What is this floating icon on my screen

[Android Central Question]

I download a lot of apps and then delete them. This floating icon looks like the man symbol for a rest room when I hit it it can turn my phone up and down turn my phone off take screenshots I want to get rid of it.

 

[mustang7757]

I download a lot of apps and then delete them. This floating icon looks like the man symbol for a rest room when I hit it it can turn my phone up and down turn my phone off take screenshots I want to get rid of it.

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Sounds like you have Accessibility menu on ?

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Which phone do you have?

 

[anonymous2312]

i got the same problem,

but when i try to uninstall google chrome first from my device,
that floating icon disappear,

when i installed google chrome again, it appears again..
i dont know its was google chrome problem or not.

 

[mustang7757]

Hi, thanks for registering
Which phone you have?

i got the same problem,

but when i try to uninstall google chrome first from my device,
that floating icon disappear,

when i installed google chrome again, it appears again..
i dont know its was google chrome problem or not.

 

[anonymous2312]

Asus zenphone max pro m1, OS/ Android version 9 (pie)

btw,
I though this is malware / virus.
when i open google play store, then click the uninstall button in any application that i have installed.
this search-floating-icon automatically disappears, as if it was also uninstalled.
then 30 minutes laters its appear again..

damn @#$%^

 

[B. Diddy]

And you've already checked the Settings>Accessibility​ menu to make sure any option there is turned off?

 

[mustang7757]

Asus zenphone max pro m1, OS/ Android version 9 (pie)

btw,
I though this is malware / virus.
when i open google play store, then click the uninstall button in any application that i have installed.
this search-floating-icon automatically disappears, as if it was also uninstalled.
then 30 minutes laters its appear again..

damn @#$%^

What does this floating icon do when you tap it?

 

[anonymous2312]

And you've already checked the Settings>Accessibility​ menu to make sure any option there is turned off?

Yes.. sure.

 

[anonymous2312]

It just show on top of all aps.
When clicked, it shows input search with bing icon.
I never install bing apps or widget

https://youtu.be/BnINW6Xqg7U

 

[mustang7757]

It just show on top of all aps.
When clicked, it shows input search with bing icon.
I never install bing apps or widget

https://youtu.be/BnINW6Xqg7U

Check in phone settings then apps and go through the list there and uninstall unfamiliar ones

 

[B. Diddy]

It just show on top of all aps.
When clicked, it shows input search with bing icon.
I never install bing apps or widget

https://youtu.be/BnINW6Xqg7U

Thanks for posting the video -- you clearly don't have the exact same issue as the OP of this thread, since the icon you have is a search icon, while the OP described an icon with a "man symbol."

I agree with mustang7757 -- if you don't have some initial suspicion of which app is responsible, you may just have to uninstall apps one by one until the problem goes away.

 

[Javier P]

It just show on top of all aps.
When clicked, it shows input search with bing icon.
I never install bing apps or widget

https://youtu.be/BnINW6Xqg7U

Welcome to the forums. Check your recent apps when that search bar is open. Also, see which apps have the 'draw over other apps' permission enabled. For more info see this guide.

https://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=901497

 

[mustang7757]

Welcome to the forums. Check your recent apps when that search bar is open. Also, see which apps have the 'draw over other apps' permission enabled. For more info see this guide.

https://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=901497

Good tip.