How to set up pop-ups on Android Xiaomi: the complete guide

Pop-ups on Xiaomi smartphones (including the Redmi and POCO lines) can be both useful and annoying. System notifications about messages, missed calls or low battery power help keep important things in mind, but app banner ads or persistent alerts from games are often annoying. In this article, we’ll look at all the ways to manage pop-ups, from basic MIUI settings to hidden features for power users.

The feature of MIUI firmware (even on Android 14) is that it aggressively uses pop-ups to interact with the user, not only for standard notifications, but also for banner ads in system applications (Mi Browser, Mi Video), as well as quick access windows to functions (such as Game Turbo or Second Space), we will show how to turn off unnecessary pop-ups without losing functionality, and how to return important notifications if they stop showing.

It is important to understand the difference between the types of pop-ups: 1 System notifications (from Android and MIUI) appear in the top panel and can be deployed in full-screen banners. 2 App pop-ups are superimposed on top of the interface (for example, chats in WhatsApp or Telegram). 3 Advertising banners are integrated into Xiaomi’s proprietary applications (they can only be disabled through deep settings).

The article covers all three categories.

1. Basic notification settings in MIUI

To start with, it’s simple to manage standard notifications through the settings menu, which works on all Xiaomi smartphones regardless of the model (Redmi Note 12, POCO X5, Mi 13, etc.) and MIUI version (12 to 14).

To open the main notification settings:

1. Go to Settings → Notifications and Status bar.
2. Select the Notification Management section.
3. In the app list, tap the one you want to change your settings for (e.g. Chrome or Instagram).

The following options are available here:

• 🔔 Display notifications – completely disabling all alerts from the application.
• 📱 Pop-ups – managing pop-up notifications (e.g., messaging in messengers).
• 🔕 Sound is turning off the soundtrack.
• 🔄 Badges on icons are counters of unread messages on application icons.

For system notifications (such as low battery charge), the path will be different: Settings → Battery and Performance → Battery settings → Battery Notifications.

Here you can turn off pop-up warnings about discharge or overheating.

2.How to turn off advertising pop-ups in MIUI

Advertising banners in Xiaomi’s proprietary apps (Mi Browser, Mi Video, Themes) cannot be disabled by standard methods – blocking them requires deep settings or removing system components. This is one of the main differences between “clean” Android and MIUI firmware.

Ways to combat advertising:

1. Disable personalized ads: Go to Settings → Google → Advertising and deactivate the option of Personalized Ads. This will reduce the number of targeted banners, but will not remove them completely.
2. Blocking through MIUI Optimization (requires developer rights): Activate Developer Mode (7 taps the MIUI version in Settings → About phone), then go to Settings → Additional → Special Features → MIUI Optimization and disable this option. Attention: this may cause some features (such as the themes of the design) to malfunction.
3. Removing System Applications (for Advanced Users): With ADB or root rights, you can uninstall advertising modules. For example, the command to remove Mi Browser: adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.android.browser ⚠️ Attention: Removing system applications may disrupt the stability of MIUI. Before doing so, back up via Settings → Additional → Backup and Reset.

Alternatively, third-party launchers (like Nova Launcher or Lawnchair) block system pop-ups, but this won’t solve the problem of advertising in the background.

3. Configure pop-up windows for messengers (WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber)

Messengers often use pop-ups to quickly respond to messages, and in MIUI, their behavior is set apart from regular notifications, and consider Telegram and WhatsApp:

For Telegram:

1. Open the app settings (⚙️ → Notifications and sounds).
2. Select Pop-up Notifications.
3. Activate the option to Show over other windows.
4. In MIUI Settings for Telegram, turn on pop-ups and select the style: Banner (small window) or Full-screen.

For WhatsApp:

• 📱 Go to Settings → Notifications → Pop-up notifications.
• 🔘 Enable the option to Show notifications.
• 🎨 Select the display style: Standard (small window) or Extended (with quick response buttons).

If the pop-up windows don’t work, check:

Permission to "Show over other windows" is included|Notifications for the application are not blocked in MIUI|Energy saving for the messenger is disabled (Settings) → Battery → Choice of applications)|The app version is updated to the latest-->

Some models (POCO F5, Redmi K60) have a bug where pop-ups don’t show up in full-screen games. Solution: Settings → Special Features → Pop-ups → Allow in all applications.

4.Pop-up control in games (Game Turbo)

MIUI has a built-in Game Turbo mode that blocks notifications during gameplay, but sometimes it works too aggressively to hide important alerts (such as incoming calls).

Settings → Special features → Game Turbo → Notification settings.

Options are available here:

If Game Turbo doesn’t recognize the game as such (e.g., emulators or cloud services like Xbox Cloud Gaming), add it manually: Game Turbo → Add games → Select an app from the list.

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To quickly turn on/off Game Turbo while playing, swipe across the screen with three fingers down (setting is included in Game Turbo → Gestures).

5. Hidden MIUI settings for power users

For those who are willing to dive deeper into MIUI settings, there are a few little-known tricks to manage pop-ups: They require activating Developer Mode or using ADB.

1.Switching off system pop-ups via ADB

Some system notifications (such as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connection) can be disabled by command:

adb shell settings put global heads_up_notifications_enabled 0

To get them back:

adb shell settings put global heads_up_notifications_enabled 1

2. Set notification priorities

In Settings → Notifications → Additional → Notification channels can be prioritized for different types of alerts, for example, calls and SMS can be set as Maximum Priority, and notifications from games can be set as Low.

3.Blocking pop-ups for specific applications via MIUI Hidden Settings

With MIUI Hidden Settings (available on Google Play), you can access hidden options, including:

• 🚫 Completely disable pop-ups for selected applications.
• 🔄 Change the display time of banners (2 to 10 seconds).
• 🎨 Configure transparency and size of pop-up windows.

⚠️ Warning: Changing hidden settings can cause the interface to work unstable. Create a restore point through Settings → Additional → Backup and Reset → Local Backup Before experimenting.

6.Pop-ups in "Second Space" mode and for multiple users

Second Space in MIUI allows you to create a second independent profile on your phone, each space has its own notification settings, which is useful for separating work and personal alerts, to set up pop-ups for the second space:

1. Switch to Second Space (swipe down the notification panel → user icon).
2. Repeat all notification settings (see Section 1) for applications in this profile.
3. To synchronize notifications between spaces, use Settings → Second Space → Synchronize notifications.

If you use a phone for multiple users (for example, a child), the pop-up settings for each account are set separately.

Settings → System → Multiplayer Mode → Select User → Restrictions and Controls.

Here you can:

• 🔒 Block pop-ups for certain applications.
• ⏰ Set time limits on notifications (e.g., turn them off at night).
• 📵 Disable social media notifications for children's profiles.

7.Problems and Solutions: Why Pop-ups Don't Work

If the pop-ups stop showing or work incorrectly, the reasons may be as follows:

If the problem persists, try:

1. Clear the cache of the Settings application → Applications → Application Management → Select the application → Clear the cache.
2. Update the MIUI app and firmware to the latest version.
3. Perform a reset of notification settings: Settings → Notifications → Additional → Resetting.

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Before resetting notification settings, export them through Settings → Notifications → Additional → Export settings to quickly restore configuration later.

FAQ: Frequent questions about pop-ups on Xiaomi