Screen Overlay Solution

How to deActivate Screen Overlay

Hey Guys, Welcome to Techtainmention World Today in this article we are going to discuss the solutions of the most annoying android marshmallow error that are solutions of Screen Overlay Detected pop-ups for all Android devices.

Screen Overlay Detected popups are not a temporary, they will appear again and again until you apply for any permanent solution. But before applying permanent solution it is necessary to understand:

• What is Screen Overlay?
• Why does Screen Overlay Detectedpopups appear?

And finally, it will be easier for you to understand:

• How to turn off Screen Overlay Detectedpopups on any Android device?

What is Screen Overlay?

Screen Overlay is a feature used by almost every android app. Yes! You heard it Correctly!!! Screen Overlay is one of the best features of many android apps which enable any application to appear on top of another application, like chat heads of Facebook Messenger.

Why Does Screen Overlay Detected Appears:

As per the Android Marshmallow (6.00) Terms and Policies, When you install any new application to your Android Marshmallow device then you need to manually grant to all permissions such as (Storage, Contact, Camera). But due to some bug in android marshmallow version you need to turn off screen overlay of all apps while accepting permissions of any application. And if active screen overlay of any application is observed while accepting permissions then a sudden pop up with Screen Overlay Detected message will appear. It won’t allow you to open any newly installed application such as Whatsapp, your device gallery and many other application.

There are many applications such as Clean Master, AZ Screen Recorder, Whatsapp Popups, Popup Notification of Inbox Messages, Chat Head of Facebook Messenger and many more which uses Screen Overlay Feature. But there is no need to uninstall those applications. We have got an easy solution to apply where you will be easily able to turn off screen overlay of all application on any android device like Samsung, LG, HTC, Oneplus, Lenovo and All Android Devices.

Devices in Which Screen Overlay Appears:

Generally, Screen Overlay Detected appears on many android mobiles like Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, S6, Note 5, S5, Note 4, LG G4. But we have got a solution on how to turn off screen overlay on all android devices.

Screen Overlay Detected Appears on android when you start the newly installed app for the first time. And then sudden some popup appear like this:

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Screen overlay detected
To change this permission setting, you first have to turn off the screen overlay in Settings > Apps.

How to turn off Screen Overlay: Solution of Screen Overlay Detected is a bit tricky. Different apps already installed on your android device may cause this error but we will apply the ultimate solution that will solve this error anyhow. Generally, this error is found on Samsung, Lenovo and LG devices.

We have got 2 solutions to Screen Overlay Detected. First Solution is for all android devices and Second Solutions is for Samsung devices because Samsung Setting configurations are bit different than all android devices. If you are Samsung user then you can directly scroll down to Screen Overlay Detected Solution For Samsung Devices.

Turn Off Screen Overlay For Android:

We have got 3 solutions of Screen overlay Detected error for all android devices.

Solution 1: 

Follow the following settings to turn off screen overlay of all applications on any android device:

1. Open Settings then Click on Apps.
2. Clісk оn Three Dоtѕ on tор right corner and tар on Configure аррѕ.
3. Click оn Draw Ovеr Othеr Apps.
4. Now a list of downloaded apps that have Screen Overlay permission will appear.
5. Now to get the whole list of screen overlay apps including your system apps, click on three dots on top right corner and then select “show system apps“.
6. Now simply Turn Off Screen Overlay for all apps one by one.

This must solve Screen Overlay Detected error on any Android device. Do share your views in the comment section below if the above solution worked for you guys or not.

As different Android devices have different configuration hence different solutions are working for different devices. Hence we started collecting different solutions to Screen Overlay Detected error for different Android Devices. Read Screen Overlay Detected Solutions for Samsung, Motorola and Tecno Devices.

Solution 2:

Find Out Victim Screen Overlay App

As per our observation Screen Overlay Detected in many android devices is caused by some selected applications, so it’s better to find out which app is exactly causing this issue on your device. Further, you can uninstall or temporarily force stop app causing Screen Overlay Detected pop-ups on your device. Earlier we recommended to Reset App Preferences to solve Screen Overlay Detected issue on their device but now recommend to go for some other solution, that is to find out which app is causing this screen overlay issue on your device. Directly you can’t point out which app was causing this issue, you need to apply some trick as below.

• First of all, uninstall or temporarily force stop all security and booster applications from your device. Security and Booster App list consist of DU Apps, Battery Doctor, Booster, Cleaner, 360 Security and many more. They can be identified by their name itself.
• Temporarily turn off messenger chat head.
• Uninstall or temporarily force stop ES File Explorer.
• Temporarily force stop all apps which can appear on top of other apps such as messenger chat head, Booster Rocket (On Home Screen), Screen Recorder, Night Mode and many such apps can appear on top of other apps.

If this doesn’t solve Screen Overlay Error then do read solutions submitted by our readers. As different Android devices have different configuration hence different solutions are working for different devices. Hence we started collecting different solutions to Screen Overlay Detected error from our reader, which worked for them perfectly.