How to disable Xiaomi Redmi notifications: the full guide

Xiaomi’s current smartphones, which run on MIUI shells or the new HyperOS, are famous for their functionality but often annoy users with excessive system alerts. Owners of Redmi and Poco devices regularly encounter intrusive banners in system applications, recommendations to install games and constant pop-ups from embedded services.

Fortunately, the system allows you to flexibly manage this flow of information, if you know exactly where the hidden switches are. In this article, we will explore all possible ways to turn off Xiaomi Redmi notifications, from system settings to turning off ads in specific applications, you can make your smartphone truly your own by removing digital noise.

First, we need to understand that you can’t ignore alerts completely, because important messages from instant messengers or banks can get lost among them. Our goal is to find a balance and remove only intrusive spam from the manufacturer, leaving useful functionality intact.

Global Notification Management in Settings

The first step to clean up the interface is to go to the central alert management node, and there's a separate section in the MIUI shell that aggregates the settings for all the apps installed. Go to Settings → Notifications and Status bar, and here you'll see a list of all the programs that have permission to send messages.

Look carefully at this list, and often users find apps that have been out of use for a long time, but that continue to be in the background, and turning off status bar access for these programs will instantly clear the curtain of unnecessary visual debris.

Special attention should be paid to system services, which can be items such as msa (MIUI System Ads) or Mi Video, and disabling or restricting their rights will significantly reduce the number of pop-up ads.

Remember, this is also where you have the notification indicator setting, and if you're annoyed by the flashing LED on the end of the case, you can deactivate it here, too, so you can focus on the really important events.

• 📱 Go to Settings and find the Alert Management section for detailed control.
• 🚫 Disable Status Bar Access for Rarely Used Applications.
• 🔍 Look for system processes with an acronym MSA plug-in.
• 🔕 Set up the indicators and sounds separately for each type of event.

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Use the search by settings, typing the word “notifications” to get to the desired menu section faster, bypassing long searches in the lists.

Disabling system advertising and MIUI recommendations

The biggest pain Xiaomi users have is built-in advertising that masquerades as useful recommendations. To get rid of it, you need to turn off the MSA service (MIUI System Ads). Find password and security in the settings → Authorization and feedback (or just type in the "msa" settings search). Find the msa service and turn off the slider. The system will ask you a few times and wait 10 seconds - this is a security mechanism that you need to endure.

In addition to the MSA service, ads are generated by individual system applications, and go to the settings of each of them (e.g. Explorer, Music, Video, Cleanup) and find the "Get recommendations" switch. In some firmware versions, this item may be called "Show ads" or "Recommendations".

It's also worth checking the settings of the Security app, which often sends push notifications that "phone is contaminated" or "we need to speed up." Inside the Security app, click on the settings gear and turn off "Receive recommendations."

It's important to understand that after updating the firmware, some settings may reset. Periodic checking of these items will help the smartphone to be clean. Advertising in the folders on the desktop also turns off through the theme settings or long-click on the folder.

• 🛑 Shut down the service. MSA Through the authorization menu for global impact.
• ⚙️ Go through the settings of each system application and remove the ticks from the recommendations.
• 🧹 In the Security app, turn off push optimization notifications.
• 📂 Remove Ads from Desktop Folders via Interface Settings.

Set up notifications for specific applications

Control over third-party apps such as social networks, games and news aggregators is individual. Android allows you to flexibly configure alert categories. Go to Settings → Apps → All apps, select the desired program (such as Instagram or AliExpress) and go to the Notifications section.

Here you will see a list of all the types of messages that the app can send, for example, you can leave only notifications about the status of the order from the store, but turn off "Recommendations" and "Promotions", which allows you to avoid missing important information, but ignore spam.

For instant messengers like Telegram or WhatsApp, it is critical not to turn off notifications completely, otherwise you won’t hear the call, but you can turn off the audio for group chats or channels, leaving only silent alerts for new messages.

⚠️ Note: Do not disable notifications for Google Play and Xiaomi Account system services, as well as for banking applications.This may make it impossible to receive confirmation codes or security updates.

Use the Quiet Notifications feature. If the app sends a lot of unimportant information, set up its delivery in quiet mode. Such messages will not vibrate or make a sound, but just appear neatly in the list.

• 📲 Configure each application separately through the All Apps menu».
• 🔇 Use No Sound mode for less important message categories.
• 🚦 Keep only critical communication channels active.
• 📉 Check the list of apps that request notifications regularly.

Do Not Disturb Modes and Schedules

Xiaomi has powerful tools to temporarily block all signals, and Do Not Disturb completely silences sound and vibration, allowing only emergency calls from selected contacts to pass through the notification curtain or in the Sound and Vibration settings.

Schedule is especially useful, and you can set up the automatic Do Not Disturb mode at night, for example, from 23:00 to 07:00, which will ensure you sleep well, even if someone decides to email you to the messenger or a system update comes.

There is also an In-Pack or Meeting mode that can be activated with a voice command or quick action, in which the phone will ignore all incoming calls except for repeated calls from one number within minutes (something urgent happens if you call twice).

Don’t confuse Do Not Disturb with the usual silent mode, the first one may not even light up when you receive a message, saving you battery and not waking you up with the light of the screen in the dark.

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An automatic Do Not Disturb schedule is the best way to ensure uninterrupted sleep without manually turning on every evening.

Specifics of working with HyperOS and new versions of MIUI

With the release of HyperOS shell and updated versions of MIUI 14, the menu structure has changed somewhat, some items have been renamed or moved to the Advanced Settings section, for example, MSA service management can now be deeper in the privacy menu.

The newer versions have introduced the Intrusive Window Protection feature, which automatically detects and blocks pop-up ads in apps, and it is recommended that you activate this switch in your security settings so that the system itself filters aggressive marketing.

HyperOS also has improved control over cold-starting applications, so if a program wasn't on the exception list, it won't be able to start itself and send a notification until you open it, which dramatically changes the way we approach background activity.

⚠️ Note: In new firmware versions, after resetting or major updates, all ad switches can return to their original position.

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