Owners of Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 often face intrusive advertising in system applications, notifications and even on the lock screen. This is not a coincidence, but part of Xiaomi’s business model: the company monetizes cheap smartphones through displays of ads in the MIUI branded shell. The good news is that most banner ads can be disposed of without root rights and complex manipulation.
In this article, we will discuss 7 working methods to remove ads on Redmi Note 10 (relevant to MIUI 12/13/14 versions based on Android 11/12/13). Some methods affect system settings, others require disabling specific services, and the most radical - installing alternative software. Choose the appropriate option depending on your technical skills and willingness to sacrifice functionality.
⚠️ Important: Some methods can lead to a loss of warranty if they involve unlocking the bootloader or installing custom firmware.
1. disable personalized advertising in MIUI settings
The safest and most official way to deactivate targeted ads is through the settings menu, which won’t remove all banners, but will significantly reduce their number, especially in system applications like Browser, Music or Themes.
Instructions:
- 📱 Open the Settings. → Google → Advertising
- 🔄 Switch the slider "Disable personalized advertising" in the active position
- 🔍 Return to the main settings menu and go to Settings → Privacy → Advertising services
- 🚫 Turn off the option "Personalized recommendations" (if any)
This method works on all versions of MIUI, but has limited effect: ads in the Weather, Calendar or lock screen can remain.
2 Manually disabling advertising in each application
Xiaomi integrates ad modules into almost all standard applications, and fortunately, most of them can be turned off individually.
| Annex | The path to settings | What to turn off |
|---|---|---|
| Topics | Settings → Wallpaper. → ⚙️ → Promotional notices | Turn off "Show recommendations" |
| browser | ⋮ → Settings → Confidentiality | Disable "Personalized News" and "Advertising Notices" |
| Music. | ⚙️ → Settings → Advertising | Turn off all sliders in the advertising section |
| Weather. | ⚙️ → Settings → Notifications | Disable "Push Advertising Notifications" |
🔹 Tip: After you turn off the ads in each app, restart your phone. Some settings apply only after the reboot.
⚠️ Note: In the Security app, you can not turn off ads – this is one of the most “hard” places in the world. MIUI. This will only help to remove the application through ADB (below).
☑️ Checklist for removing ads
3. Removal of system applications via ADB (no root rights)
If manual settings didn’t work, the next step is to remove the ad modules via Android Debug Bridge (ADB).This method doesn’t require root rights, but it will require a computer and 10 minutes of time.
📌 What's the matter:
- 💻 Computer with Windows/macOS/Linux
- 🔌 USB-cable (original)
- 📥 ADB Tools by Google
- 🔧 Included debugging by USB phone-on
Instructions:
- Turn on Settings → About Phone → MIUI version (click 7 times to activate Developer Mode)
- Return to Settings → Additional → For developers and enable “Debugging by USB”
- Connect your phone to your PC and execute: Adb devices (your device should appear) in the command line
- Follow the commands to remove adware packages: adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.miui.analytics adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.xiaomi.midrop adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.miui.systemAdSolution
🔹 Effect: After these commands are executed, ads in Settings, Security and some system dialogues will disappear.
List of all MIUI advertising packages
4. Use of alternative launchers and applications
One of the easiest ways to avoid system advertising is to replace standard Xiaomi apps with those from other developers.
- 📱 Launcher: Install Nova Launcher or Lawnchair – they do not contain advertising and allow you to customize your desktop
- 🌐 Browser: Google Chrome, Firefox or Brave (with ad blocker)
- 🎵 Music: Spotify, YouTube Music or VLC
- 📅 Calendar: Google Calendar or Business Calendar
⚠️ Warning: Replacing system applications won’t take ads out of the system:
- 📞 Callers and SMS (call-in)
- 🔒 Lock screen (banners at the bottom)
- ⚙️ Settings menu (pop-up windows)
More radical methods will be needed for these cases.
💡 Useful tip: If you use Nova Launcher, you can turn off Xiaomi system search in its settings (Nova Settings) → Search → Search string → No, which often shows ads.
5. Blocking Advertising via DNS or VPN
Many of the banner ads in MIUI are downloaded from Xiaomi servers at specific addresses, and can be blocked at the network level by changing the DNS or using a traffic filtering VPN.
🔧 Method 1: Change DNS
- Go to Settings → Wi-Fi (or Mobile Network)
- Click on the current network → “Change the network” → “More”
- In the DNS field, type 1.1.1.3 #Cloudflare (blocks malicious and ad domains) or 94.140.14.14 #AdGuard DNS
🔧 Method 2: VPN advertising-blocking
Install one of these applications:
- 🛡️ AdGuard (mode) VPN)
- 🌍 1.1.1.1: Faster Internet (from Cloudflare)
- 🚀 Blokada (open source)
📊 Comparison of methods:
| Method | Efficiency | Cons |
|---|---|---|
| Change of DNS | ⭐⭐⭐ (cleans ~60% of advertising) | Does not block local banners in MIUI |
| VPN (AdGuard) | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (cleans ~80% of advertising) | It can slow down the internet speed. |
| VPN + DNS | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (maximum effect) | Requires customization |
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Blocking at the DNS/VPN level does not remove ads from system applications completely, but significantly reduces the amount of advertising in the browser and third-party programs.
6. Installation of custom firmware (for advanced)
If you're willing to sacrifice the warranty and the official updates, the most radical way is to install custom firmware without advertising.
- 📱 LineageOS (Pure Android without unnecessary modules)
- 🔥 Pixel Experience (like the Google Pixel interface)
- 🚀 ArrowOS (optimized performance)
- 🛡️ Havoc-OS (maximum customization)
⚠️ Note: Installation of custom firmware requires:
- 🔓 Unlock the bootloader (reset all data!)
- 🖥️ Custom recaveri installations (TWRP)
- 📦 Manual selection of compatible firmware for mojito/sunny (codenames for Redmi Note 10)
🔹 Pluses:
- 🧹 Complete lack of advertising and unnecessary services Xiaomi
- 🔋 Improved battery life
- 📱 Faster operation of the system
🔸 Cons:
- 🚫 Loss of guarantee
- 🔄 No official updates over the air (you will have to update manually)
- 📱 Possible bugs with camera or sensors (depending on firmware)
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Before installing custom firmware, make a full backup through TWRP and check the firmware compatibility with your model (Redmi Note 10 has two modifications: mojito and sunny).
7. Disabling Advertising through Hidden MIUI Settings
Xiaomi hides some of the ad settings deep in the system menus, here's how to find them:
🔧 Method 1: Disconnection MSA (Mobile Services Ads)
- Open the Security (Security) application
- Move to the ⚙️ → Auto-start
- Find the "MSA" list (com.miui.msa.global) and turn off auto-run
- Return to the main safety menu → ⚙️ → Notifications and disable notifications for "MSA"
🔧 Method 2: Disabling analytics services
- Go to Settings → Applications → Application Management
- Press on "⋮" → Show all applications
- Find and disable (or remove via ADB) the following services: com.miui.analytics com.xiaomi.ab com.miui.systemAdSolution
💡 Useful advice: After the shutdown MSA Reboot your phone. This service is responsible for displaying ads in notifications and on the lock screen.