How to remove the inscription on the photo Xiaomi Redmi Note: from watermarks to the date of shooting

Why do Redmi Notes appear on the photo and can they be removed?

You took a great shot on your Xiaomi Redmi Note 10/11/12, but it flaunts a pesky inscription with a date, a model of a phone or a MIUI logo? This problem is familiar to many owners of smartphones brand — the company by default adds watermarks in the photo in some shooting modes, the reasons for this behavior lie in the marketing strategy of Xiaomi (brand promotion) and in the camera settings by default.

The good news is that you can remove the caption from your photo before you shoot (by turning off the feature in the settings) or after (editing or special tools). In this article, we will analyze 5 proven methods, including hidden MIUI options, third-party applications and even manual removal through ADB for advanced users. Importantly, some methods work only on certain versions of the firmware – we will show the current data for MIUI 14 and MIUI 15 (2023-2026).

Before you start, check:

• 📱 Phone model: on the Redmi Note 8/9/10 And the newer watermark algorithms are different.
• 🔧 Version MIUI: The path to camera settings changed in firmware after 2022.
• 📸 Shooting mode: inscriptions appear more often in Professional, Portrait or Night modes.

If you're in a hurry, use the quick way: open the Camera app, go to Settings → Watermark and turn off the option. But this won't work on all models. Details below.

Method 1: Disabling the watermark in the camera settings (official method)

The easiest and safest way is to disable automatic addition of labels directly in the Camera app, a method that works on most Redmi Note models with MIUI 12 and later, but the path to the option may vary.

Instructions for MIUI 14/15:

1. Open the Camera app.
2. Touch the gears. ⚙️ in the upper right corner (or swipe from the right edge of the screen).
3. Select Camera Settings (or optionally on older versions).
4. Find the option Watermark (or Photo Signature) and move the slider to the position “Off”.

⚠️ Note: Some firmware (e.g. global version) MIUI 13 for the Redmi Note 10S) The watermark option may be hidden, in which case try an alternative path: Camera → Regimes → Settings (three points) → Watermark MIUI.

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If you don't have the option at all, it means that your model has a watermark sewn into the camera firmware at the system level, in which case only editing photos after shooting (see Method 3) or using ADB (Method 5) will help.

Method 2: Remove date and time from photo via gallery settings

Sometimes the MIUI logo doesn't appear in the photos, but the date and time of the shooting, especially if you're using Document or Scanner mode, and it's not the camera that adds it, but the Gallery app when processing the images, and you can remove them directly from the standard viewer.

Step-by-step:

• 📂 Open the Gallery app and select a photo with the caption.
• 🖊️ Click Edit (the pencil icon at the bottom).
• 🔍 Go to the Tools tab or Additional (depending on version) MIUI).
• 🗑️ Find the option to Delete tags or Clear text and apply it.
• 💾 Save the modified photo as a new copy (to avoid losing the original).

⚠️ Note: If you edit a photo in the Gallery, the original file with the inscription will be saved in the folder. DCIM/.thumbnails. To completely remove the tag, export the edited copy to another location (e.g. Downloads).

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If the option to delete tags is missing, try updating the Gallery app via Google Play. On some firmware, the feature only appears after the update.

Method 3: Editing photos in third-party applications

If standard MIUI tools don't help, third-party editors will come to the rescue, and we tested 5 popular apps and selected the best ones to remove the captions with the Xiaomi Redmi Note photo:

Top.-3 watermarker:

• 🎨 Snapseed (Google) – the fix tool allows you to point-to-point remove text without traces.
• 🖼️ Adobe Lightroom – Cloning features copy clean sections of photos to the place of the inscription.
• ✂️ PicsArt – Automatic Tool to Delete Object (Artificial Intelligence).

A step-by-step guide for Snapseed:

1. Open the photo in Snapseed.
2. Select the tool Correction (Brush icon).
3. Increase the scale of the inscription and circle it with your finger.
4. Set the size of the brush and stiffness, then press Ready.
5. Export your photo in JPEG format with the highest quality.

🔍 Tip for difficult cases: If the inscription is overlaid on a texture background (such as grass or sky), use a combination of tools: → Brush → Blurring in Lightroom.This will help smooth the boundaries after removal.

Method 4: Using the Professional Mode without Watermarks

Few people know, but on the Xiaomi Redmi Note there is a hidden ability to shoot without watermarks, even if the option to turn off is not available in the settings.

How to take a photo without the inscription:

1. Open the Camera and select Professional (or Pro) mode.
2. Manually set the parameters: 📸 ISO: 100–400 (Cars can add noise). ⏱️ Excerpt: 1/100–1/500 (daylight). 🔘 Focus: AF-S (single-focus).

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⚠️ Note: This method does not work on all models. For example, on the Redmi Note 12 Pro, a watermark is added even in Pro mode if the option is enabled. AI-Before shooting, turn off all functions with the console. AI camera-setting.

📌 Why does it work?

In the Professional mode, you can save your photos in DNG (RAW) format, where the watermarks are not sewn into the firmware level, but when you convert them to JPEG, they may appear, so export your files through Lightroom or Google Photos immediately after you shoot them.

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Professional mode bypasses the limitations of MIUI, but requires manual settings.

Method 5: Removing watermarks through ADB (for advanced)

If all previous methods did not work, the last measure remains - disconnecting watermarks through the watermarks. ADB (Android Debug Bridge: This method requires connecting the phone to a computer and basic command line knowledge. ⚠️ Risk! Wrong commands can disrupt camera performance.

Step-by-step:

1. 🖥️ Install. ADB Tools on PC.
2. 📱 On the phone, turn on the debugging. USB: Settings → The phone. → Version. MIUI (Click 7 times to become a developer) → Additionally. → For developers → Debugging by USB.
3. 🔌 Connect your phone to your PC and confirm your trust in the device.
4. 💻 Open the command line (Windows) or the terminal (macOS/Linux) Enter: adb shell settings put global camera_watermark_enabled 0
5. 🔄 Reboot the phone.

⚠️ Attention: After updating the firmware settings ADB Some custom firmware (e.g. xiaomi.eu) ignore these commands, so you'll have to edit the system files manually (root requires).

Frequent Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

When removing the captions from the photos on Xiaomi Redmi Note, users often face typical problems. We have collected TOP-5 errors and ways to solve them:

💡 Advice for owners of Redmi Note 12 and newer:

If you often shoot in Night or Portrait mode, create a watermarked profile of the camera:

1. Open the camera → Settings → camera profiles.
2. Choose to create a new profile.
3. Turn off the Watermark option and save the profile.
4. Before shooting, select this profile manually.

FAQ: Answers to Frequent Questions