How to completely disable advertising on Xiaomi Poco X3: All the ways from simple to radical

Xiaomi Poco X3 — One of the most popular budget smartphones with powerful stuffing, but many users face its main drawback: aggressive advertising in system applications and notifications. Even after personalization is turned off, ads continue to appear in Weather, Browser, Music, and other standard services. In this article, we will examine all the current ways to combat advertising, from official settings to deep interference with the system.

It's important to understand: MIUI (Xiaomi's firmware is monetized by displaying ads, so the company is not interested in removing them completely, but using a combination of methods, you can minimize the number of banners or remove them altogether. X3 latest-edition MIUI (including MIUI 14 and HyperOS) and selected only working solutions.

If you're willing to sacrifice some functionality for the sake of clean interface, read on. For those who don't want to take risks, we've singled out secure methods that don't require root rights or third-party software.

Official MIUI settings: what can be turned off without risks

Start with basic settings, which is the safest way to reduce the amount of ads, and it won't eliminate them completely, but it will reduce the number of banners by 40 to 60 percent, and all of the options are available without any additional software and technical knowledge.

Go to Settings. → Password and security → Authorization and advertising data, and you have to deactivate two key parameters:

• 🔴 Personalized Advertising – disables targeted banners based on your data.
• 🔴 Advertising Notifications – Blocks push ads in the notification curtain.

Next, check the settings of individual applications:

• 🌦️ Weather: App settings → Notifications → Promotional notices.
• 🎵 Music: Settings → Additionally. → Show recommendations.
• 🌐 Browser: Settings → Confidentiality → Personalized advertising.

These actions will take no more than 5 minutes, but the effect will be noticeable immediately, but system applications (for example, Security or Topics) will still show ads, and more radical measures will be required to clean them up.

2. Disabling advertising through ADB: method

If the standard settings don’t help, the next step is to use the ADB (Android Debug Bridge. This method doesn't require root rights, but it involves connecting the smartphone to a computer. It blocks the system components responsible for displaying ads at the level of the device. MIUI.

You'll need:

• 💻 Computer with Windows/macOS/Linux.
• 🔌 USB-cable (preferably original).li>
• 📱 Included debugging by USB on a smartphone (Settings) → The phone. → Version. MIUI — Press 7 times, then return to Settings → Additionally. → For developers → Debugging by USB).

Download ADB Tools and execute commands in the terminal (command line):

adb shell


pm hide com.miui.systemAdSolution

For full effect, add two more commands:

pm hide com.xiaomi.mipicks


pm hide com.miui.analytics

These commands are off:

• 🛡️ com.miui.systemAdSolution – the main module of advertising in the MIUI.
• 🛒 com.xiaomi.mipicks – recommendation service (includes product advertising).
• 📊 com.miui.analytics – statistics collection for targeted advertising.

After the smartphone reboot, the ads will disappear from most system applications.

⚠️ Note: Some features (such as updating themes or syncing your Mi Account) may not work properly. If you notice a failure, return the components with pm uninstall -k --user 0 [name packet] by replacing hide with uninstall.

Install ADB Tools on PC

Enable USB debugging on Poco X3

Connect the phone to the computer

Allow debugging on the smartphone screen

Check the connection with the team `adb devices`-->

3. Use of third-party applications: ad blockers

If ADB It's hard to use specialized applications, which are like filtering traffic or blocking ad domains:

🔹 Blokada (without root rights)

Blokada is VPN-similar application that filters advertising requests at the level DNS. It does not require root rights and is easily installed from the official site (it is not available in Google Play due to the anti-blocker policy).

How to set up:

1. Download and install. APK-file from Blokada.
2. Launch the application and activate the protection.
3. In the settings, select the "Energized Protection" lock list (the most aggressive filter).

🔹 AdGuard (with or without root rights)

AdGuard offers two modes:

• 📱 No Root Rights: Works as a Local VPN, but may conflict with others VPN-service.
• 🔧 Root-rights: Blocks ads at the system level, including apps MIUI.

For maximum effect on Poco X3 recommend:

1. Install AdGuard from the official website.
2. Enable the AdGuard Filter, EasyList Filter and Mobile Application Filter modules.
3. Activate the option “Block known advertising domains”.

Both apps will reduce the amount of advertising by 80-90%, but some services (such as banking apps or online games) may have problems.

⚠️ Attention: Ad blockers may interfere with updating system applications via Google Play or Mi App Store. If you notice errors during the update, temporarily turn off filtering.

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If push notifications (for example, from Telegram or WhatsApp) stop working after installing the blocker, add the domains of these services to the whitelist in the application settings.

4. root rights and custom firmware: a radical solution

If you're willing to go to extremes, getting root rights or installing custom firmware (like LineageOS or Pixel Experience) will completely take away advertising.

• 🚨 Loss of warranty (if the phone is under warranty).
• 🔄 Possible camera or sensor failures (especially relevant for Poco) X3 irony).
• 🔒 Risk of blocking your Mi Account (if you use Xiaomi cloud services).

The most popular way to get root rights is Magisk.

1. Unlock the bootloader through the Mi Unlock Tool (requires a wait of 7-14 days for new accounts).
2. Install custom recovery (TWRP) for your model.
3. Squeeze Magisk through recovery.
4. Remove system apps with ads (e.g. com.xiaomi.midrop or com.miui.weather2) Magisk Module or Titanium Backup.

The alternative is to install custom firmware without advertising. X3 fit:

• 📱 Pixel Experience – pure Android without unnecessary services.
• 📱 LineageOS – stable firmware with open source.
• 📱 Xiaomi.eu – modified MIUI Advertising free (but with some restrictions, for example, there are no Chinese services).

Before you start, check out firmware stability reviews for your model on forums. XDA Developers or 4PDA.

⚠️ Attention: On Poco X3 Snapdragon-powered 732G Some custom firmware may not work properly with a dynamic refresh rate of 120 Hz. Check compatibility before installing!

5. Factory reset: Does it help?

Some users think that factory resets can take away ads, and it's a myth that resets all system applications back to their original state, but doesn't turn off the ad modules.

• 🔄 Set up accounts and synchronization.
• 📱 Install applications.
• ⚙️ Personalize the interface.

The only time a reset can help is if the ad appears after the update. MIUI It's related to a bug in the new firmware version:

1. Make a backup of the data through Settings → Additional → Backup and Reset.
2. Reset in the same menu.
3. After the reboot, don’t restore settings from the backup – set your phone up as new.

If the ad was caused by a virus or a suspicious app, resetting will help. MIUI he's powerless.

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Reset to factory settings does not remove advertising in MIUI — It just returns the phone to its original state with all the promotional modules.

6. Alternative launchers and workarounds

If you are tired of fighting advertising in MIUI, You can just hide it from view with alternative launchers and workarounds, and it doesn't completely remove ads, but it makes them less visible.

🔹 Installation of a third-party launcher

Launchers like Nova Launcher, Lawnchair or Hyperion Launcher allow you to:

• 📱 Hide system widgets with ads (for example, weather widget).
• 🎨 Replace standard application icons.
• 🔍 Disable the search bar MIUI (frequently displays advertisements).

How to set up:

1. Install a launcher from Google Play.
2. Assign it as the default launcher in the settings (Settings → Applications → By default → Launcher).
3. Disable system widgets and replace them with Google analogs (e.g., Google Weather widget instead of Google Weather widget). MIUI Weather).

🔹 Replacement of system applications

Many standard applications MIUI It can be replaced with analogues without advertising:

These replacements do not require root rights and do not affect the stability of the system, but will require additional actions (for example, transferring data from an old application to a new one).

7. Frequent mistakes and how to avoid them

When trying to remove ads, users often make mistakes that lead to the opposite effect of increasing the number of banners or malfunctioning of the phone.

🔸 Disabling important system services

Some guides advise disabling com.miui.daemon or com.xiaomi.finddevice, which will cause the Find Device and other critical services to fail. Before disabling any system application, check its destination on sites like AppBrain.

🔸 Use of questionable “optimizers"

Apps like Clean Master or DU Speed Booster promises to remove ads, but in fact:

• 🛡️ They're showing ads.
• 📊 Collecting data about your phone.
• 🔄 They may conflict with MIUI and call out the lags.

🔸 Wrong setup ADB

If, after the execution, ADB-The advertisements are not gone, check out:

• 🔌 Is the phone connected to the computer in file transfer mode (MTP).
• 📋 Whether the commands are correctly entered (registration is important!).
• 🔄 Reboot your phone after completing commands.

If the pm hide command doesn’t work, try:

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

🔸 Ignoring updates MIUI

Xiaomi regularly updates its ad-show mechanisms. MIUI And the adverts came back, and maybe the company added new ad units:

• 🔍 Check the list of packages through adb shell pm list packages | grep miui.
• 📌 Find new suspicious packages (e.g. com.miui.newad).
• 🔧 Use the commands pm hide or pm uninstall.

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