How to use Focus mode on a OnePlus (OxygenOS 16)

Device

Android

Shown on

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

App

Settings

Path

Settings › Digital Wellbeing & parental controls › Focus

Real screenshots

6 of 6 steps

Checked

October 2026

Sources

2 official, linked below

Step by step

1. 

   Open Focus

   Open Settings, Digital Wellbeing & parental controls. Focus said Tap to set up.

   Done

2. 

   Pick distracting apps

   Under Select distracting apps, tick them; Show all 53 apps lists the rest. Turn on now, above, works once one is ticked.

   Done

3. 

   Check the notification

   Ours said Focus is on: Distracting apps are paused, with Take a break and Turn off now.

   Done

4. 

   Open a paused app

   Ours showed Focus is on: Calculator and other distracting apps are paused right now. Use app for 5 minutes or OK.

   Done

5. 

   Turn it off

   On the Focus page, tap Turn off now. Take a break pauses Focus instead.

   Done

6. 

   Check it is off

   The page shows Turn on now again.

   Done

If you do not see this option

• No Focus row? Search Settings for Focus. On ours it is inside Digital Wellbeing & parental controls.
• On OxygenOS 14? The OnePlus manual describes Zen Space instead: Light Zen limits apps, and Deep Zen allows only photos and calls and cannot be exited once started. Source: OxygenOS 14.0 User Manual
• Every evening? Set a schedule, or use Bedtime mode. Source: Manage how you spend time on your Android phone with Digital Wellbeing

If this does not work

• App still opens? Use app for 5 minutes was tapped. It pauses again after. Source: Manage how you spend time on your Android phone with Digital Wellbeing
• Notifications still arrive? Only the ticked apps are paused. Tick the app. Source: Manage how you spend time on your Android phone with Digital Wellbeing

About this guide

Focus pauses chosen apps and hides their notifications while you work.

The screenshots are from our OnePlus Nord 5 with OxygenOS 16.0.5.1201 and Android 16, in Dark mode. We ticked Calculator, turned Focus on, opened Calculator, then turned Focus off and unticked it.

Good to know

See screen time and set app timers on a OnePlus.

In short: Settings, Digital Wellbeing & parental controls, Focus, tick apps, Turn on now.