How to turn off the 'Is Displaying Over Other Apps' notification on Android Oreo

The fact that some applications may display thumbnails while other applications running (such as Facebook Messenger) are quite convenient for users. However, some applications will stop running when another application is inserted to create a 'Screen Overlay Detected' error that annoys the user. With the Oreo version, Android has shown system notifications to let users know what's going on. This is extremely useful but some users don't care and sometimes feel annoying. So what to do? Please see the article below to know how to turn off these notifications!

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How to disable 'Displaying Over Other Apps' message

You can quickly turn off these notifications, however, you must do this for each application you receive notifications.

To get started, wait until you see the message pop up and hold it.

This will open the Android system notification settings.

To quickly turn off notifications, you just need to adjust the slider. A note will show you that you have successfully turned off that notification. This only works with the running application, a new notification will appear if another application is running insert.

When you're done, click Done.

How to reactivate the 'Displaying Over Other Apps' message

If you change your mind to display the message again, you can follow the instructions below.

Scroll the screen from above and click on the gear icon to open the Settings menu .

From here, click Apps & Notifications.

Then click Notifications> Notifications (On for all apps) .

Click the 3 dot vertical icon in the top right corner, then select Show system . This will display system apps and applications installed from Play Store in the list.

Then select Android System .

Find the message you disabled earlier (in this case, the Messenger application). Then reactivate by turning on the slider.

That's it. It's simple, right.

Good luck!