Create a Folder on the Home Screen
When your OnePlus home screen fills up with icons, finding the right app takes longer every time. OxygenOS does not sort apps into categories automatically, so scattered icons for messaging, games, or tools quickly turn into visual clutter. Grouping related apps into a named folder keeps the layout manageable without deleting anything.
Enable or Disable Device Admin Apps
If a security or productivity app suddenly loses the ability to lock your screen, wipe data remotely, or enforce password rules, its Device admin app permission may have been switched off. On OnePlus phones this special access level controls how deep an app can reach into system settings and internal storage. Losing track of which apps hold this permission can leave the phone either over-exposed to a single app or missing features you actually rely on.
Enable or Disable Google Autofill Service
If login fields, payment details or addresses fill in on their own on your OnePlus, Autofill with Google is doing the work in the background. That is convenient, but it also means saved passwords and card numbers sit ready to insert wherever a matching field shows up. Some people want that speed, others prefer to enter sensitive data manually every time.
Change Select to Speak Voice Speed and Language
When Select to Speak reads text out loud, the voice can sound too slow, too fast, or in the wrong language for what you actually need. Just like TalkBack, this feature relies on the system Text to speech engine, and its sliders for rate and pitch are easy to overlook. Getting the reading speed and language right makes selected text far more usable in daily situations.
Enable or Disable On-Body Detection
When On-body detection is active, your OnePlus phone stays unlocked the moment you pick it up or carry it in a bag, even after the screen would normally lock. The feature only checks for motion, not who is actually holding the device, so anyone carrying it gets the same access. If your phone keeps unlocking itself on the way to work or during a workout, this Smart Lock option is usually the reason.
Use Google Lens in the Camera App
If the camera viewfinder does not recognize landmarks, text or products on its own, Google Lens is probably still hidden inside the camera shortcuts. On OnePlus phones running Oxygenos, Lens sits as a separate option in the Camera app and only scans the frame once you tap it and pick a category.
Manage Individual App Permissions
If a OnePlus app suddenly can't reach your contacts, camera, or storage, a permission was likely denied at some point, either by you or automatically. Apps only ask for access like location or storage when they actually need it, and each prompt can be allowed or denied on the spot. Over time this leaves some apps running with limited access for reasons that are not obvious anymore.
Add More Exceptions to Do Not Disturb Mode
Do Not Disturb on your OnePlus phone mutes calls and messages by default, but alarms, media playback, and touch feedback often keep misbehaving anyway. If you want alarms to still go off, media sounds to stay audible, or touch sounds to work while everything else is silenced, the standard call and message exceptions will not help. Those extra behaviors sit in a separate exceptions list that needs to be turned on manually.
Enable or Disable Long Press for Symbols on the Keyboard
If letter keys on your OnePlus keyboard show no secondary symbol, you have to switch to the symbols layout every time you need a special character. Long press for symbols adds a small extra character to each key, letting you insert it by holding the key instead. This setting sits inside the keyboard app itself, not in the general display options, which is why many users miss it.
Add WiFi Network Manually
If your OnePlus phone does not show a WiFi network in the scan list, the router is usually broadcasting a hidden or non-visible SSID. Without the network name in the list, you cannot tap it and connect the usual way. Adding the network manually lets you connect once you have the exact SSID and password from the router.
Add a City to World Clock
If the Clock app on your OnePlus phone only shows your own time zone, keeping track of a call with someone abroad turns into constant math. The World clock feature lets you pin extra cities with their live time and current weather, but the button to add or remove them hides behind an icon that is easy to miss. Once you know where to tap, managing your list of cities takes seconds.
Create an Album for Photos or Videos
When photos and videos from trips, screenshots, and app downloads all land in the same Gallery feed, finding a specific shot later gets tedious. OnePlus Gallery groups everything by date by default, with no automatic sorting by topic or event. Creating a named album under Collections lets you group related media manually, but the name you pick sticks unless you go back and edit it.
Add Bookmark Shortcut to Home Screen
Typing the same web address into Chrome every day gets old fast, especially for sites that do not have their own app. A bookmark saved only inside Chrome's bookmark list still needs several taps before the page loads. OxygenOS lets you turn any website into a home screen icon that opens directly, without a detour through the browser menu.
Show or Hide Battery Percentage in Status Bar
Guessing whether your OnePlus is at 20 percent or 60 percent from the battery icon alone is unreliable, especially once the icon outline gets thin. Without an exact number next to the icon, you only see a rough fill level in the status bar. That makes it hard to judge how much time you have left before a meeting or a long trip away from a charger.
Change Lock Screen Clock Style
If the default lock screen clock on your OnePlus phone looks plain, you don't have to keep it. Some styles only show digits, while others add an analog face or a date line underneath the time. Which one fits depends on a setting most people never open.
Set Calendar Event Colors by Category
When appointments from different Google Accounts, birthdays, and personal events all appear in the same shade, the Calendar app on your OnePlus gets hard to scan at a glance. Each event category can carry its own color, but the option sits inside the calendar settings and is easy to miss. Without it, a work meeting and a birthday reminder look identical in your day view.
Delete a contact group or label
A label with dozens of contacts you no longer need clutters the group list in the Contacts app, but removing every member one by one feels pointless. Deleting the group itself takes seconds and does not touch the contacts stored on your OnePlus phone. Only the grouping disappears, not the people in it.
Set Default Keyboard Language
If your OnePlus phone keeps opening a messaging app or input field with the wrong keyboard language, Gboard is likely still using an outdated default. Switching layouts manually every time you type gets annoying fast, especially with several keyboard languages installed. Reordering your language list fixes which layout loads automatically.
Block or Unblock a Contact
Getting repeated calls or texts from the same number on your OnePlus phone points to a contact that needs blocking through the Contacts app. If you already blocked someone and now want them back, the reverse process works differently and trips up a lot of users. Both actions run through the contact's own menu, not through Phone or Messages settings.
Resend Undelivered Messages Automatically
If a text message shows a red exclamation mark or just sits there as 'Not delivered', your carrier connection likely dropped mid-send. OnePlus Messages can quietly retry it as SMS, but only if the resend behavior is configured the way you expect. Without checking this setting, you might be missing messages or getting asked for confirmation every single time a send fails.
Restrict App Downloads to Wi-Fi Only
If the Play Store keeps pulling large app updates through your mobile data plan, your monthly data cap can vanish fast. On OnePlus phones, an app download preference inside the Play Store settings decides whether downloads run over Wi-Fi, mobile data, or both. Once mobile data is excluded, new installs and updates simply wait until you connect to Wi-Fi.
Set When Screensaver Starts
If the screensaver on your OnePlus phone kicks in at random moments, or never shows up when you expect it, the trigger condition is likely set wrong. OxygenOS only activates the screensaver during charging, docking, or a combination of both, unless you turn it off entirely.
Enable the Scientific Calculator Mode
The stock Calculator app on a OnePlus phone opens with only basic functions, which pushes many people to download a separate scientific calculator from the Play Store. The extra functions are actually built in, but they stay hidden unless you trigger the right gesture or rotate the phone.
Block Unidentified Callers Automatically
If your OnePlus keeps ringing for numbers with no caller ID or generic labels like Unknown, callers hiding behind a suppressed or unregistered number are getting through. This often includes robocalls or alleged competition and survey calls that never show a real number. A dedicated toggle in the Phone app can stop these calls before they reach you.