how it worked before:

GameHow cheats were entered
GTA: Vice City (2002) and San Andreas (2004)Button sequences on the controller, typed words on PC
GTA 4 (2008)Phone numbers dialled on the in-game phone
GTA 5 (2013)Button sequences on the controller. The PS4, Xbox One and PC versions added phone numbers, and PC also had a text console
Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018)Phrases typed into a Cheats menu under Settings

The only codes written down anywhere for the older games are in fan and press guides, so we treat this table as series history, not as official Rockstar documentation. The GTA 5 codes themselves are in our older GTA 5 cheat code guide.

When will GTA 6 cheats be found?

GTA 6 unlocks at midnight local time on Thursday 19 November in every region. PlayStation calls it a “rolling midnight launch by country, beginning at 12:00AM NZDT in New Zealand”. New Zealand is 13 hours ahead of GMT in November, so the first players get in at these times:

Time zoneFirst unlock anywhere (New Zealand midnight)
GMT (London)Wednesday 18 November, 11:00
CET (Paris, Berlin)Wednesday 18 November, 12:00
ET (New York)Wednesday 18 November, 06:00
PT (Los Angeles)Wednesday 18 November, 03:00

That is the earliest moment anyone can try a code in the released game. It is not a promise that codes will be found within minutes. Your own unlock time is in our GTA 6 unlock time guide.

What we will add to this page at launch

  • Every working code for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, each one tested before it is listed
  • How to enter them: controller, in-game phone, menu or something new
  • The rules: whether cheats block saving, trophies and achievements, and whether they work in missions
  • Vehicle and weapon cheats matched to our GTA 6 vehicles hub and GTA 6 weapons hub

Everything else that is confirmed before launch is in GTA 6: everything we know.

GTA 6 cheats FAQ

Does GTA 6 have cheat codes?

Not confirmed. Rockstar has not mentioned cheats for GTA 6 anywhere. Earlier Grand Theft Auto games had them, and players found the codes after release, so the first reliable answer comes on 19 November.

Is there a GTA 6 money cheat?

Nobody knows yet. GTA 5 had no money cheat in story mode, and Rockstar has said nothing about one for GTA 6. Any “infinite money code” you see before launch is untested.

Will cheats disable trophies and achievements in GTA 6?

Rockstar has not said. In GTA 5, Rockstar Support states that saving was allowed with cheats on but achievements were temporarily disabled. Expect something similar, and save before you try a code.

Sources: Rockstar Games: Grand Theft Auto VI, Rockstar Support: saving and achievements while using GTA V cheat codes, Rockstar Support: GTA VI release time, PlayStation Store: Grand Theft Auto VI, PlayStation Blog.