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Samsung: Hide the Camera Cutout in Apps

When an app stretches its content behind the front camera, the cutout turns into a black block that cuts into photos, videos or game menus. This happens because some full-screen apps do not automatically reserve space for the camera housing. The result is a visible bar sitting on top of your content instead of blending into the status bar.

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Hide the Camera Cutout in Full-Screen Apps auf Samsung

The camera cutout on Samsung phones sits inside the display area, so any app running in full-screen mode has to leave room for it. Some apps do this automatically, others stretch their layout right across the housing, turning the cutout into a distracting black block over photos, videos, menus or game UI elements.

Samsung controls this behaviour through the full-screen app manager. You decide per app, or globally through the advanced option, whether the system should mask the cutout area with a black bar so it visually merges with the status bar instead of interrupting the content.

To change it, open SettingsDisplayFull screen apps ➔ open the menu ➔ Advanced settings, then enable or disable Hide camera cutout.

Turning the option on covers the cutout for every app that was previously stretching behind it. Turning it off is useful if you prefer maximum screen usage and do not mind the occasional black bar in specific games or media apps.

If a single app still shows the cutout incorrectly after enabling this, that app may control its own full-screen behaviour and ignore the system setting. In that case check the app's own display or aspect-ratio options first.

Frequently asked questions

Some apps manage their own full-screen layout and do not respect the system setting under Full screen appsAdvanced settings. Check that app for a separate display or notch option.

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Android 10 · One UI 2

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