Xiaomi’s current smartphones, as well as its sub-brands Redmi and POCO, are equipped with powerful cameras that allow you to take high-quality pictures even without professional equipment. However, many users, especially those who are used to pure Android or iOS, are annoyed by the presence of an automatic watermark in photos. This inscription, containing the model of the device and the resolution of the matrix, appears in the lower corner of the frame immediately after shooting.
The presence of such a stamp can disrupt the composition of the image, interfere with the printing of photos or simply do not correspond to the aesthetic preferences of the owner of the gadget. Fortunately, the developers of the MIUI interface and the new HyperOS shell have provided a regular option to disable this feature. You do not need to be a programmer or obtain super-user rights to change the default settings.
In this article, we will discuss how to remove the inscription on the Xiaomi camera, as well as related settings, such as disabling the date and time stamp. We will touch not only on standard methods, but also on advanced ways to edit through third-party applications if the built-in tools are not available in your version of the firmware.
Search for watermark settings in a standard application
The process of deactivating the brand logo is quite simple, but the path to the desired switch can vary slightly depending on the version of the operating system. Most current MIUI builds need to start the Camera app and go to photo mode. In the upper right corner of the screen there is an icon with three horizontal bars, indicating the settings menu.
When you click on this icon, you'll see a list of options available, and you'll need to scroll down to the "Additional Settings" section, or you'll find "Watermark" right away, and that's where the switch that's going to be typing the text to the final image is hidden, and the watermark is activated by default, so the slider will be lit blue or green.
⚠️ Warning: Changing this setting does not affect the pictures you have taken, and the inscription will disappear only in new photos you take after switching the toggle.
It’s worth noting that in some regions or global firmware versions, the interface may be called differently, such as “Camera Settings” instead of a simple menu. If you don’t see the switch right away, try tapping the gear icon, which is also often located at the top of the screen of the shoot interface.
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If you upgraded to HyperOS, the menu icon might have moved. Look for the three dots or gear at the top of the viewfinder screen.
Disabling this feature will significantly “clean” your frame, which is especially true for users who prefer minimalism or plan to further process the photo in graphic editors, where unnecessary elements only interfere.
Disabling the date and time stamp in the photo
In addition to the manufacturer's logo, many users have the problem of obtrusively displaying date and time directly in the photo, which is often turned on automatically when the device is first started or after resetting, and you can remove this stamp from the same menu where we turned off the model watermark.
To do this, go to the camera app settings and find "Date and time" or "Time stamp." Depending on the version of the shell, this switch can be located separately or combined with the watermark settings into one group, and after deactivation, the numbers will no longer appear in the corner of the frame.
- 📅 Formatting: In some versions of the firmware, you can select the format of the date display (DD.MM.GYGG or MM/DD/GYG).
- 📍 Geolocation: Separately, you should check the geodata saving settings so that coordinates are not written into the file metadata, if privacy is important to you.
- 🖼️ Preview: Changes take effect instantly, you can take a test shot to check.
It is important to understand the difference between the visible stamp in a photo and the EXIF metadata. By removing the inscription from the picture, you do not remove the information about the shooting date from the properties of the file, it simply becomes invisible when viewing the image.
☑️ Checking camera settings
Features of the interface in MIUI and HyperOS
With the release of the new HyperOS operating system, Xiaomi began to recycle many system applications, including the camera. The logic of the work remained the same, but the visual design and layout of the elements could change, new versions of the interface became more minimalistic, and some items were hidden in secondary menus.
If your MIUI 14 or HyperOS version doesn't have a standard watermark switch in the main menu, try to switch the shooting modes. Sometimes the settings are specific to a specific mode, such as "Profi" or "Night." However, 99% of the time, the global switch is in the general settings menu available from any mode.
And there's also the Magic of Film or Frame feature, which can be superimposed on a photo, which is not a watermark in the classical sense, but an art frame with a date, and check if you have a filter or a shooting style that automatically adds decorative elements.
| Shell version | Location of the menu | Title of paragraph | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIUI 12/13 | Three stripes (right) | Watermark | Disable the logo and model |
| MIUI 14 | Three stripes (right) | Watermark / Time stamp | Separate switches |
| HyperOS 1.0 | Three dots/Cogs | Watermark | It can be called in English. |
| Chinese version | Settings menu | (Shuǐyìn) | Interface translator required |
Owners of Chinese versions of smartphones (CN Version) should be more careful, as the names of items will be in Chinese, in which case it is recommended to use a visual translator or look for an icon similar to the letter “T” or the brand logo.
What if there is no item?
Use of third-party applications to remove labels
There are situations where you can't remove the inscription using regular means, or you want to remove the logo from an already taken image, and for this purpose, there are specialized applications and online services that use artificial intelligence algorithms for retouching.
One effective way to do this is to use a stamping or cloning brush editor application, which allows you to gently paint over unnecessary text by taking a texture sample from the next section of the image, which requires some skill, but it gives you a great result.
- 🎨 Snapseed: Google’s free editor with the “Dot Tool” that’s perfect for removing minor defects and labels.
- ✂️ TouchRetouch: Paid, but powerful application specializing in the removal of unnecessary objects with photos.
- 🤖 AI Eraser: Neural networking apps that automatically detect text and replace it with a background image.
You can also use a framing feature, and if the label is right at the edge of the frame, the way to do that is to just crop the image, leaving only the right compositional part, and the standard Xiaomi gallery has a handy cropping tool.
⚠️ Warning: When using third-party editing apps, always save the original photo. Unprofessional retouching can result in artifacts and blurred spots in place of deleted text.
The problem with the brand's undeleteable logo
Some users are faced with a situation where a watermark switch is present, but after it is turned off, the words “Shot on Xiaomi” or “Redmi Note” still appear.This can be due to several factors, including bugs of a particular firmware version or activated themes.
Often, an active theme in the Topics app is the cause. Some third-party themes may force their own watermarks on top of the standard system settings. Try switching to a standard theme, Classic or Unlimited, and check the result.
Another option is to use shooting modes that have their default settings, for example, Portrait or Night mode may have customized watermark settings that need to be turned off separately within the settings of a particular mode, if this is possible for the developers.
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If standard methods don’t help, resetting the Camera app’s settings through the app menu often solves the problem of software conflicts.