Many Xiaomi smartphone owners often face excessive information on the lock screen and desktop. The standard shell MIUI or the new HyperOS by default offer many widgets, among which the calendar widget occupies one of the central places. It can be displayed as a large widget with reminders, as a list of events on the lock screen or even as a constantly flashing icon in the status bar. For users who prefer minimalism or use third-party launchers, this becomes a source of visual noise.
There are a number of ways to remove your calendar on Xiaomi, depending on where it is bothering you. The visual element on your desktop is removed by drag and drop, but system notifications and events require a deeper dive into settings. In this guide, we’ll look at everything from simply removing the widget to fully synchronizing and cleaning the Calendar system application.
Keep in mind that the calendar is closely integrated with Google system services and the Mi Account. So completely removing the system component without root rights is impossible, but it can be completely deactivated and hidden from view. The system application Calendar in MIUI can not be removed by standard means without using ADB, but it can be completely disabled and cleaned. Let's take all the nuances to make your smartphone look like you want.
Removing the calendar widget from the desktop
The most obvious and easy way to get rid of the display of dates and events is to remove the widget from the home screen. Users often accidentally add large widgets when initially setting up the smartphone, and then do not know how to get rid of them. In the MIUI shell, the removal process is intuitive, but has its own peculiarities depending on the version of the system.
To remove, you need to go to desktop editing mode. This is usually done by long pressing on an empty area of the screen or pinching with two fingers. Once the screen is compressed and additional menus appear, you can interact with the widgets. Find the one among the icons and widgets that displays the calendar, and click on the cross or the "Delete" button.
If the standard widget is not removed or returned after a reboot, it may be fixed to the left screen (screen "-1" or "Google Feed"). In this case, the algorithm of actions is different. You will need to go to the desktop settings and disable the display of the widget tape or replace the standard Xiaomi widget with a third-party counterpart that is not synchronized with the system calendar.
☑️ Verification of widget removal
It's worth noting that deleting the widget doesn't cancel the synchronization of events. Meeting notifications can keep coming unless you turn off the permissions. The widget is just a graphical shell that displays data from the application database. So if your goal is silence and no reminders, removing the widget alone won't be enough.
Setting up the lock screen and Mi widgets
The lock screen in Xiaomi smartphones is a separate ecosystem that is often overloaded with information. It can display calendar events, steps, weather and news. To remove the calendar from the lock screen, you need to change the settings of the Mi widget or the standard lock screen.
Newer versions of the shell use the concept of widgets on the lock screen. To control them, swipe left or right on the locked screen until the edit menu appears. In this menu, you can choose the display style or disable the widgets altogether. Often the calendar is built into the style of "Classic" or "Big widget".
- 📅 Go to Settings. → Lock screen.
- 📅 Select Widgets on the lock screen (or Mi Vision).
- 📅 Find the calendar widget in the active list and remove it.
- 📅 If necessary, select the lock style without displaying the date in large font.
It is important to distinguish between the lock screen and lock screen from the launcher apps. If you use third-party themes from the Themes store, they can have their own calendar widgets that are not removed through standard settings, in which case only changing the theme to a standard one or installing a theme that does not support widgets will help.
Features of the lock screen in HyperOS
Some users complain that after the system update, the settings are reset and the calendar reappears, which is because system updates often return default values for widgets. Check the lock screen settings regularly after major firmware updates.
Disabling notifications and event synchronization
Even if you've removed all the visual elements, the smartphone can still vibrate or make sounds, reminding you of birthdays or meetings. This is the work of the background synchronization service. To completely kill the calendar as a source of noise, you need to turn off notifications and synchronization.
The first step is to work with the notifications of the app itself, go to the notification settings for the Calendar app, where you can completely disable banner display, sound and display on the lock screen, which will hide reminders, but will not stop background synchronization, which can be important for saving battery life.
The second, more radical step is to turn off account sync, and the Android calendar usually pulls events from your Google account and your Mi Account. If you don't use them on your phone, you can break the sync.
| Type of account | Way of shutdown | Effects of consequences |
|---|---|---|
| Settings → Accounts and Synchronization → Google | Events will no longer be updated from the mail | |
| Mi Account | Settings → Mi Account → Calendar | The Mi cloud will disappear from the device |
| Exchange/Corporate | Settings → Accounts → Exchange | Work meetings will not come on the phone. |
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If you use a third-party calendar app (like Google Calendar or Business Calendar), disable the built-in Xiaomi app through the app settings to avoid duplicate events and confusion.
After disabling sync, it is recommended to clear the application data, which will delete all locally stored events that may have been stuck in the phone’s memory. Data cleanup is a safe operation, it will not affect events stored in the cloud of your account, if sync is enabled there.
Delete Events and Clean the Database
If a smartphone has a lot of old events that you can’t delete, or if the calendar isn’t working properly, you may need to clean up the database completely, which often happens when you change accounts or reset your settings without being completely cleaned.
To start, try deleting events through the app itself. Open the calendar, switch to Monthly View or List mode. Select events (with a long press) and delete them. However, if there are thousands of events, this process will take a long time, in which case it is more effective to clear the cache and data.
Go to Settings → Applications → All apps. Find Calendar. Click on Clear and select Clear all data. This action will return the app to just out of the box. All local records will be destroyed.
⚠️ Note: Before clearing your data, make sure that important events are stored in the cloud (Google or Mi Cloud.
There is also a hidden way to clean through an engineering menu or ADB, but for the average user it can be dangerous. Standard cleaning through application settings is 99% of the time enough to solve the "junk" problems in the calendar.
Hiding the calendar icon through launchers
If your goal is not to remove functionality, but simply hide the app icon from the menu so that it doesn’t horn your eyes, standard MIUI settings may not help. Xiaomi doesn’t have a built-in Hide App feature for system components in normal mode (without using Second Space or Guest mode).
The solution is to install a third-party launcher, applications like Nova Launcher, Microsoft Launcher or Smart Launcher allow you to flexibly customize the appearance of the application menu, and the launchers have a Hidden Applications section in their settings.
- 🚀 Install a launcher from Google Play.
- 🚀 Assign it as a default launcher.
- 🚀 Go to the launcher settings. → Hidden applications.
- 🚀 Add "Calendar" to the list of hidden.
After this procedure, the icon will disappear from the general menu, but the application will remain installed in the system, you can run it through search or widgets, if they are not hidden. This is the perfect compromise for those who want cleanliness in the menu, but leaves the possibility of quick access.
It’s worth remembering that when you upgrade or reset a launcher, the concealment settings can fly off.A third-party launcher is an extra layer between the user and the system that requires resources but gives you maximum customization freedom.
Advanced Methods: ADB and System Limitations
For users who want to go further and completely remove the calendar system application, there is a method using ADB (Android Debug Bridge), a tool for developers to manage the system through a computer, which can remove system packages that are not deleted in the usual way.
For this you need to include "Debugging by" USB" In the "Developers" menu, connect the phone to a PC and enter a command to delete the packet.The Xiaomi system calendar package is usually called com.android.calendar or com.miui.calendar.
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.miui.calendarThis command will remove the calendar for the current user, effectively hiding it from the system. However, this action can lead to unstable operation of weather widgets or other system components tied to the date and time, and you can restore the application only by completely resetting to factory settings or re-installing through ADB.
⚠️ Note: Removal of system components through ADB may disrupt the shell MIUI. Do this only if you understand the risks and know how to get your phone back on track.
The alternative to complete removal is to freeze the application through special utilities (require root rights or use Shizuku).The frozen application does not work in the background, does not consume battery and does not show notifications, but formally remains in the system.
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Using ADB to remove system applications is a powerful tool, but it requires technical literacy. For most users, disabling notifications and removing widgets is enough.