How to disable notifications of widget tape on Xiaomi Redmi

Smartphone owners often face intrusive interfaces that are full of information, with lock screens and home screens becoming endless news feeds distracting them from important tasks, especially for users of MIUI shells and the new aggressive HyperOS, where the system is actively promoting content from partners.

Constant pop-ups, app recommendations, and news reports can annoy even the most relaxed user. Fortunately, developers have made it possible to completely disable these features, although they have hidden them deep enough. In this article, we will discuss all ways to restore the purity of the interface and stop receiving unnecessary notifications.

First, you need to understand what's running on your device. A widget tape, known as Glance or Yandex, is often set by default when you first turn on, it consumes RAM and constantly requests data from the network, which affects autonomy.

Anatomy of Intrusive Notifications in MIUI

Notifications in Xiaomi and Redmi smartphones are more complex than standard Android, where system services, security services and third-party lock widgets intertwine, and understanding the structure allows you to pinpoint the excess without disrupting important applications.

The main source of garbage is the MSA (MIUI System Ads) service, which is responsible for displaying ads in system applications and on the lock screen, and without it, combating notifications will be useless.

Also worth highlighting is GetApps, which often sends notifications about discounts and new games. Many users do not know that it is a system application, and simply remove its shortcut, leaving the service active in the background.

It is important to distinguish between notifications from applications (messengers, mail) and system recommendations, the former managed in the notification section of a particular application, and the latter in the global system settings and special services.

Disabling the widget tape on the lock screen

The most visible source of extra information is the lock screen, and swiping right or left (depending on the firmware version) opens a feed with news, weather and recommendations, and you have to do a few things to remove it.

Go to your smartphone settings. Find the Lock Screen or Wallpaper and Personalization section. Depending on the version of MIUI, the path may vary slightly, but the logic remains the same.

You need to find a item called Wallpaper Carousel or Glance, and inside that menu, there's a switch that activates the widget tape, and then you turn it off, and then you swipe the lock screen and you stop opening the news feed.

⚠️ Note: After the wallpaper carousel is turned off, the standard wallpaper may not change automatically. If you used this feature to change pictures, you will have to choose a static image manually.

If you have a Chinese firmware or global firmware version with Yandex preinstalled, the process may require additional steps. Sometimes you need to remove updates for the Wallpaper app through the application management menu.

Setting up the main screen and widgets

The widget tape is often located to the left of the front page of the home screen, and the swipe to the right opens the news and quick tools aggregator, and you can remove it through the desktop settings.

Push two fingers on the home screen to open the edit menu, and you'll see a Settings button at the bottom or in the corner, and you'll click on it to access the desktop settings.

Find the option of Widget Ribbon or -1 screen, and here you can choose what will be displayed when swiping: nothing, system widgets or third-party tape. Select the option of "No" or "Disabled" to completely remove this element.

You can also turn off application recommendations in this section, and the system often offers smart widgets that take up space and resources, and disabling extra elements will speed up the interface.

Deep Cleanup of System Advertising Services

To ensure a guaranteed result, you need to disable system advertising, which is often masquerading as widget notifications, through the hidden MSA authorization menu.

Go to Settings → Passwords & Security → Access to Personal Data. Find msa on the list and turn off the switch. The system will wait 10 seconds, then click “Cancel”.

Repeat the procedure for other suspicious services: Mi Video, Music, GetApps, Mi Browser. This will not remove the application, but will prevent them from collecting data and showing personalized ads.

It is important to understand that complete removal of system components without root rights is impossible, but revoking licenses renders them inactive, which is tantamount to deletion for the average user.

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If the "Revoke" button is inactive or gray, turn on the Internet. Revocation of the license requires a connection to the Xiaomi server to verify the status of the device.

Managing application-specific notifications

Sometimes the problem is not the system itself, but a specific application that has the rights to display on top of other windows or in the widget feed, most often news aggregators or browsers.

Go to Settings → Notifications and Status bar → Notification management. Go through the installed program list. Pay special attention to administrator or system components applications.

For each suspicious app (e.g. Google News, Yandex, Browser) you can customize the notification types in detail. Leave only critical ones such as Download Complete, and disable Recommendations, News, Promotions.

Use the Important function for messengers so that their notifications are not lost in the general stream, and the No Sound function for advertising mailings if you can not remove the application.

Hidden settings via ADB (for advanced)

For users who want to achieve maximum results, there is a method of disabling components through USB debugging.This requires connecting the smartphone to the computer and using the ADB utility.

Activate Developer Mode by tapping the build number seven times in the About Phone section, then turn on USB Debugging in the developer menu.

adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.miui.misystem

This command disables the system service responsible for some of the notifications, and be careful: using ADB commands requires care, as disabling critical system packages can lead to unstable operation.

⚠️ Warning: Do not disable packages that you do not know the purpose of, in particular, avoid removing components associated with the phone, contacts and message, otherwise the device may cease to function correctly.

There are ready-made scripts for ADB, such as Xiaomi ADB/Fastboot Tools, which have a graphical interface and allow you to safely remove bloatware in one click.

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Using ADB is the most effective way to clean a system, but it requires having a PC and being careful when typing commands.

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