How to permanently disable pop-up notifications on Xiaomi: from ads to system alerts

Pop-up notifications on Xiaomi smartphones are one of the most annoying features of MIUI firmware. Even after buying the new Redmi Note 13 Pro+ or Xiaomi 14 Ultra flagship, users are faced with intrusive advertising, alerts about “useful” services and system warnings that interfere with work, and the problem is relevant for budget models like the POCO M6 Pro and for premium devices.

In this article, we’ll look at all possible sources of Xiaomi pop-up notifications, from security ads to low-battery system banners. You’ll learn how to turn them off once and for all through hidden MIUI settings, which apps are to blame for spam, and why even after resetting to factory settings, notifications can return. Instructions are relevant for MIUI 12, 13 and 14 based on Android 10–14.

1. Types of pop-up notifications on Xiaomi: what can be turned off

Before you start settings, it’s important to understand what kind of notifications you’re dealing with, and Xiaomi can divide them into 5 main categories:

• 📢 Advertising notifications – banners from Security, Themes, Mi Video and other system applications – are often disguised as “helpful tips".
• ⚠️ System Alerts – Warnings about low charge, overheating, updates MIUI. Some of them are critical (for example, about overheating the processor), others are just annoying.
• 📱 Notifications from third-party applications – spam from games, social networks (Facebook, TikTok) or instant messengers (WhatsApp, Telegram).
• 🔄 Background activity alerts – messages like “Google app is running in the background” or “Memory clearing done".
• 🌐 Push notifications from websites – appear in Mi Browser or Chrome after visiting certain sites.

The most problematic ones are the MIUI ad notifications, which can appear even on a locked screen and don't have an obvious shutdown button, for example, the "Your memory is almost full! Clean it with Security" banner is actually an advertisement for an embedded cleaner that often works worse than manual optimization.

⚠️ Warning: Disabling some system notifications (e.g., battery overheating) may damage your smartphone.We recommend keeping critical alerts active.

2. Disabling advertising notifications in MIUI: step-by-step instructions

The main source of spam on Xiaomi is built-in Security, Themes, Mi Video and Downloads, and their notifications can be turned off through application settings, but often this is not enough – deep MIUI settings are required.

Method 1: Through application notification settings

1. Open Settings → Applications → Application Management.
2. In the search, type the name of the problem application (for example, Security).
3. Select Notifications and turn off the Show Notifications slider.
4. To disable ads completely, go to Notification Categories and deactivate all items related to “recommendations” or “advice.”

Method 2: Through Hidden MIUI Settings (for Power Users)

If the standard method didn’t help, try turning off ads through the hidden MIUI menu:

Settings → About Phone → MIUI version (shap 7 times to activate developer mode)


Settings → Additional → Special features → Advertising Notifications (disable)

On some firmware, this item may be called Personalized Advertising or MIUI Recommendations, and if it is not, your version of MIUI does not support such a disabling.

3. How to remove system notifications (battery, memory, updates)

System alerts like "Battery charge 15%" or "Memory is almost full" cannot be turned off completely through standard settings, but they can be hidden or reduced.

Disabling Battery Notifications

To remove warnings about low charge:

1. Go to Settings → Battery and Performance → Battery Settings
2. Select Battery Notifications and turn off the option to Show Notification at Low Charge.
3. To completely shut down, also deactivate Charging Optimization (if it interferes).

Disabling Memory Notifications

Messages like "Memory is 90% full" come from the Security app to remove them:

1. Open Security. → Settings (⚙️) → Notifications.
2. Disable Memory Cleanup and Optimization Recommendations.
3. Return to the main Security menu and click Clean → Settings → Auto Clean, then deactivate all options.

⚠️ Warning: Disabling memory notifications can slow down your smartphone if the free space drops below 10%.We recommend manually cleaning the cache every 1-2 weeks through Settings → Memory.

4. How to disable notifications from third-party apps

If your Xiaomi is littered with spam from AliExpress, Wildberries or games like Free Fire, the problem isn't MIUI, it's the settings of the apps themselves.

Method 1: Through Android Settings

1. Open Settings → Applications → Application Management.
2. Select a problem app (such as TikTok).
3. Go to Notices and disable all categories or only unnecessary ones (such as "Recommendations" or "Promotions").

Method 2: Through application settings

Many programs (such as Instagram or VK) allow you to manage notifications within yourself:

• 📱 On Instagram: Profile → Settings → Notifications.
• 💬 In Telegram: Settings → Notifications and sounds.
• 🛒 At AliExpress: My AliExpress → Settings → Push notifications.

If the app doesn’t allow you to disable notifications through the menu, try limiting its activity in the background:

Settings → Applications → [Select App] → Battery → Limit background activity

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To permanently get rid of spam from a particular app, try to delete its data through Settings → Apps → Storage → Clear Data. This will reset all of its settings, including notification permissions.

5. Disabling push notifications from websites in the browser

If you get notifications from sites like "You have a new message on Ozone" or "A 50% discount on Yandex Market", it's the browser's fault. On Xiaomi, it could be Mi Browser, Chrome or Edge.

For Mi Browser:

1. Open the browser and go to ⋮ → Settings → Confidentiality.
2. Select Site Notifications and disable permission for all sites.
3. For complete cleaning, click Clear Data → Delete Permissions.

For Chrome:

1. Open Chrome. → ⋮ → Settings → Site settings → Notifications.
2. Disable the option Sites may send notifications.
3. In the list below, remove all sites that were previously allowed to send push notifications.

If notifications continue to appear after this, check if suspicious apps (such as Push Service or Notification Helper) are installed on the phone. → Annexes → All applications and remove.

6. Resetting notification settings to factory

If you've tried all of these, but notifications keep coming, the last option is to reset your notification settings, which will return all permissions to factory values, but it won't delete your data.

How to reset your settings:

1. Go to Settings → Applications → Application Management.
2. Press on. ⋮ → Resetting application settings.
3. Once you reboot, all notification permissions will be reset.

If that didn't help, it might be a problem with the firmware, and on some versions of MIUI (especially Xiaomi for the global market), the ad notifications are sewn in at the system level, in which case:

• 🔄 Update MIUI Up to the latest version (sometimes new versions remove ads).
• 🛠️ Install custom firmware (for example, Xiaomi.EU without advertising).
• 📱 The change of region to Europe (EEA) through settings → Additionally. → Region (not working on all models).

7. Additional tips: how to reduce the number of notifications

It is impossible (and not always necessary) to completely get rid of notifications on Xiaomi, but their number can be significantly reduced:

• 🔕 Turn off auto-start applications: Settings → Annexes → Application management → Auto-start.
• 📴 Stop background activity for unnecessary programs: Settings → Battery → Choice of applications.
• 🛡️ Use an alternative launcher (like Nova Launcher) to hide system widgets with ads.
• 🔄 Clean the cache regularly through Settings → Memory. → Cleaning (this reduces the number of "advice" from the MIUI).

If you use Google services frequently, check the notification settings in Google Play Services:

Settings → Applications → All Apps → Google Play Services → Notifications

You can turn off unnecessary alerts about backups, updates and other activities.

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The most reliable way to get rid of advertising notifications on Xiaomi is a combination of disabling through application settings + reset permissions + changing the region to EEA (if supported).

FAQ: Frequent Notification Questions on Xiaomi