topic Re: Notifications opens mini version of app, how to stop it in Galaxy A Series

Notifications opens mini version of app, how to stop it

carl_nickname — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 15:01:30 GMT

Hi, I dont know what you call this, but sometimes if I click quickly on a notification at the top of the screen I'll get a mini window floating in front of existing windows showing the app and e.g. message.

Its really annoying, cant easily be closed and utterly useless.

Ive searched and searched but cant find the setting to turn these mini floating app windows off.

Please help.

Re: Notifications opens mini version of app, how to stop it

AndrewL — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 15:21:30 GMT

@carl_nickname: Please try heading to Settings > Notifications > Advanced settings > Floating notifications, and set this to 'Off' to see if this resolves the issue.

Alternatively, head to Settings > Advanced features > Multi window > Swipe for pop-up view > Off.

Re: Re: Notifications opens mini version of app, how to stop it

carl_nickname — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 15:28:52 GMT

Hi Andrew, thank you but both of these are already off, I think I found them previously via googling.
I hope the description makes sense, it's like a small version of the app itself that appears in a floating window.

Re: Re: Notifications opens mini version of app, how to stop it

carl_nickname — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 15:31:54 GMT

I've just read the description from swipe for pop-up view and tried it.
It is exactly like that, except that it doesnt come from an already open app, it comes from swiping a notification too quickly.

Re: Re: Notifications opens mini version of app, how to stop it

nic_fox — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 10:07:02 GMT

Apparently if you enable the detailed notification style it prevents swiping down on a notification from opening the small window version of the app. On my Galaxy s23 I go to Settings > Notifications > Notification pop-up style and choose the Detailed option.

Re: Re: Re: Notifications opens mini version of app, how to stop it

carl_nickname — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 11:10:23 GMT

Thank you @nic_fox I will give that a try. Im not sure how to get back to this page afterwards unfortunately, but fingers crossed!

Re: Notifications opens mini version of app, how to stop it

Micha_ — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 03:27:24 GMT

Thanks for posting this question. I also tried the first two suggestions (no help). Hopefully the detailed notifications help. Who asked for this obnoxious feature, anyway? And why isn't turning it off a toggle instead of having to turn off brief notifications just to avoid unwanted windows? Anyway, thanks again for asking this.

Re: Re: Re: Notifications opens mini version of app, how to stop it

carl_nickname — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 08:25:57 GMT

Hi, I've tried this detailed style for a while. It has seemed to be happening less often now, only once on an app this week.
It's such an odd feature of no use at all, wish it would just go away!

Re: Notifications opens mini version of app, how to stop it

Clea_Donna — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:59:09 GMT

Anyone get an actual fix for this? It is driving me nuts and no matter what I do...I can't get it to go away.

Re: Re: Notifications opens mini version of app, how to stop it

carl_nickname — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 15:07:18 GMT

Hi, I did all the changes suggested above and it seems to have worked, I don't get the weird little mini windows any more. I suspect it was the detailed notifications setting if that helps.

Re: Notifications opens mini version of app, how to stop it

SamwiseGamjee — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:16:13 GMT

I really wish Samsung would test their stuff better, provide clearer solutions and show all these as options during phone setup. It is peak late stage capitalism that they shirk their responsibility to provide support for their products onto consumers who then use trial and error to hopefully figure out a solution to a problem that could have been easily avoided by doing better UX testing. This is what makes people switch to Apple. The S25 Ultra and One UI 7 is rife with problems that could have been solved with better testing. It is beyond frustrating to work in tech and know the solutions exist but that a trillion dollar company won't pay for them.

Re: Notifications opens mini version of app, how to stop it

Abdullah_98 — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 09:52:41 GMT

this so called feature is so annoying.. even mini window is desabled in the advanced features settings but still if i swipe down on a pop up notification it opens that damm mini window instead of opening notification area

Re: Notifications opens mini version of app, how to stop it

JH98 — Wed, 28 May 2025 12:26:21 GMT

Anyone have a solution to this? The pop up box from the notification is a very annoying feature

Re: Notifications opens mini version of app, how to stop it

cerwen80 — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 15:14:30 GMT

Yes, my solution to this and various other issues is to purchase a cmf 2 from Nothing technologies. None of these intensely frustrating things have happened on that phone since I got it, but as soon as I pick up the Samsung, I get incredibly angry again. Even signing in to reply to this thread filled me with rage, as I had to input a code to login to my Samsung account but it wouldn't let me copy the goddamn code, I had to try and hold it in memory, which is pretty stressful when you have a learning disability

Again, Samsung do not care about the users, or choice, or accessibility, or testing their features, etc. The best option is simply to not use Samsung products.

Edit: and thanks to all of this, I have now completely forgotten the original reason I picked up this ***** thing. This is not helpful for productivity at all, it is a hindrance.

Re: Notifications opens mini version of app, how to stop it

starklos — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 15:30:07 GMT

There is a way. Download the "Good Lock" App from the Galaxy Store. Then: Edge Lighting+ -> Advanced Settings -> Prevents swipe down. This is the only way to disable the pop-up view when swiping down on a notification without being a workaround patch with drawbacks (like setting notification pop-up style to "detailed", which prevents edge lighting and message preview on a locked phone)

Re: Notifications opens mini version of app, how to stop it

Astronomer — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:51:02 GMT

I have tried all the methods and this bug is annoying and frustrating when an notification opens up in a small popup window, and samsung has not even have a set option to turn it off, now I am trying the edge lightning + as my last try, let's see hopefully it works 🤞

Re: Notifications opens mini version of app, how to stop it

ratkush — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 19:40:31 GMT

I think I got a fix for this annoyance:

Go to settings> picture-in-picture

Turn off for those apps

Re: Notifications opens mini version of app, how to stop it

npq_ — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 21:28:22 GMT

The Edge lighting+ does the trick, thank you so much 👍