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[LG smart TV monitor] Let’s see how to block smartphone screen share connection

Troubleshooting

When someone else’s smartphone screen is displayed on your TV, you can block screen sharing.

  • Screen Share → Connects your smartphone and TV without cables and shows the smartphone screen on the TV.
  • When someone else’s smartphone screen is displayed on your TV, you can block screen sharing.

Causes and symptoms

  • You have accepted your neighbor’s request for screen share and then an unknown smartphone screen is being shared.

Try this

Do you see a screen share request pop up while you are watching your smart TV monitor?

➔ This popup appears when your neighbor sent a request for screen sharing to your smart TV monitor.

1. How to block screen share requests (WebOS)

2. If a screen share request from an unknown smartphone pops up, select Block or Reject.

Block screen sharing feature

3. If your neighbor still asks for screen sharing after you have rejected the request, the following will pop up.
(TV will not display the smartphone screen.)

Check Block Screen Sharing feature

Do you still see an unknown smartphone screen after you accepted a screen share request?

➔ How to delete the screen share history (WebOS 22)

1. From your remote control, press Settings button and go to [ all settings All Settings] → [General] → [Devices] → [External Devices] → [Delete Connection History].

2. Select [Delete Connection History].

Select [Delete Connection History].

How to delete the screen share history (WebOS 4.5)

1. From your remote control, press the Settings button and go to [ all settings All Settings] → [Connection] → [Screen Share Settings] → [DELETE PAIRING HISTORY].

2. From [Screen Share Settings], click [DELETE PAIRING HISTORY] to delete a registration history.

[DELETE PAIRING HISTORY] to delete a registration history.

This guide was created for all models, so the images or content may be different from your product.

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