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

Notifications on Xiaomi smartphones can be a real problem: constant sound signals, pop-up banners and advertising push messages from MIUI distract from work, drain the battery and create information noise. This is especially true for owners of low-cost models Redmi and POCO, where the manufacturer actively integrates advertising mechanisms into firmware. But not everyone knows that MIUI has hidden settings that allow you to completely disable notifications at the system level, individual applications and even block advertising push messages from Xiaomi.

In this article, we’ll look at all the possible ways to manage notifications, from basic menu settings to hidden features for power users.

• 📱 System notifications (updates, security, MIUI)
• 📲 Notifications from applications (social networks, instant messengers, games)
• 🚫 Advertising push messages from Xiaomi and third-party services
• 🔔 Sound and vibration for specific types of alerts
• 🔄 Automatic notifications from Google services and MIUI

The instructions are valid for all modern smartphones Xiaomi, Redmi and POCO based MIUI 12-14 (including global and Chinese versions of firmware).If you use POCO Launcher or custom shell, some menu items may be slightly different - we will indicate alternative paths.

1. How to disable all notifications on Xiaomi through system settings

The fastest way to get rid of intrusive alerts is to use built-in MIUI tools, a method that is suitable for disabling notifications from all applications at once or selectively configuring.

Go to Settings → Notifications and Status bar → Notification management. Here you will see three key sections:

• 🔹 Applications – a list of all installed programs with the possibility of individual configuration;
• 🔹 System notifications - notifications from MIUI (Updates, security, Xiaomi account);
• 🔹 Others – additional categories (e.g., notifications about devices’ Bluetooth connection).

To completely disable notifications for a particular application, tap on its name and move the slider Allow notifications to the position Off.. For system notifications, the algorithm is similar, but some categories (for example, Security Updates) can be protected from disabling – they will have to be blocked in other ways (more on this below).

Open "Settings"|Go to "Notifications and Status Line"|Select “Notification management"|Find the right app in the list|Disable the slider "Allow notifications"-->

⚠️ Note: Disabling notifications from system services (e.g, MIUI Security or Google Play Services may cause a smartphone to crash. If there are errors after the changes, return the settings to their original state.

2. disable advertising push notifications from Xiaomi

Xiaomi is actively monetizing its firmware through advertising, and push notifications are one of the main channels for distributing it, and these messages can come from Mi Browser, Mi Video, Themes, and even system applications, and it takes several steps to turn them off.

First, go to Settings → Memory → Clean (or Settings → Applications → App Management → Cleaning in newer versions of MIUI).

1. Slap the icon. ⚙️ top-right;
2. Select Advertising Notices;
3. Turn off the slider Show recommendations.

For a deeper cleaning, you need to disable personalized ads in your Mi Account:

1. Open Settings → Xiaomi account;
2. Go to Mi Account → Account settings → Advertising personalization;
3. Turn off all sliders in this section.

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If after the shutdown, the ad notifications continue to come, try resetting the ad settings through Settings → All settings → Additional → Resetting the ad settings. This item may be hidden – use the search by settings (the magnifier icon at the top).

3. Hidden MIUI settings: how to disable notifications via ADB

For advanced users who want to block notifications at the system level, there is a method using ADB (Android Debug Bridge), which allows you to disable even those alerts that can not be removed through the standard menu.

You will need to:

• 🖥️ Computer with installed ADB Tools;
• 📱 Xiaomi smartphone with enabled debugging USB (Settings → The phone. → Version. MIUI — Tap 7 times, then return to the additional → For developers);
• 🔌 USB-plug-in.

After connecting the phone to the PC, perform in the command line:

adb shell pm grant com.miui.securitycenter android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS


adb shell settings put global hidden_api_policy 1

You can now turn off notifications for system applications, for example, to block alerts from com.miui.system (MIUI system notifications), use:

adb shell cmd notification allow_list -p com.miui.system -c default -u 0

⚠️ Attention: Use ADB Disabling critical system notifications (e.g. from com.android.phone) can cause mobile network loss or other disruptions.

4. Set up notifications for individual applications

Not all notifications need to be turned off completely — sometimes it’s enough to adjust their behavior, for example, you can leave notifications from messengers, but remove the sound and vibration, or allow notifications only when the screen is unlocked.

For this:

1. Go to Settings → Notifications and Status bar → Notification management;
2. Select the desired application (such as WhatsApp or Telegram);
3. In the Notification Categories section, set each type of alert separately: 🔔 Sound - turn on/off; 📳 Vibration – select a pattern or disable; 🔒 Screen locking – show/hide; 📌 Priority – High/Low/Disable.

For social networks (such as Facebook or Instagram), it is useful to disable notifications about “likes” and comments, leaving only messages. This is done in the settings of the application itself (the Notifications section within Facebook/Instagram).

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Configuring notification categories allows you to manage alerts flexibly without completely disabling, for example, in Telegram you can turn off notifications from channels, leaving messages from contacts.

5. How to turn off notifications on a locked screen

By default, MIUI displays the content of notifications on a locked screen, which may not be secure (especially if the messages contain personal data).

Go to Settings → Screen Lock → Notifications on the lock screen and select one of the options:

• 🔒 Not showing notifications – complete cover-up;
• 📌 Show without content – only app icons will be displayed;
• 🔓 Show everything - current mode (not recommended).

For additional protection, you can enable Hiding sensitive content in the same menu, so that messages from messengers and emails will be hidden until the phone is unlocked.

If you use Always-on Display (AOD), the notifications are set separately: Settings → Screen → Always-on Display and Lock → AOD settings → Notifications. You can turn off the display of alerts or leave only the time / date.

6.Switching off sounds and vibrations for notifications

Even if you left the notifications on, you can make them less intrusive by turning off the sound signals and vibrations, which is especially useful for night time or work meetings.

The global sound settings are in Settings → Sounds and vibrations.

• 🔔 Disable the notification sound (slider to off position.);
• 📳 Select No Sound in the Notification Melody section;
• 🔕 Turn off vibration at notifications.

For individual setting of sounds by application:

1. Go to Settings → Notifications and Status bar → Notification management;
2. Select an app (such as Gmail);
3. Slip on the sound and set it up without sound;
4. In the Vibration section, select No.

If you need to temporarily turn off all sounds (e.g., in a meeting), use Do Not Disturb Mode (Settings → Sounds and Vibrations → Do Not Disturb).

7 How to return notifications if they disappeared after the MIUI update

After updating the MIUI firmware, notification settings are sometimes reset and important alerts stop coming to restore them:

First, check the general settings:

1. Open Settings → Notifications and status bar;
2. Make sure the Notification slider at the top of the screen is turned on.
3. Go to Notification Management and check if the desired applications are disabled.

If the notifications of a particular application do not work:

• 🔄 Reboot your smartphone;
• 🗑️ Clear the app cache (Settings) → Annexes → Select an application → Clear the cache);
• 📥 Reinstall the app;
• 🔧 Check the permissions (Settings) → Annexes → Permits → Notifications).

System notifications (such as SMS or calls) may require resetting network settings:

1. Go to Settings → SIM-cards and mobile networks;
2. Choose yours. SIM-map;
3. Tap Network Reset (Warning: This will remove saved Wi-Fi networks!).

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If notifications from Google Play Services are missing after the MIUI update, try disabling battery optimization for this application: Settings → Apps → App Management → Google Play Services → Battery → No restrictions.

FAQ: Frequent Notification Questions on Xiaomi