How to permanently disable notifications on Xiaomi: system, from apps and advertising

Notifications on Xiaomi smartphones can be a real problem: constant alerts from messengers, system warnings and annoying advertising from MIUI distract from work and personal time. According to Counterpoint Research 2023, Xiaomi users receive 37% more notifications per day than owners of smartphones on pure Android, while 68% of respondents admitted that they do not know how to properly configure or completely disable these alerts.

In this article, you will find detailed instructions for disabling all types of notifications on Xiaomi devices (relevant to MIUI 12, 13, 14 and HyperOS).

• 🔧 How to disable system notifications (updates, security, MIUI-optimization)
• 📱 Set up alerts for individual applications (including hidden settings)
• 🚫 Blocking Advertising Push Notifications from Xiaomi
• 🔄 What to do if notifications are returned after rebooting

Special attention will be paid to hidden MIUI settings, which the manufacturer does not advertise, but which allow you to get rid of annoying alerts forever.

1. disable system notifications in MIUI

System notifications from MIUI include updates, security, battery optimization, and other internal processes that cannot be removed completely (which can disrupt the system), but can be significantly reduced.

To manage system alerts:

1. Go to Settings → Notifications and Status bar → Notifications from apps
2. Scroll down the list and select System Notifications
3. Turn off sliders near unnecessary categories (e.g. System Optimization or MIUI Recommendations)

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Security updates

⚠️ Warning: Disabling Security Notifications may cause you to miss warnings about phishing sites or suspicious activity on the system. If you still want to disable them, do so only after installing a third-party antivirus (for example, Bitdefender or Kaspersky).

2. Set up notifications for individual applications

Each application installed can send notifications, and they are often set to maximum intrusiveness by default. MIUI has two layers of application alert management: basic (visible in settings) and advanced (hidden in the developer).

Basic setting:

• 📲 Open the Settings. → Notifications and status bar → Notifications from annexes
• 🔍 Find the app you want in the list (like WhatsApp or Instagram)
• 🔕 Turn off the slider Allow notifications or set up individual categories (sound, vibration, icon)

For instant messengers (such as Telegram or Viber), you can also set notification priority – choose High, Medium or Low depending on the importance.

Advanced settings (for experienced users):

1. Enable the Developer Mode:


Settings → About Phone → MIUI version (click 7 times)




2. Return to Settings → Additional → For Developers




3. Find the "Notifications in the background" item and turn it off for unnecessary applications

This will prevent apps from showing notifications when they are running in the background.

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⚠️ Note: Some applications (e.g., banking or delivery services) may stop working properly if their background activity is completely turned off. Before changing settings, check if the push application uses push notifications for two-factor authentication or important alerts.

3. How to turn off notifications on the lock screen

Notifications on the lock screen are a separate story, and they may contain sensitive information (messages, letters, bank application data) that should not be shown to outsiders. MIUI has three levels of privacy to block:

• 🔒 Show everything – notifications are displayed in full (not secure)
• 🔐 Hide content – only app icons are shown
• 🚫 Do not show – no notifications on the block

To change the settings:

1. Go to Settings → Lock screen → Notifications on the lock screen
2. Select the appropriate level of confidentiality
3. For individual applications, click Settings and select which notifications to show

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Mi Band 7

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If you often pass your phone to colleagues or friends, set the Hide Content mode for all notifications on the lock screen, which will protect your correspondence from prying eyes, even if you forgot to lock the device.

4.Blocking Advertising Notifications from Xiaomi

One of the most annoying features of MIUI is the push notifications that come from Xiaomi's system services, which can advertise new features, promotions in the Mi Store, or apps from partners, and fortunately, they can be turned off completely.

Method 1: Through the MIUI settings

• 📱 Open the Settings. → Notifications and status bar → Notifications from annexes
• 🔍 Find Mi Video, Mi Browser, Mi Store, Themes apps and turn off notifications from them
• 🔕 For Security, disable the Recommendations category

Method 2: Mi Service Analytic (MSA)

1. Go to Settings → Memory → Three dots (menu) → Special permissions


2. Find MSA and disable all permissions




3. Reset the device

This will disable analytics collection and push notifications.

5. Disabling notifications for specific contacts

Sometimes you don’t have to disable notifications from the entire app, but only from individual contacts or chats, which is true for instant messengers (WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber) and social networks (Instagram, Facebook).

On WhatsApp:

• 💬 Open a chat with contact
• 🔕 Press three points. → No sound.
• ⏳ Select a time limit (8 hours, 1 week, Always)

On Telegram:

• 📱 Open the chat room. → click on the contact name
• 🔔 Select Disable Notifications
• 🔇 For groups, you can also turn off Sound and Vibration separately.

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Settings → Applications → Application Management → [Messaging Name] → Clear the cache

⚠️ Note: If you have disabled notifications from the contact in the messenger, but they continue to come, check the sync settings. Some applications (for example, Facebook Messenger) duplicate notifications through system channels, in which case you will have to turn off alerts and in the settings. MIUI, and in the appendix itself.

6.What to do if notifications are returned after a reboot

Many Xiaomi users face a problem: once the device is rebooted, previously disabled notifications reappear, due to the peculiarities of MIUI Optimization, a system process that resets some settings “to improve performance”.

Decisions:

1. Disabling MIUI Optimization (requires root or ADB): adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.miui.optimization Warning: This may cause some MIUI features to malfunction.
2. Using Automate or Tasker: Create a task that will automatically disable unnecessary notifications after a reboot.
3. Manual Restore: After each reboot, check Settings → Notifications and turn off unnecessary alerts again if necessary.

If you don’t want to use ADB or automation, there’s an easier way to do this:

• 📱 Install Notification History from Google Play
• 🔍 It will log all notifications, and you can quickly find "resurrected" alerts.
• 🔕 If you receive an unnecessary notification, immediately go to its settings and turn off

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If notifications are returned after a reboot, MIUI Optimization is to blame. Disabling it solves the problem, but can affect system stability. The alternative is to use automation (Tasker) or regularly check the settings manually.

7. Alternative ways to manage notifications

If standard methods don't work, you can use third-party tools or radical measures. Here are some proven options:

• 🛠️ Notification blocking apps: Notisave or Unnotification lets you flexibly configure which notifications to show and which not. They run on top of system settings and can block even alerts that are not visible. MIUI prevents.
• 🔄 Resetting notification settings: In Settings → Annexes → Application management → Three dots (menu) → Reset notification settings can return all alerts to factory settings, and then configure them again.
• 📱 Install custom firmware: Firmware based on LineageOS or Pixel Experience are devoid of advertising and annoying notifications MIUI. However, this requires unlocking the bootloader and may deprive you of the guarantee.

For users who don’t want to risk the stability of the system, the best solution is a combination of standard settings and the Notisave app.

• Create a whitelist of permitted notifications
• Block alerts for keywords (for example, “promotion”, “discount”)
• Set up a quiet schedule (for example, turn off all notifications at night)

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If you often forget to check important notifications because of the large number of notifications, set up Smart folders in Notisave, for example, create a Job folder for alerts from Slack, Outlook and Trello, and hide the rest of the notifications, so you don’t miss the important ones, but you won’t be distracted by spam.

FAQ: Frequent Notification Questions on Xiaomi