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This wikiHow teaches you how to disable an app’s screen overlay permission on an Android phone. Sometimes when the screen overlay conflicts with another application, an error message will appear. This will prevent most applications from working properly. You can disable an app’s screen overlay permission in the Settings menu on pure Android phones, Samsung Galaxy and LG.
Steps
On pure Android phones
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Open Settings 
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. Gray gear apps are usually located in the app drawer.
- Or, you can swipe down from the top of the screen and tap the gear icon
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Tap Apps & notifications 
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(Apps & notifications). The option is next to the grid of squares icon near the top of the menu. [1] X Research Source
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Click Advanced at the bottom of the page.
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Tap Special app access . Options are at the bottom of the menu.
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Click Display over other apps . This is the fourth option on the list.
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Tap the app for which you want to disable screen overlay. If you turned off this feature because of an error message, select the app that reported the error or the app that you think is causing the problem. The applications that often overlay the screen are Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Twilight.
- On some devices you will only see a list of apps with a screen overlay with a switch next to it, in this case you can simply tap the switch to turn off the screen overlay of the selected app.
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Press the switch OFF 
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of the app for which you want to disable screen overlay. The app’s screen overlay permission will be disabled.
- If you’re not sure which app is causing the error, try disabling them all and re-enabling them one by one.
On Samsung Galaxy
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Open Settings
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. Gray gear apps are usually located in the app drawer.
- Or, you can swipe down from the top of the screen and tap the gear icon
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Tap Apps . The option is in the lower half of the menu, next to the four-dot icon. A list of all the apps on your phone will open.
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Click the three-dotted ⋮ button in the upper-right corner of the page. A drop-down menu with some additional options will appear.
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Click Special access . The option is second to last in the list on the drop-down menu. The special access settings menu will appear.
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Click Apps that can appear on top . The option is fourth from the top at the bottom of the page.
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Press the switch OFF
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of the application you want to disable. The app’s screen overlay permission will be turned off.
- If you’re not sure which app is causing the error, try disabling them all and re-enabling them one by one.
On LG phones
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Open Settings
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. Gray gear apps are usually located in the app drawer.
- You can also access the Settings menu by swiping down from the top of the screen to access the Notifications pane, then tapping the gear icon in the upper-right corner.
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Click Apps . The option is next to the icon with a pie chart and three dots.
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Tap the ⋮ sign in the upper-right corner of the app menu. A drop-down menu will appear.
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Click Configure apps . Options are at the top of the drop-down menu.
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Tap Draw over other apps under the “Advanced” heading.
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Tap the app that’s causing the error. Applications that often overlay the screen are Messenger, WhatsApp, Clean Master, Drupe, screen recording application and Lux
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Swipe the “Permit drawing over other apps” switch to the position
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OFF. So screen overlay has been disabled with this app. You can now return to the application you were told about and try again.
- If you’re not sure which app is causing the error, disable it altogether.
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