The constant hum of your smartphone when typing is one of the most common causes of annoyance among Xiaomi users. When you type a message in a messenger or dial a number, the phone emits a characteristic sound or a short vibration, which can be extremely uncomfortable in a quiet environment, such as a movie theater, a meeting or a night in the bedroom. Fortunately, the MIUI operating system and HyperOS provide flexible tools for managing tactile feedback.
In this article, we will discuss in detail all the ways to completely disable the vibration on the keyboard. We will touch not only on the settings of the Gboard keyboard itself, but also on Android system settings, which often remain hidden from the eyes of the average user. Understanding these nuances will help you create the perfect silence when working with text.
Note that the menu interface may vary slightly depending on the firmware version and model of your device, but the logic of action remains the same throughout the Xiaomi ecosystem. Follow the instructions consistently to make sure that all possible sources of tactile response are deactivated.
Set up vibration directly in Gboard
The most obvious and first step is to check the settings of the keyboard itself. In the vast majority of cases, Xiaomi smartphones have Google's standard Gboard keyboard installed, which is responsible for the tactile response when you click on the on-screen buttons. To get to the desired menu, you don't have to search for complex system partitions, just use the keyboard toolbar itself.
Open any application that requires text input, such as Messages or Notes. When the keyboard appears, search and click on the gear icon (Settings) in the top toolbar. If there is no icon, press and hold the semicolon or emoji button. In the menu that opens, select Settings, then go to Preferences. Here you will see the slider responsible for tactile return.
⚠️ Note: The Vibration-on-Push slider in Gboard may be inactive (grey) if the general Android settings have completely turned off vibration.
Move the slider to off to completely remove the tactile response, but if you like the light vibration but the current force is too great, you can leave the function on and just reduce the duration of the vibration with a special slider below, which allows you to find a balance between the sensation of typing and the quietness of the process.
It’s important to understand that Gboard’s settings only apply to that particular keyboard.If you’re using third-party solutions like Yandex Keyboard or SwiftKey, you’ll have to repeat the same procedure in the settings of each of these apps separately.
System settings of tactile response in MIUI and HyperOS
Often users adjust the keyboard, but the vibration still remains, because Xiaomi has a separate tactile response management system layer that takes precedence over the settings of individual applications. Even if Gboard says “off,” the system can forcefully vibrate when typed.
To access these options, go to the main settings menu on your smartphone. Find the Sound and Vibration section. Depending on the version of the shell, this item may simply be called "Sounds" or "Sounds and Tactile Effects." Inside you are interested in the "Additional settings" or direct slider control.
There are a few key parameters to look at here: First, look for Touch Vibration, which removes the vibration throughout the system, including typing, navigating menus, and interacting with interface buttons. Second, check for a separate keyboard switch, which is sometimes lined up in new versions of HyperOS.
☑️ Checking system sound settings
Also in this section, tactile response is often included, and can be implemented as an intensity scale, make sure the value is set to a minimum or the function is completely deactivated, ensuring that no system event will cause the case of your Redmi Note to shake.
Managing sound effects and system signals
Beyond physical vibration, many users are annoyed by the sound clicks that accompany each tap, which are often perceived as part of the tactile response, although technically audio signals, and are also controlled in the audio settings section, but require special attention.
In the Sound and Vibration menu, look for Additional Sounds or Interface Sounds, and this is where the keyboard Sound switch is located, and turning it off will make typing completely silent, and this is especially true for Redmi Note models, where speakers can sound quite loud even at low volume.
It's worth mentioning the "Locking Sounds" and "Dialing Sounds" features, which, although they don't directly refer to the typing keyboard, have a complex silence effect that users often forget about, wondering why the phone makes sounds when unlocked or dialed in a "calling phone."
| Parameter | Where to find out. | Shutdown effect |
|---|---|---|
| Vibration on touch | Settings → Sound and vibration | Remove vibration throughout the interface |
| Keyboard sound | Settings → Sound and vibration → Additional | Removes clicks when printing |
| Gboard vibe | Keyboard settings → Preferences | Local shutdown for Gboard |
| Tactical response | Settings → Sound and vibration | Controls the vibration force of the system |
Remember that in Do Not Disturb mode (the moon in the notification curtain), the sound effects are often turned off automatically, but the vibration can persist if it is set as a priority.
Use of Do Not Disturb modes and sound profiles
For a temporary solution, such as during a meeting or watching a movie, you don’t need to go into deep settings every time. Android offers quick profiles that instantly change the behavior of the device.
Lower the notification curtain from top to bottom. Find the Do Not Disturb icon (usually depicted as a crescent) Activating this mode blocks all sounds and usually vibration, including keyboard response.
Go to Settings → Sound and Vibration → Don’t disturb. You can create a schedule (e.g. 23:00 to 07:00) to automatically go to quiet mode for the night, and you can set exceptions by allowing calls from favorite contacts but leaving the keyboard “dumb”.
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Use the Google Assistant or Xiao AI voice assistant, saying “Enable Do Not Disturb” to quickly activate silence without using your hands.
There's also Pocket Mode, or automatic detection of a phone turning down the screen. Check in the audio settings to see if the "Silent Mode When Turning Over" option is activated. It's a convenient way to quickly silence the phone by putting it down on the table with the screen.
Third-party keyboards and specific settings
If a standard Xiaomi or Gboard keyboard doesn't suit you and you use alternatives, the setting logic remains similar, but the paths may differ. Popular keyboards like Yandex, SwiftKey or Grammarly have their own vibration engines.
For the Yandex keyboard, you need to click on the settings icon (cogs) on the keyboard bar, select Appearance or Sound and Vibration, and disable the corresponding sliders. In SwiftKey, the settings are located in the Sound and Vibration section of the app's main menu. It's important to check each installed application to enter text separately.
⚠️ Note: Some gaming keyboards or specialized programming applications may ignore the system vibration settings.
Also worth mentioning is the possibility of using design themes. Some visual themes for MIUI may contain their own audio packs and vibration settings that overwrite the standard system settings. If the vibration comes after you install a new theme, try changing the theme to a standard one.
For advanced users, there is a possibility of using ADB-commands to force vibration off at the system level, which can be useful if the sliders in the menu are “hang” or do not work.
adb shell settings put global haptic_feedback_enabled 0This command completely disables the tactile response in the system. To return everything as it was, use the value of 1 instead of 0. However, using such methods requires caution and the presence of a computer with ADB installed.
Problem Solving: Why doesn’t the vibration go off?
There are times when you’ve done all the steps, but the phone continues to vibrate when typing, which can be caused by a software glitch, application conflict, or some Google services.
The first thing to do is to restart the device. A banal restart often resets temporary input services errors. If that doesn't work, check if Vibration instead of Call mode is enabled in the sound profile, in which the phone can vibrate for every action, ignoring the keyboard settings.
Another possible reason is that memory cleaners or optimizers are working, which can force you to turn on certain modes of operation. Try turning off third-party optimizers and check the result. Also make sure that the phone has the latest firmware installed, as older versions of MIUI have encountered audio control bugs.
What if the vibration is left after resetting?
If nothing works, you can use Safe Mode mode. Load your phone in this mode (usually by pressing the off button on the lock screen). If there is no vibration in Safe Mode, then some third-party app is causing the problem. Uninstall the newly installed programs one by one to find the culprit.
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Comprehensive check of Gboard settings, system partition “Sound and vibration”, as well as the use of “Do not disturb” mode is guaranteed to eliminate the vibration of the keyboard in 99% of cases.