How to fix Screen Overlay Detected on any LG Device

Screen Overlay Detected Solutions for LG Device:

Hey Guys, Welcome to EasyWebFixes! In this article, we are going to discuss the Screen Overlay Detected solutions for LG Device. Using this guide you can fix screen overlay detected on LG Devices such as LG M153 Fortune, LG Tribute HD, LG Power X, LG Stylo 2 and almost on any LG device. We already posted about General Screen Overlay Detected Solutions working for Android Devices, But as per our readers feedback we prepared this separate guide on How to fix Screen Overlay Detected issue on LG Device.

This guide will help you out to fix the Screen Overlay Detected issue on any LG Device. Basically, we have got three solutions which will surely fix the Screen Overlay issue on your LG Device. First apply Solution 1, which is working for almost 90% of the LG Devices. If Solution 1 didn’t work for you guys then you can apply Solution 2 and Solution 3 which will surely solve the screen overlay issue on your device. Do comment which solution worked for you guys, it will help your friends to fix this issue easily.

Screen Overlay Detected Solutions for LG Device:

Solution 1:

How to fix Screen Overlay Detected on LG

You must know that Screen overlay Detected popup appears when you install any new application. Hence in this solution, we will turn off screen overlay off all apps including system apps while you install any new application to your device.

Follow this setting to turn off screen overlay all Android apps on your LG device:

  1. Open Settings.
  2. Scroll down to Apps.
  3. Tap on three dots at top right corner.
  4. Open Configure Apps option.
  5. Select Draw Over Other Apps.
  6. Now again tap on three dots and select Show System Apps.
  7. Now Turn off Screen Overlay of all apps.

This screen overlay setting will turn off screen overlay of all apps, after which you can install any new application on your LG or you will be able to allow permissions of all apps on your LG.

This worked for 90% of LG Devices, if this worked for you then do let us know in comment section below. If this isn’t working for you guys or yet Screen Overlay Detected popups appear again and again then you can apply Solution 2.

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Solution 2:

Find Out Victim Screen Overlay App

As per our observation Screen Overlay Detected in many LG devices is caused by some selected applications, so it’s better to find out which app is exactly causing this issue on your LG Device. Further, you can uninstall or temporarily force stop app causing Screen Overlay Detected pop-ups on your LG device. Earlier we recommended to Reset App Preferences to solve Screen Overlay Detected issue on their device but now we recommend to go for some this solution, that is to find out which major 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.

Above measures of uninstalling some applications must resolve screen overlay detected on your LG device but yet if you are unable to fix this on your device then you can go for the third solution.

Above measures of uninstalling some applications must resolve screen overlay detected on your Samsung device but yet if you are unable to fix this on your device then you can go for the third solution.

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Solution 3:

Solutions Submitted by Our Readers

If above two solutions doesn;t worked for you guys 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.

Read Solutions Submitted by Our Readers

So these were possible solutions for Screen Overlay Detected which must solve the Screen Overlay Detected error on all LG Devices. Now if yet any solution didn’t work for you guys then do let us know in comment section below, we will help you to fix the issue.

8 thoughts on “How to fix Screen Overlay Detected on any LG Device”

  1. Try uninstalling or force stop few unwanted apps such as ES File Explorer, Night Mode Apps, Booster and Cleaner Apps.
    This might help you out…

  2. Um I hit configure apps hit the 3 dots and IT gave few options not 1 said anything about removing screenoverlay

  3. David Husok, There isn’t direct option of “Remove Screen Overlay”, it would be like “Draw Over apps” or “Apps appearing on top” or something like…

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