cant access developer settings to turn off screen overlay

[Android Central Question]

axis lines and numbers are shown on the screen and you can draw all over the screen. Developer settings is inaccessible

 

[Javier P]

Welcome to the forums. Yeah, that sounds like 'Pointer location' is enabled on the developer options. What device do you have? What happens if you try to open the developer options? Are they already enabled? Is the option greyed out in your settings?