How to Reset Notification Settings on Xiaomi: All Ways to MIUI

Notifications on Xiaomi smartphones are often a source of annoyance: some bombard apps are alerted every 5 minutes, other important messages are lost in a stream of unnecessary information. MIUI offers flexible notification settings, but over time they can become confusing — especially if you have actively experimented with Do Not Disturb modes, application priorities or synchronization through your Mi Account. In this article, we will discuss all possible ways to return notifications to factory settings, including hidden functions and solutions for specific problems.

It’s important to understand that resetting notifications is not the same as completely resetting your phone to factory settings. We won’t delete your data, photos or apps, but only return alert settings to the original state. However, some methods may affect the settings of individual applications (such as WhatsApp or Telegram), so before you start, we recommend checking which programs are critical to your work.

The instructions in the article are relevant for all modern Xiaomi, Redmi and POCO devices based on MIUI 12-15, including Xiaomi 13/14 series, Redmi Note 12/13 Pro and POCO F5/X5. For older versions (MIUI 11 and below), we will specify some nuances. If your smartphone runs on a “pure” Android One (for example, Mi A3), the process will be different – we will also talk about this.

1. Quickly reset notifications via MIUI settings

The easiest way to return notifications to factory settings is to use the built-in reset feature in the settings menu, which does not require root or PC connectivity, but has a limitation: it only resets global notification settings, not the settings of individual applications.

To perform the discharge:

1. Open the Settings app (the gear icon on the home screen).
2. Go to Notifications and Status bar (in some versions of MIUI, it may be called Notifications).
3. Scroll down and select Additional settings.
4. Click on Reset Notification Settings (or Reset Default Settings).
5. Confirm the action in the window that appears.

After that, all global settings will return to factory settings, resetting Do Not Disturb Mode, notification priorities, alert sounds and vibrations, but the settings of individual applications (such as disabled notifications for Instagram or banking programs) will remain unchanged.

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If the option "Reset Notifications" is not in your menu, try to update MIUI to the latest version. In older firmware (MIUI 10 and below), this feature may be hidden.

2. Reset notifications for individual applications

If you are concerned about notifications from specific programs (such as TikTok, VK or SberBank Online), you can reset settings only for them without affecting the rest of the system, which is useful when one application has become aggressive after the update, and the rest work normally.

Instructions:

• 📱 Open the Settings. → Annexes → Application management.
• 🔍 Find the right app (such as WhatsApp) in the list and tap it.
• 🔔 Select the Notification (or Notification) item).
• 🔄 In the upper right corner, click on three dots and select Reset Settings (or Restore by default).

This method will return all notification options for the selected application to the factory: all types of alerts (sound, banners, icons) will be turned on, the importance settings and notification channels will be reset (relevant to Android 8.0+).

Write down which notifications have been manually disabled | Check the "Do Not Disturb" settings | Make sure important apps (banks, instant messengers) are not blocked | Back up your settings via Mi Account (optional)

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3. Complete reset of all application settings (including notifications)

If previous methods didn't work, you can use the reset feature to reset all application settings, which is a more radical way to return not only notifications to factory settings, but also permissions, cache, default data and other program settings, while your personal data (photos, messages, accounts) will not be affected, only the settings will be reset.

How to do this:

1. Go to Settings → System and Device → Additional (or Settings → Memory → Application settings in older versions of MIUI).
2. Select Reset application settings.
3. Confirm the action by clicking Reset Settings.

Once the device is restarted, all applications will return to the "as after the first installation" state, which means that:

• ✅ Notifications will be enabled for all programs (unless they were blocked by the default system).
• ✅ Permissions (camera, microphone, location) will be reset and will have to be reconfigured.
• ⚠️ Some applications may require re-authorization (e.g., banking programs or social networks).
• ⚠️ Default settings (for example, browser or application for SMS) throw off.

4. Reset via Mi Account (Sync settings)

If you're using a Mi Account and you've enabled setting sync, some notification settings can be stored in the cloud and reset, which is useful if you want to move settings to a new phone, but it's a hindrance when you try to get everything back to factory settings, and to avoid that, you need to temporarily turn off sync.

Step-by-step:

1. Open Settings → Xiaomi account.
2. Select your profile and go to Sync (or Cloud).
3. Turn off the slider next to the Notification Settings (or System Settings) item.
4. Reset notifications in one of the ways described above.
5. After completion, you can re-enable the synchronization.

This method is relevant for users who often switch from one Xiaomi device to another and want to avoid migrating old settings, and it will also help if after resetting the notification settings “return” to their previous values – a sign that they are recovering from the cloud.

Once a month | Once every six months | Only when something breaks | Never reset | I don't know what it is

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5.Dumping via ADB (for power users)

If standard methods fail, you can use the ADB (Android Debug Bridge) tool, which requires connecting your phone to your computer and basic command-line knowledge, but allows you to reset system-level notification settings, including hidden settings.

What you need:

• 🖥️ Computer with installed Xiaomi drivers and tool ADB.
• 📱 Included Debugging by USB on the phone (in Settings) → The phone. → Version. MIUI Press 7 times, then return to Additional → For developers).
• 🔌 USB-cable (preferably original).

Discharge commands:

adb shell pm clear com.android.providers.settings


adb shell settings reset global

The first command resets the system settings provider, the second one resets the Android global settings, including notifications. After completing the commands, restart the phone. Attention: this method can reset other system settings (such as network or display settings), so use it only if other methods have not worked.

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ADB-Reset is the most powerful method, but also the riskiest. Before using it, back up your data via Mi Cloud or locally.

6. Solving specific notification problems

Sometimes notifications on Xiaomi don't behave properly because of the settings, but for other reasons. Let's look at the most common cases and their solutions.

If neither method worked, the problem could be in corrupted system files or conflict after the MIUI update, in which case only a complete reset of the phone to factory settings (with loss of data) or flashing through Fastboot will help. Both of these methods are discussed in separate manuals on our site.

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Before you reset completely, try updating MIUI to the latest version. Often, notification bugs are fixed in new builds.

7.How to Prevent Notification Chaos in the Future

To avoid having to reset your notification settings regularly, follow these guidelines:

• 📵 Use Do Not Disturb Mode on a schedule (e.g. overnight) instead of turning off notifications completely.
• 🔕 Set your notification priorities: in MIUI You can select important applications (banks, messengers) and disable secondary applications.
• 🔄 Regularly check the list of applications in Settings → Notifications → Latest notifications and disable unnecessary.
• 🔋 Keep an eye on battery optimization: MIUI aggressively blocking background processes, which may interfere with notification delivery.

It is also useful to configure notification channels (currently for Android 8.0+). For example, on Telegram you can turn off notifications from channels, leaving only messages from contacts.

1. Press the notification from the app in the curtain.
2. Select Channel Settings.
3. Turn off unnecessary notification types (e.g., Telegram Channel Messages).

If you install new apps frequently, use the MIUI Background Limitation feature: it automatically blocks background activity for underutilized programs, but saves notifications from important ones.

Frequently asked questions

If your problem is not described in the article, check if it is related to the recent MIUI update. Newer versions of the firmware (especially MIUI 14/15) often change the logic of the notifications, and the old settings may conflict with the new algorithms, in which case only manual reconfiguration or rollback to the previous firmware version will help.