How to Turn Off Themes on Xiaomi: The Complete Guide

Many Xiaomi, Redmi and POCO smartphone users face intrusive advertising and constant notifications from the Themes system app.This built-in MIUI solution is designed to personalize the device, but often annoys with redundancy of features. If you want a clean interface without unnecessary visual noise, this option must be deactivated.

The process of disabling is not always obvious, as developers hide direct switches in the depths of the menu. In this article, we will discuss proven methods of returning to standard design, you will learn how to safely remove third-party shells and prevent them from being re-installed by the system.

Why Users Need to Turn Off Their Topics

The main reason you don't use a theme store is because of ad integrations, and even if you haven't installed third-party designs, the app can show banners in the notification curtain or on the lock screen, which is not only distracting, but also consuming traffic.

The second important aspect is system performance: background themes, especially heavy animated options, consume RAM; on low-end models with little RAM, this can lead to noticeable delays in switching between applications.

Also worth mentioning is privacy, which is collecting user preferences to generate personalized feedback in the theme store, which is a question that many Android device owners are asking, and shutting down the service minimizes telemetry.

Disabling Advertising and Recommendations in the Application

Before you completely remove components, try to limit their activity through settings, which will allow you to keep the functionality of changing wallpaper, but remove aggressive marketing. Open the Themes app and go to the user profile.

In the settings section, find "Receive recommendations" or "Show ads." Move the slider to an inactive state. This action will not remove the topic, but will clear the interface of promotional materials.

⚠️ Attention: After a major update MIUI or switching to HyperOS settings may reset. Check this item periodically to prevent ads from returning.

Additionally, you should disable advertising personalization in the general settings of the system. Go to Settings → Passwords and Security → Privacy → Advertising Services. You need to activate the option “Disable Ad Personalization”.

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For full effect, disable auto-update the Themes app in Google Play or GetApps so that the system does not load new advertising modules.

Resetting to a standard theme through settings

If you have a third-party shell on your phone, you can get it back to normal, and it's the safest method, without root rights or complex software, and the algorithm is the same for most firmware versions.

Go to the Themes app, click on the profile icon in the lower right corner, select My Pages or My Topics, and in the list of installed designs, find an option called Classic or Basic.

Click on the theme and activate the Apply button, and the system will instantly redraw the interface, returning the standard icons, fonts and colors, and then the third-party elements will disappear from the desktop.

In some cases, you need to reboot the device to fully apply the changes, and if you see artifacts from an old theme after the restart, repeat the classic design procedure again.

Removing the theme component through ADB

For advanced users who want to get rid of the system application, there is a method of uninstalling through ADB (Android Debug Bridge), which requires connecting the smartphone to the computer and having drivers, which allows you to remove even system packages that are not disabled in the menu.

The first step is to activate the developer mode. Go to Settings → About Phone and quickly click on the MIUI build number seven times. Then, in the advanced settings, turn on “Debugging by USB”.

Connect your phone to your PC and start the command line. Enter a command to delete the theme packet:

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

Once the command is executed, the application will disappear from the system. If you need to return it back, use the install command with the original apk file or reset the settings to the factory.

⚠️ Note: Removing system components via pm uninstall may cause the launcher to run unstable.

Use of third-party launchers

An alternative way to ignore embedded themes is to install a third-party launcher, which completely replaces the desktop, application menus and control panel, making the MIUI settings irrelevant to the look.

Popular options like Nova Launcher, Microsoft Launcher or Smart Launcher are available on Google Play. Once installed and used, they take over the interface.

However, it is worth considering that system elements such as the notification curtain, volume menu and lock screen will remain native. Completely replace them without root rights will not work, but the visual style of the desktop will change dramatically.

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Third-party launcher is the best way to customize Xiaomi if the standard features of the themes don’t suit you, but it doesn’t remove system advertising completely.

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