In this guide, we will show you a couple of methods to disable the Sensitive Notifications on your device running Android 15. We have witnessed a slew of intriguing additions to the latest OS build, with the likes of Partial Screen Sharing, Notification Cooldown, Lockscreen widgets, Battery Health percentage, App Archive, revamped Bluetooth menu, Private Space, the ability to save App Pair, and Privacy Sandbox being the talk of the town. On the flip side though, there have been a few questionable feature implementations as well.
One among which is the new Sensitive Notifications. As is evident from its name, the Sensitive Notification feature prevents non-permissible apps and services from being able to read sensitive content on the screen. As a result of this, malicious apps as well as the sneaky ones that try to read these data [such as OTPs] will no longer be able to do so. Unfortunately, even the genuine apps are not able to read these messages, thereby resulting in quite a few issues for the end users.
They had already reported this bug back when Android 15 was in the beta phase but it seems that the Silicon Valley giant had let it slip from its hands. Adding to the misery, even non-sensitive notifications are being blocked by the OS. Not only that, numerous smartwatches, including the ones from Garmin, have also been affected by this “issue”. As far as the reasoning behind this issue is concerned, Android genius Mishaal Rehman has brilliantly explained this scenario:
It’s because your app is considered an “untrusted” Notification Listener service hence it isn’t allowed to read sensitive notifications, like ones that hold OTP codes. Your app needs the new RECEIVE_SENSITIVE_NOTIFICATIONS permission which was added in Android 15. However, the permission has a protection level of signature|role, and the only roles the permission is granted to are COMPANION_DEVICE_WATCH (ie. watch companion apps), SYSTEM_AUTOMOTIVE_PROJECTION (like Android Auto), SYSTEM_NOTIFICATION_INTELLIGENCE (Android System Intelligence), SYSTEM_UI, COMPANION_DEVICE_COMPUTER (like Cross-Device Services), COMPANION_DEVICE_GLASSES, and HOME (the default launcher).
Now that you are aware of the reasoning behind this issue, let’s make you aware of a couple of nifty methods through which you can address this concern once and for all. Follow along.
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How to Disable Sensitive Notification on Android 15
There exist two different methods through which you can get this job done- the basic and the technical one. It is recommended that you first try the basic one and if that doesn’t work out, then give a shot at the advanced fix.
FIX 1: Via Settings menu
- Head over to Settings > Notifications.
- Turn off the Enhanced Notifications.
- Check if it fixes the underlying issue.
FIX 2: Via ADB Commands
- Head over to Settings > About Phone > Tap on Build Number 7 times.
- This will enable Developer Options. Access it from Settings > System.
- Then enable USB Debugging and connect your device to PC via USB.
- Then download and extract Android SDK Platform Tools on your PC.
- Next up, open the Command Prompt inside the platform tools folder.
- Now type in the below commands in the CMD window [replace app package name with the name of the affected app]
adb shell appops set [app_package_name] RECEIVE_SENSITIVE_NOTIFICATIONS allow
- Finally, Force Stop and then relaunch the app and check out the result.
That’s it. These are the two different methods through which you can disable the Sensitive Notifications on your Android 15 device. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution as soon as possible.
