How to see screen time and set app timers on a OnePlus

Device

Android

Shown on

OnePlus Nord 5 (CPH2709), OxygenOS 16.0.5.1201, Android 16

App

Settings

Path

Settings › Digital Wellbeing and parental controls

Real screenshots

3 of 3 steps

Checked

October 2026

Sources

2 official, linked below

Step by step

1. 

   Open Digital Wellbeing

   Open Settings and tap Digital Wellbeing & parental controls (search wellbeing if you can't see it). The circle shows screen time today, with Unlocks and Notifications below.

   Done

2. 

   See each app

   Tap the circle. App activity details shows a chart by day, Mon to Sun, and the apps used.

   Done

3. 

   Set an App timer

   Tap the hourglass next to an app. Pick hours and minutes; it resets at midnight. Tap OK.

   Done

If you do not see this option

• Other tools? Ways to disconnect lists App timers, Bedtime mode, Focus and Screen time reminders. Source: Manage how you spend time on your Android phone with Digital Wellbeing
• Child's phone? OnePlus's OxygenOS 14 manual puts Kids mode and screen time limits for children on the same Digital Wellbeing & parental controls page. Source: OxygenOS 14.0 User Manual

If this does not work

• App paused? The timer was reached. Change or delete the timer. Source: Manage how you spend time on your Android phone with Digital Wellbeing
• Numbers look low? It counts only your profile, per the page.

About this guide

Digital Wellbeing counts screen time and can pause apps after a daily limit.

The screenshots are from our OnePlus Nord 5 with OxygenOS 16.0.5.1201 and Android 16, in Dark mode. Ours showed 1 hr 3 mins today. We opened a timer and tapped Cancel.

Good to know

Set up Bedtime mode on a OnePlus.

In short: Settings, Digital Wellbeing & parental controls, the circle; hourglass for a timer.