Can't see app content in Recents many after OxygenOS 15 update? Try these potential workarounds

If you’ve recently updated your OnePlus phone to OxygenOS 15, you might have noticed an annoying new feature: app content in your Recents view is suddenly hidden by default. Instead of seeing app previews, many users are greeted with an “App Content Hidden” message. Sound familiar? Don’t worry — you’re not alone, and there are a few potential fixes.

The hidden app content issue appears to be a privacy measure baked into OxygenOS 15. It might seem helpful on paper, but it’s frustrating in practice, especially for users who rely on app previews for multitasking.

Redditors in communities like r/OnePlus12 and r/OnePlus have been sharing their confusion and irritation about the problem. One user posted, “I don’t like this hidden app content thing. It randomly got turned on today after using OOS15 for a few days.” Others echoed the sentiment, calling it “annoying” and questioning why it was enabled by default.

If you’re tired of manually toggling “Show Content” every time you open an app in Recents, here are a few steps that might help:

1. Reboot Your Device
   Several users have reported that a simple reboot often resolves the issue temporarily. While this isn’t a permanent fix, it might be the quickest way to clear things up for now.
2. Tap the Three Dots in Recents
   • Open the Recents screen.
   • Tap the three dots in the top-right corner of the hidden app.
   • Select “Show Content.”

     

     Unfortunately, this must be done for each app individually, which isn’t ideal.

3. Check for Privacy Settings
   Some users speculate this feature is tied to OnePlus’s push for privacy enhancements. Check your Settings > Privacy section to see if there’s an option to disable the hidden content feature globally.

One Redditor summed up the community’s feelings:

OOS15 seems quite buggy. There’s this hide content issue, WhatsApp notifications cut off, gestures glitch out, and even the brightness slider sometimes acts up.

Others speculated that OnePlus enabled the feature automatically as part of its privacy focus:

Maybe because of the ‘PrIvAcY and sEcUrItY’ that OnePlus is pushing so actively since OxygenOS 15.

While OnePlus works on ironing out these bugs, the above workarounds should help you deal with the hidden app content issue for now. It’s not perfect, but it’s manageable. Hopefully, the company will address this problem in a future update. Have you encountered this issue? Share your thoughts and fixes in the comments!

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