How to disable Miuibiometric notifications on Xiaomi: 5 proven ways

If your Xiaomi smartphone is constantly bombarded with notifications from Miuibiometric, a fingerprint and facial recognition system, you are not alone. This service is responsible for biometric authentication, but its activity often becomes redundant: messages about “failed unlock attempts”, “pattern updates” or “problems with the sensor” appear for no apparent reason. Worse, on some MIUI 13/14 firmware, these notifications cannot be disabled in the standard way through the app menu.

In this article, we’ll look at all the possible methods, from simple tweaks to deep system interventions (including ADB), learn how to remove notifications forever without breaking the functionality of the fingerprint scanner, and what to do if the problem returns after the MIUI update, and focus on the Redmi Note 11/12, POCO X4/X5 and Xiaomi 12/13 models, where the bug is most common.

What is Miuibiometric and why does it send notifications?

The Miuibiometric service (full name of the package - com.xiaomi.miuibiometric) is responsible for:

• 🔍 Fingerprint recognition (including unlock animation)
• 👤 Face scanner (on models with infrared camera, for example, Xiaomi 13 Ultra)
• 🔑 Storage and encryption of biometric data in a secure chip TEE (Trusted Execution Environment)
• 📱 Integration with payment systems (for example, confirmation of purchases through Mi Pay)

Notifications appear for three main reasons:

1. Sensor failures: Physical contamination of the scanner, damage after falling or getting moisture.
2. Firmware conflict: bugs in MIUI 13.0.4+ and MIUI 14 where the service mishandles unlock events.
3. Aggressive optimization: The system tries to train the sensor if you rarely use biometrics.

🔎 How do you check if the sensor is to blame? Go to Settings → Passwords and security → Fingerprints, try adding a new fingerprint, and if the process is interrupted by an error, it's a hardware problem. If the fingerprint is added, but the notifications keep falling, it's the software.

Method 1: Disabling notifications through application settings

On most devices with MIUI 12-14, you can turn off notifications in the standard way, but there is a caveat: the menu item can be hidden.

1. Open Settings → Applications → Application Management.
2. In the search bar, type Miuibiometric (or scroll the list to System Apps).
3. Tap on com.xiaomi.miuibiometric → Notifications.
4. Turn off the Allow Notifications slider.

⚠️ Note: On some firmware (for example, MIUI 13.0.6 for Redmi Note 11 Pro+) If you don't see the Notification option, go to Method 2.

💡 Useful Lifehack: If notifications return after a reboot, try clearing the app cache first (Storage) → Clear the cache) and then disable notifications.

Backup your fingerprints (Settings → Passwords and Security → Fingerprints → Backup)

Check the MIUI version (Settings → About Phone → MIUI version)

Close all background applications (especially banking and payment)

Connect your phone to charge (in case of a failure)

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Method 2: Disconnection through "Special Permits"

If the standard method didn’t work, try blocking notifications through the special permissions menu, which works on MIUI 14 and some custom firmware (e.g. Xiaomi.EU).

1. Go to Settings → Applications → Special Permissions → Notifications.
2. Find the Miuibiometric (may be called the "Biometric Service").
3. Turn off all types of notifications: Pop-ups, Icons on the lock screen, Sounds.
4. Save the changes and restart the phone.

⚠️ Note: On certain devices (e.g, POCO F4) Then the pop-up prompts will stop working when you unlock your fingerprint, and you'll have to reset your notification settings to get them back (Settings). → Notifications → Additionally. → Resetting settings).

Method 3: Disconnect via ADB (for advanced users)

If previous methods fail, the system-level notifications are blocked using the Android Debug Bridge (ADB), which requires a computer and enabled USB debugging, but is guaranteed to remove notifications forever.

📌 Preparation:

1. Download Platform Tools (the official tool from Google).
2. Turn on Developer Mode on your phone: Settings → About Phone → MIUI version (shap 7 times).
3. Activate Debugging by USB in Settings → Additional → For developers.
4. Connect the phone to the PC and allow debugging (a request will appear on the smartphone screen).

🔧 Instructions:

1. Open the command line (cmd) in the folder with the platform-tools.
2. Enter the command to check the connection: adb devices (should appear serial number of your device).
3. Run the command to block notifications: adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.xiaomi.miuibiometric
4. Reboot the phone.

⚠️ Warning: This command completely disables the Miuibiometric service, which will cause the fingerprint and face scanner to fail:

adb shell pm enable com.xiaomi.miuibiometric

🔹 Alternative option (without disabling the scanner): blocking notifications only:

adb shell cmd notification allow_list -p com.xiaomi.miuibiometric -c default -u 0

(It doesn't work on all firmware).

Method 4: Resetting biometrics settings

If notifications are associated with a data corruption scanner (for example, after a failed MIUI update), resetting biometric settings will help, which will remove all stored fingerprints and facial patterns, but return the system to its original state.

🔄 Step-by-step instruction:

1. Go to Settings → Passwords and Security → Fingerprints.
2. Remove all saved prints (stick each and select Delete).
3. If there is an option to Reset the scanner data, activate it (on some models it is hidden in Additional).
4. Reboot the phone.
5. Add the prints again, following the system's prompts.

📊 When the method helps:

• 🔄 After updating MIUI, When the scanner stopped recognizing the fingerprints.
• 🚨 If the notifications contain the text "Sensor reading error" or "Steam damaged".
• 🔧 On devices with MIUI 12.5 Enhanced, where the bug is associated with data migration between versions.

⚠️ Attention: On Xiaomi 12S Ultra and 13 Pro biometric resets can cause the scanner to be temporarily blocked (for 24 hours). PIN-unlocker.

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Before resetting your biometrics, check if the prints are tied to payment systems (Google Pay, Mi Pay), and after resetting, you will have to reconfigure them!

Method 5: Install custom firmware (extreme case)

If none of the methods worked, and notifications completely paralyze the work with the phone, there is a radical solution – reflash the device to an alternative version of MIUI (for example, Xiaomi.EU or LineageOS), this method is suitable only for advanced users and has risks!

⚠️ What awaits you:

• 🔓 Loss of warranty (if the phone is under warranty).
• 📦 Losing all data (required to make a backup!).
• 🔧 Risk of “bricking” (if you interrupt the firmware process).
• 🔄 Possible bugs (not all functions can work correctly).

🛠️ Recommended firmware:

🔹 Important: Before firmware check compatibility with your model in the forum XDA For example, for Redmi Note 10 Pro, Xiaomi.EU is suitable, and for Redmi Note 10 Pro, POCO F3 — LineageOS 20.

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Custom firmware only solves the Miuibiometric notification problem 70 percent of the time, and if the bug is associated with a hardware piece (like a damaged sensor), flashing it will not help.

Frequent Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

When trying to remove Miuibiometric notifications, users often face typical problems.

• 🔄 "Notifications are returned after update MIUI": Turn off automatic firmware updates (Settings) → The phone. → Updating the system → ⚙️ → Auto-update).
• 🔧 "Can't find Miuibiometric in the app list": Enable the display of system applications (⋮ → Show system in the menu "Application Management").
• 📵 "After the shutdown, ADB Scanner stopped working: Use the adb shell pm enable command to return functionality (see Method 3).
• 🔒 "The phone demands PIN after resetting biometrics: This is normal - enter PIN, which you used before.

💡 Advice for owners POCO: On devices. POCO s MIUI for POCO Miuibiometric notifications are often disguised as "Security." Check the notification settings for the com.miui.securitycenter app.

⚠️ Note: If after all the manipulations, notifications continue to appear, and the fingerprint scanner is unstable, this may indicate a hardware malfunction. Contact the Xiaomi service center - in 2023-2026 this is recognized as a warranty case for models under 2 years old.

FAQ: Answers to Frequent Questions