Why does a small black dot appear on the left corner of my screen

[Android Central Question]

So I was scrolling through youtube and noticed a very tiny black dot appear in the left corner of my screen I was threatened to be hacked already and got hacked so I dont know if that has to do with it but it only happens like once a week or so it appears just next to my time and dissapears after like 30 seconds I'm on a Samsung A20 btw

 

[Javier P]

It doesnt

That corner should be reserved for the system so it's possible that it's caused by some feature that you enabled in your settings. Just in case, do you use a filter app or anything similar?

Also, check any personal configuration you have for the status bar.

 

[mustang7757]

It's happening again smh

Also try safe mode

 

[B. Diddy]

I recall seeing some posts about this before, but the people asking the question usually never respond to followup questions.:-\

I found this, which says it represents a low priority notification in the notification panel: https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS9/comments/8i8kvi/whats_this_dot_i_sometimes_get_in_the_top_left/

 

[Tena Cormier]

It means that you're do not disturb is enabled go into your settings and click on do not disturb because it's on so you probably haven't gotten any phone calls or messages or anything while that's been on but that's what the black dot on the left hand corner of your Android phone is ..... do not disturb

 

[VidJunky]

It means that you're do not disturb is enabled go into your settings and click on do not disturb because it's on so you probably haven't gotten any phone calls or messages or anything while that's been on but that's what the black dot on the left hand corner of your Android phone is ..... do not disturb

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[Sandi Driver]

It's an app notification. It means you have multiple unchecked notifications from your apps.