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Program a universal garage door remote

Program a Chamberlain Clicker universal remote to a Chamberlain, LiftMaster, Craftsman, Genie, Linear, Stanley or Wayne Dalton opener, by brand and year.

Three different garage door remotes side by side on a workbench

A universal remote is made to learn more than one brand's radio system, which is handy when the original remote is lost or you have two openers from different makers. This page follows Chamberlain's manual for its Clicker universal remote, model KLIK3U. Other universal remotes work on the same idea, but their press counts are different: use the chart for your model.

The KLIK3U can run up to two products, a garage door opener, a gate or a commercial door, and each of its buttons is programmed separately.

Will it work with your opener?

The manual's first condition is about safety, not radio: with a home garage door, the remote must only be used with openers made after 1993 that have photoelectric sensors, the two small units near the bottom of the door track. See safety sensors.

Then find out how your opener learns a code. It has either:

  • a Program or Learn button on the motor unit, or on an external receiver near it. HomeLink describes the usual spot: just above the antenna wire hanging from the motor, sometimes under the light cover. The steps below are for this kind.
  • DIP switches, a row of tiny switches. The KLIK3U manual sends you to Chamberlain's own instructions for those.

Find your brand, color and year

Opener brandLearn button type or colorYearsPress the button
LinearMega-Code1997 to current1 time
ChamberlainOrange or red1997 to 20032 times
ChamberlainPurple2005 to current3 times
ChamberlainGreen1993 to 19964 times
Genie, Overhead DoorIntellicode1995 to current5 times
Genie, Overhead DoorIntellicode1993 to current6 times
StanleySecure Code19987 times
ChamberlainYellow2011 to current8 times
Wayne DaltonRolling code19999 times

"Chamberlain" in this chart covers more names than it seems. The manual: "LiftMaster, Do-It, Master Mechanic, Raynor, True Value and Sears Craftsman are compatible with Chamberlain technology." For a Genie opener with Intellicode II, the newer kind with a Program button, the manual points to Chamberlain's separate instructions.

Program it

  1. Take the cover off the remote. Press and hold its program button until the remote's LED turns on.
  2. Press and release the Program or Learn button on the opener.
  3. Choose a button on the remote. Press and release it the number of times in the chart. Wait for the LED to stop flashing between presses. The opener answers by clicking, blinking its light, or running.
  4. Press the remote's program button again to save.

Test it from the floor. If nothing happens, repeat the steps. On the LiftMaster, Chamberlain, Craftsman and Genie openers covered on this site, Learn mode lasts 30 seconds, so have the remote ready before you climb up.

Battery

The KLIK3U takes a single 3V CR2032 coin cell.

Updated 2026-10-11.

Sources

Other opener guides