What to Disable in Xiaomi: 15 Hidden Features That Are Slowing Down Your Smartphone

Xiaomi’s MIUI-based smartphones are famous for their plethora of features, from useful utilities to intrusive advertising and background processes that eat up battery power and slow down the system. Many Redmi, POCO or Mi users don’t even realize that half of them can be safely turned off without breaking the phone. This article isn’t about radical factory resets, but point optimization — what exactly to turn off so that the phone runs faster, holds charge longer, and stops showing annoying ads.

We’ll look at both MIUI system features (application autorun, analytics, animations) and hidden settings that the manufacturer doesn’t advertise. All instructions are tested on current firmware versions (2023-2026) and are suitable for most models, from the budget Redmi Note 12 to Xiaomi 14 flagships. Importantly, some items will require ADB rights or root access, but most are available through the standard menu.

We warn you that not all functions should be turned off randomly, for example, deactivating Google Play Services can break banking applications, and disabling Mi Cloud can deprive you of backup.

1. Advertising and Analytics: How to Remove Intrusive Banners in MIUI

One of the biggest annoyances Xiaomi owners have is that they're advertising in system applications, from the browser to the settings, and the manufacturer has integrated it at the firmware level, but you can turn off almost anything.

• 📵 Advertising in MIUI: Go to Settings. → About the phone, tap 7 times on the version MIUI, to activate Advanced Settings. Then to Settings. → Additionally. → Special facilities → Advertising services disable all sliders.
• 🔍 Personalized Advertising: Deactivate Recommendations in the same menu MSA (Mobile Service Ads is a data collection system for targeted advertising.
• 🌐 Xiaomi Browser: Open the App, Go to Settings → Additionally. → Advertising preferences and disable all items. Alternatively, install Google Chrome or Firefox.

If the ads continue to appear, check the firmware updates: in the latest versions of MIUI 14+, some ad modules have been removed at the request of European regulators. Older models (Redmi Note 9, Mi 9T) may require manual removal via ADB:

adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.miui.systemAdSolution

⚠️ Note: Removing system packages through ADB This can cause the phone to work unstable. Before executing commands, make a backup through Settings. → Additionally. → Backup and reset.

2. background processes: what prevents the phone to work quickly

MIUI aggressively caches applications in the background, which even after closing, they continue to consume RAM and battery power, especially on budget models with 4-6 GB of RAM (Redmi 10A, POCO M4 Pro).

• 🔄 Auto-Run Applications: Go to Settings → Annexes → Application management → Autostart and disable autoboot for all programs except instant messengers and banking services.
• 📱 Battery Optimization: In Settings → Battery and productivity → Battery Consumption Management Select Energy Saving Mode for Unnecessary Applications (such as Games or Social Media).
• 🚫 Background Activity: In the settings of each application (Rights section) disable Background Activity and AutoRun.

For advanced users, you can use ADB to disable com.miui.analytics, which collects data about your phone usage.

adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.miui.analytics

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If after disabling autorun, the application stopped sending notifications (for example, VKontakte or Telegram), add it to the exceptions in the Settings menu → Notifications → Priority Notifications.

3. Animations and visual effects: speeding up the interface

MIUI is known for its beauty -- smooth transitions, animations when opening apps, unlock effects -- and on weak smartphones (Redmi 9A, POCO C31), it slows down the interface.

1. Activate Developer Mode: Settings → About Phone → MIUI version (shap 7 times).
2. Return to Settings → Additional → For developers and find items: Scale of animation windows → Disable animation scale of animation transition → Disable animation duration of animator → Disable animation

To completely disable visual effects (including Always-on Display), use the command:

adb shell settings put global window_animation_scale 0


adb shell settings put global transition_animation_scale 0




adb shell settings put global animator_duration_scale 0

⚠️ Note: On some models (Xiaomi 13, Redmi) K50) Turning off animations can lead to navigation gesture bugs. 1x.

4 System applications: what can be removed without consequences

MIUI comes with dozens of preinstalled applications that can't be removed by standard means, some of which can be deactivated or removed via ADB without breaking the system.

• 🎵 Mi Music: a standard player that duplicates Google Play Music or Spotify.command: adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.miui.player
• 📖 Mi Video: video player with ads. Alternative — VLC or MX Player.command: adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.miui.videoplayer
• 📰 Mi Browser: Browser with integrated advertising. Command: adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.android.browser
• 📊 Cleaner: an unnecessary "optimizer" that only takes up space.Team: adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.miui.cleanmaster

Critically, do not delete system services like com.miui.home or com.android.phone, which will lead to a phone brique. A full list of safe packets to remove can be found on the XDA Developers forum for your model.

5.Battery savings: Hidden MIUI settings

Even in Power Saving mode, MIUI continues to expend charge on background tasks, to extend the time without recharging:

1. Turn off Adaptive Brightness: It uses the light sensor all the time. Better set the brightness manually in Settings → Display.
2. Limit it. 5G/4G In the background: go to Settings → SIM-maps and mobile networks → Transfer of data → Data transfer mode and select Only 3G background-problem.
3. Turn off Wi-Fi in sleep mode: in Settings → Wi-Fi → Additional → Connect to Wi-Fi while sleeping, select Never.

For models with AMOLED-screens (Xiaomi 12 Pro, Redmi) K60) Activate a dark theme and set a black wallpaper — this reduces battery consumption by 10-15%. Also check which applications drain the battery the most: Settings → Battery and productivity → Battery utilization.

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The most effective way to save charge is to turn off the Constantly Active Display (AOD) and reduce the screen refresh rate to 60Hz (if supported).

6. Communication and Network: What to Disable for a Stable Internet

Mobile Internet or Wi-Fi issues in Xiaomi are often related to default network settings. Here’s what you can optimize:

• 📶 Autoconnection to open Wi-Fi: in Settings → Wi-Fi → Additionally, disable Autoconnection to open networks – this will prevent connection to unsafe points.
• 🔄 Switching between SIM-cards: if you use two SIM, In Settings → SIM-map → Double settings SIM Turn off automatic data switching.
• 🌍 Roaming Services: in Settings → SIM-map → Deactivate automatic roaming if you are not traveling.

To solve problems with a bad signal, try manually selecting the network in Settings → SIM-map → Network type (e.g., only LTE If your phone often loses connection, check your settings. APN your operator.

7.Security and privacy: what's worth disabling

MIUI collects more data than many users realize, to limit surveillance:

1. Turn off Send Diagnostic Data: in Settings → About Phone → User Reviews Deactivate All Sliders.
2. Block Location Access: in Settings → Privacy → Permits → Location Disable Access for Unnecessary Applications.
3. Delete your history in Mi Cloud: Settings → Xiaomi Account → Mi Cloud → Sync, clear up data you don’t want to store in the cloud.

If you use Google services, check your sync settings in Settings → Accounts → Google. Turn off backup of unnecessary data (such as Call History or SMS).

8.Other Chips: Hidden MIUI Functions

MIUI has some useful but hidden features, such as:

• 🔑 Hidden Menu of Engineering Settings: Enter the dialer ##4636## to access network and battery information.
• 🎮 Gamer mode: in Settings → Special facilities → Gamer mode can turn off notifications and block gestures during the game.
• 📡 Signal amplifier: C Settings → SIM-map → Signal amplifier (not available on all models).

For POCO owners: This lineup features a unique Turbo mode that speeds up performance in games. Activated in Settings → Battery and Performance → POCO Turbo Mode.

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Not all hidden MIUI features are documented. For example, the Xiaomi 13 Ultra has an undisclosed Professional Camera mode with advanced RAW settings, which is enabled via the engineering menu.

FAQ: Frequent questions about disabling features in Xiaomi