How to Set Up Up Pop-up Notifications on Xiaomi: From Basic Settings to Hidden MIUI Chips

Pop-up notifications on Xiaomi smartphones are both a useful tool and a source of annoyance. On the one hand, they help you not to miss important messages, calls or reminders. On the other hand, aggressive advertising from MIUI, duplicate notifications from messengers or sudden banners from system applications can excite even a patient user. In this article, we will analyze all the ways to manage pop-up notifications, from standard settings to hidden shell functions and third-party solutions.

Xiaomi is a big part of the feature that it uses pop-ups not only for notifications, but also for advertising, service recommendations, and even surveys. For example, after the MIUI update, many users are faced with banners about new features that appear on top of all windows. Fortunately, most of these pop-ups can be turned off — you just need to know where to look. We tested all methods on current versions of the firmware (MIUI 12-14) and collected working solutions, including those that are not documented in the official certificate.

What are Xiaomi pop-up notifications and why do they appear?

Pop-up notifications (or pop-up notifications) on Xiaomi are divided into three types:

• 📱 System notifications - notifications from MIUI (Update, security, and Mi Account).
• 💬 Applications – messages from messengers (WhatsApp, Telegram), social networks and other programs.
• 🎯 Advertising and recommendation – banners from Xiaomi (for example, offers to install apps, surveys, promotions).

The main problem is that MIUI by default allows most system applications to show pop-ups even if you never consented to it. For example, the Mi Browser app can show news notifications, and Mi Video can show movie ads. Moreover, some notifications appear even when the screen is locked, which poses privacy risks.

Technically, pop-up notifications are implemented through NotificationListenerService and AlertWindow (windows on top of all applications). System banners are often tied to Xiaomi services such as msa (Mobile Services Framework) or analytics that collect data about user behavior. This explains why pop-ups can reappear after a setting reset or firmware update, their sources are integrated into the shell itself.

How to disable pop-up notifications from Xiaomi system apps

The first step in the fight against intrusive banners is to disable notifications from unnecessary system services.

1. Go to Settings → Notifications and Status bar → Notification management.
2. Select the System Applications tab (may be called "All Applications" depending on the version of MIUI).
3. Find in the list of applications with names: 🔍 MiuiDaemon – is responsible for background processes and often shows ads. 📊 Analytics – Collects data and can display surveys. 🌐 Mi Browser or Browser - shows news notifications. 🎬 Mi Video - advertising films and TV series.

• 🔔 Pop-up notifications (or "Show as pop-ups").
• 📵 Sound and Vibration (optional).
• 🔒 Show on the lock screen.
• At the bottom of the screen, turn on or off the option of pop-up notifications.

Some apps (such as Gmail or Outlook) have additional sync settings available. If notifications are late, check:

• 🔄 Autosynchronization is enabled in Google account settings.
• 📶 Whether the background data transfer for the application works (c Settings) → Annexes → Application management → [Name of name] → Battery → Background activity).
• 🚫 Are there any apps on the battery optimization list (MIUI aggressively closes the background processes).

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If notifications from the messenger do not come at all, add it to Secure Applications (Settings → Battery → Secure Applications) to prevent the system from automatically closing the service.

Hidden MIUI settings: how to turn off advertising pop-ups

Xiaomi is known for embedding ads into its shell, and pop-up banners are one of the most annoying ways to display them. Fortunately, most ads can be turned off through hidden settings. Here's how to do it:

1. Open the Security app (shield icon).
2. Go to Settings (⚙) → Advertising → Personalized recommendations.
3. Turn off all switches, especially: 🎯 Recommendations on the lock screen. 📢 Notifications of new functions. 🔍 Personalized advertising.

Security

Cleanup → Settings (⚙) → Promotional notices

Deeper cleaning requires disabling system services via ADB (Android Debug Bridge), a method that is suitable for advanced users:

adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.miui.analytics


adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.xiaomi.midrop




adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.miui.systemAdSolution

These commands remove analytics and advertising services for the current user (without root permissions). Once executed, restart your smartphone. Please note that on some models (for example, the Redmi Note 10 Pro), these packages can be restored after the MIUI update.

How to Set Up the Appearance of Pop-up Notifications

MIUI allows you to customize the appearance of notifications, including pop-ups, for example, you can change their transparency, size or animation.

1. Go to Settings → Notifications and Status bar → Notification style.
2. Choose one of the predefined styles: 📱 MIUI — standard-looking. 📲 Android is a minimalist style, like pure Android. 🌈 Color – notifications are highlighted by the color of the app icon.

Transparency

Additionally.

• 🔄 Animation of appearance (smooth or instantaneous).
• ⏱ Display time (from 3 to 10 seconds).
• 📏 Font size (useful for users with vision problems).

For deeper customization, you can use third-party applications such as Hex Installs or Notification History Log.

• 🎨 Change the color of the background and text of notifications.
• 📌 Fix important notifications at the top of the screen.
• 🔇 Set up exceptions for individual applications (e.g. always show bank notifications over all windows).

Be careful, though: some customization apps require Android Accessibility Service rights, which can create security flaws.

Advertising banners from Xiaomi

Duplicate messages from messengers

System update alerts

Notifications from games and social media

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How to return deleted or hidden notifications

If you accidentally close an important notification or it disappears from the panel, MIUI has a notification history feature to enable it:

1. Open Settings → Notifications and Status bar → Notification history.
2. Turn on the notification history switch.
3. Click Show History to see all notifications for the past 24 hours.

If history is disabled, you can restore notifications through system logs (but that requires root rights or ADBs). An alternative way is to use applications like Notification History that maintain their own notification database, and the main advantage is that they retain data longer than a standard MIUI history.

For applications that are critical (such as banking or work messengers), set up exceptions:

• 🔒 Stop the system from optimizing their work (Settings) → Battery → Optimizing the battery → Select applications).
• 📌 Add them to secure applications (see Battery section").
• 🔔 Enable priority notifications for them in the sound settings.

⚠️ Note: Notification history in MIUI It is only stored for 24 hours and resets after the smartphone is restarted. If you need long-term archiving, use third-party encryption solutions (e.g. Notisave).

Table: Comparison of Notification Management Methods on Xiaomi

Frequent problems and their solutions

Even after setting up notifications, Xiaomi users face typical problems.

• 🔄 Notifications do not come: Check if the app is added to the battery blacklist (Settings) → Battery → Battery optimization. Also make sure that notifications are allowed in the application settings (Settings) → Notifications → [Annex]).
• 📵 Pop-ups appear on top of full-screen games/video: Enable Do Not Disturb mode for games (Settings) → Sound and vibration → Don't disturb. → Rules → Games. or turn off app-specific pop-up notifications in their settings.
• 🔕 Notifications are duplicated: This happens if the app sends alerts through multiple channels. For example, WhatsApp can duplicate messages in the status bar and pop-up window. Solution: In the app notification settings, turn off one of the channels (usually "Other notifications").
• 🔒 Notifications are displayed on a locked screen: Turn off the option to “Show Notification Content” in Settings → Lock screen → Notifications on the lock screen. For privacy, select "Hide notification content".

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If notifications stop working after update MIUI, Reset the notification settings to standard: Settings → Notifications → Three points (⋮) → Reset the settings.

FAQ: Answers to Frequent Questions