How to completely disable information on the lock screen Xiaomi: hide notifications, time and confidential data

Xiaomi’s lock screen is not just a security guard against random clicks, it’s also a source of potential leaks of personal information: Date of birth in social media notifications, text messages from the bank, the name of installed applications — all of this can be seen by anyone who picks up your smartphone, and especially for owners of Redmi and POCO, where the default displays maximum data, from the weather to the details of the last call.

In this article, we will analyze all possible ways to disable information on the lock screen - from the basic settings MIUI You'll learn how to remove notifications, hide the time and date, deactivate weather widgets, and what to do if standard settings don't work due to custom firmware. AMOLED-screens where even “off” elements can be highlighted when you turn Always On Display on.

Why is the Xiaomi lock screen displaying extra information?

Xiaomi initially puts maximum transparency on the user’s MIUI, which is part of the shell philosophy, but what is convenient in everyday use becomes a vulnerability in the hands of third parties.

• 📱 Default settings: After the first turn on, the smartphone shows all possible information, from the Mi Pay balance to the number of steps».
• 🔄 Automatic updates MIUI: After the shell update (especially when switching to a new version, for example, with the MIUI 13 on MIUI 14) some settings are reset.
• 📲 Xiaomi widgets and services: Apps like Mi Fit, Mi Home or Theme Store automatically add their notifications to the lock.
• 🔓 No encryption: On devices without File-Based Encryption (FBE) (For example, the old Redmi Note 5, some of the data is displayed even when blocked.

Interesting fact: on some models (for example, Xiaomi 13 Ultra), even after disabling notifications in the settings, they can appear due to the operation of the miui.system service. This is not a bug, but a feature - this is how MIUI tries to provide access to critical alerts (for example, about low battery charge).

Method 1: Disable notifications on the lock screen via MIUI settings

The most obvious and safe method is to use built-in shell options.It is suitable for all models on MIUI 12-14, including Redmi Note 10/11/12, POCO F3/F4/F5 and flagship Xiaomi 12/13/14.

1. Open Settings → Notifications and Status bar.
2. Go to the Notifications section on the lock screen.
3. Choose one of the options: 🔒 Not to show notifications - complete shutdown (recommended). 📌 Show icons – only application icons without text will be displayed. 📄 Display Content – Full Information (by default).

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Important nuance: On some firmware (for example, MIUI Global for the European market), the Notifications item on the lock screen may be called Lock screen notifications. If you do not find the section, use the search by settings (the magnifying icon at the top of the screen).

Method 2: Hiding the Time, Date, and Weather Widgets

Even after you turn off notifications, you still have time, date, weather, and widgets on your lock, and you can remove them, but you have to dig into the additional settings.

1. Go to Settings → Lock screen.
2. Turn off the options: 🕒 Showing time – takes away hours and minutes. 📅 Showing the date - hides the day of the week and the number. 🌤️ Weather - removes the temperature widget. 📱 Widgets – disables fast shortcuts (lightlight, camera, etc.).

Always On Display (AOD)

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POCO F5 Pro

Settings

Display.

Always On Display

On the Redmi Note 11 Pro+ and other devices with AMOLED-screen-on AOD Some of the information may show up even after you turn off the settings. To completely remove the backlight, you need to turn off Always On Display in the Battery and Performance section. → Energy saving regime.

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If you have a gray rectangle left on the lock after the time is turned off, it's an artifact of the shell. Reboot your smartphone or change the lock wallpaper to remove it.

Method 3: Use Incognito mode (for MIUI 14 and later)

In the latest versions MIUI There's a hidden Incognito mode that temporarily hides all personal information on the lock screen, activated through the Control Panel (swipe down from the upper right corner) → icon 👤 (profile) → Incognito mode.

What this regime is hiding:

• 📵 All notifications (including app icons).
• 🕘 Time and date (replaced with neutral characters).
• 📞 Latest calls and SMS.
• 📍 Location data in widgets.

Regime restrictions:

• ⏳ It works only until the first unlock (after entering the password, it is automatically disabled).
• 🔋 Increases battery consumption by 5-10% due to constant activity checks.
• 📱 Not available on devices with MIUI 13 and older.

Method 4: Disconnect via ADB (for power users)

If standard settings do not help (for example, on custom firmware like xiaomi.eu or PixelExperience), you can use ADB debugging. This method requires connecting your smartphone to a PC and basic command line knowledge.

Step-by-step:

1. Turn on Developer Mode: Go to Settings → About Phone and click on MIUI Version 7 times.
2. Activate Debugging by USB in Settings → Additional → For developers.
3. Connect your smartphone to your PC, open the terminal (or PowerShell in Windows) and type the commands: adb shell settings put global. lock_screen_show_notifications 0 adb shell settings put secure lock_screen_allow_private_notifications 0 adb shell settings put global lock_screen_show_weather 0
4. Reset the device.

What teams do:

• lock_screen_show_notifications 0 — shut off all notifications.
• lock_screen_allow_private_notifications 0 — Blocks “confidential” notifications (banks, instant messengers).
• lock_screen_show_weather 0 — removes the weather widget.

⚠️ Attention: Misuse of the right ADB It can cause shell malfunctions. Before executing commands, back up through Settings. → System system → Backup. If the lock screen stopped working after the changes, reset the settings via fastboot: fastboot erase userdata!

Method 5: Reset the lock screen settings (if nothing helps)

In rare cases (for example, after a failed update or firmware change), the lock screen settings can “hang”, in which case a partial reset will help, which does not affect user data, but returns the lock settings to factory ones.

How to perform the reset:

1. Open the Settings. → The phone.
2. Select Reset Settings → Reset the lock screen settings.
3. Confirm the action with a password or pattern lock.
4. After restarting, reconfigure the display of information (see Method 1).

What's being dropped:

• 🔐 Password/pattern lock (you will need to reset!).
• 📱 Notification settings on the lock.
• 🎨 Wallpaper and lock screen style.
• ⚙️ Settings Always on Display.

⚠️ Note: On certain devices (e.g, POCO X3 Pro) after reset, the fingerprint unlocking may be lost. To restore it, you will have to re-add the fingerprints to the Settings → Passwords and security → Fingerprint.

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Resetting the lock screen settings is a last resort, and try all other methods before using it and make sure that the problem is not in a particular application (for example, in Mi Fit, which can ignore the system settings).

Additional Security Measures: What More Can Be Done?

Disabling information completely on the lock is only part of the protection, and to protect the data as much as possible, we recommend:

• 🔒 Use a complex password: pattern lock or PIN-4-digit code is easy to pick up. It's better to use an alphanumeric password that's 8 characters long.
• 📱 Disable Smart Lock: The Settings function → Passwords and security → Smart locking allows you to unlock your phone in “reliable” places (such as home), but it reduces protection.
• 🔄 Set up automatic notification cleanup: C Settings → Notifications → Additionally, enable the option to Clear notifications when blocked.
• 🛡️ Install a third-party lockscreen: Apps like LockScreen Pro or Hi Locker offer more options for hiding data, but may conflict with the security of the device. MIUI.

For Xiaomi owners with corporate data or sensitive information, it makes sense to consider encryption of the device, which is enabled in Settings → Passwords and Security → Phone Encryption. The process will take 30-60 minutes, but after that, even with physical access to the phone, the data will be protected.

FAQ: Frequent questions about setting up Xiaomi lock screen