How to quickly remove the picture from the screen of the phone Xiaomi Redmi

Xiaomi and Redmi smartphone owners often face the need to personalize their device by changing the standard design. However, sometimes the opposite situation arises: you need to remove an extra image that interferes with viewing or just gets bored. This can be intrusive advertising on a locked screen, poorly installed wallpaper or an artifact that arose after a system failure. Understanding how to manage graphical content on the display is a basic skill for any Android user.

The MIUI shell interface or the new HyperOS offers many ways to display graphics, which sometimes leads to confusion. The user may not immediately understand where the setting for a particular type of image is hiding. In this article, we will discuss in detail all possible scenarios, from simple change of wallpaper to solving technical problems with the screen. The graphical interface of modern smartphones is flexible, but requires careful approach to settings.

Before you start to act, it's important to determine the nature of the image: Is it a static picture, a live wallpaper, part of the theme, or perhaps a technical flaw in the matrix? The correct diagnosis is the solution. We'll look at the algorithms for different versions of the firmware so that you can easily bring your gadget to the desired appearance. The visual component affects the usability of the device, so this question requires attention.

Removal and replacement of standard desktop wallpapers

The most common request is to replace the background image on the desktop, and on Xiaomi smartphones, the Themes system app is responsible for this. To change the picture, you need to do several sequential actions: press and hold your finger on an empty section of the desktop until the edit menu appears. At the bottom of the screen, a toolbar will appear where you need to select Wallpaper.

A gallery of available images will open, including those preinstalled by the system and uploaded by you before. To remove the current picture, simply select another from the list or upload a new photo from the device's memory. The system will automatically apply changes and the old image will be replaced. If you want to completely clear the background, making it black or monochromatic, the theme library often has a category "Solid Colors" or "Black".

It is important to distinguish between desktop wallpaper and lock screen. The wallpaper selection menu usually has a switch or Apply button that allows you to specify where exactly the picture will be displayed: Home Screen, Lock Screen, or both.

⚠️ Warning: When using live wallpaper, battery consumption can increase significantly. If you notice that the phone starts to discharge faster after changing the picture, try setting a static image.

How to disable “Wallpaper carousel” and advertising images

Many users confuse conventional wallpaper with the "Glance" feature, which automatically changes pictures on a locked screen and often shows news content or advertising. You can remove this layer only through the system settings, since simply clicking on the screen here will not help. Go to your device settings and find the "Always on the screen" and lock (or just "Block the screen") section.

In the menu that opens, look for the wallpaper carousel, and inside you'll see a switch that activates or deactivates this function, and to completely remove the changing images, turn the switch to the off position, and then only the static image you selected earlier, or the standard MIUI screensaver, will remain on the lock screen.

Sometimes people don't want to take out the entire carousel, but they want to take out specific categories of images, like news or sports, and the carousel settings have an interest or a category, and if you turn off the tags, you can leave only beautiful landscapes or architecture, and you can get rid of the noise, and that allows you to preserve aesthetics, but remove irritants.

Removal of widgets and floating windows with images

Often, by "picture," users mean a widget, a small block of information or a photo that sits on top of the desktop, which can be a Photo, Gallery, or a widget from third-party apps. To remove such an item, find it on your desktop and click on it with your finger held, and you will see a menu that you need to select the basket icon or the Remove button.

If the image is part of the Weather or Music widget, you need to remove the entire widget. In the HyperOS shell and newer versions of MIUI, you can edit the widgets. Click on the widget, select the widget settings, and find the option to change the source of the image, where you can select "No" or replace the photo with a neutral one.

There are also floating windows that stay on top of other applications, usually a floating window or a picture-in-picture feature. To remove this image, drag the window to the top or bottom of the screen where the closing zone will appear (often indicated by a cross or the word "Close"). An alternative way is to swipe the window aside if gesture settings allow.

Solving the problem of “stuck” image (Burn-in)

In rare cases, users are faced with a situation where the outline of the image remains on the screen even after changing the wallpaper or turning off the application, a phenomenon called burn-in or temporary sticking of pixels. On AMOLED screens, which are used in many Redmi models, this happens more often due to the peculiarities of the glow technology.

If the image is gone after rebooting or changing brightness, it is a temporary effect. In the display settings (Settings → Screen), you can find the function of restoring or calibrating colors, and it also helps to run video with rapidly changing colors at full brightness for 10-15 minutes, which helps to "push" stuck subpixels.

If you can see the circuit always, even on a white background, and it doesn't disappear after you reset, you can have physical damage to the matrix, and then software won't help. Temporary sticking is often confused with burnout, but 90 percent of the time it goes away on its own within an hour of the static image changing. Don't panic early, let the screen rest.

Resetting display settings through Safe Mode

If the image on the screen is part of virus software or intrusive advertising from a remote application, standard methods may not work, in which case it is recommended to load the smartphone into Safe Mode, in which only system applications are launched, which allows you to identify and remove malicious software.

To enter Safe Mode on most Xiaomi models, you need to press the off button, and then hold the “Stop” or “Reset” icon on the screen for a long time. Once confirmed, the phone will reboot, and the word “Safe Mode” will appear in the corner of the screen. If this mode is missing, then the third-party application is to blame.

While in Safe Mode, go to Settings → Apps → All Apps. Sort the list by installation date or carefully review the list for suspicious programs without an icon or with strange names. Delete what you find. After that, perform a normal reboot to exit Safe Mode.

⚠️ Warning: In Safe Mode, some phone features may not work and the interface may look unusual.

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If you can't find the source of the image, try taking a screenshot. Sometimes the screenshot doesn't show system elements or surface widgets, which helps you understand the level at which the image is located.

Setting up design themes and removing them

Global appearance changes, including menu pictures, notification curtains, and settings, usually occur when you install themes. If you have a theme installed and want to remove elements, go back to the standard design. Open the Themes app, go to profile (human icon) and select My Themes.

In the list of installed themes, find a theme called "Classic," "Default," or "No Theme." Click on it and select Apply. This action resets all the graphic changes made by the third-party theme, returning factory images and icons, and this is the most reliable way to remove complex visual changes.

Sometimes theme elements can get stuck in the cache. If you have some pictures left after applying a standard theme, try clearing the theme app cache. Go to Settings → Apps → All Apps → Memory → Click Clear. This won’t delete your downloaded themes, but will reset temporary display files.

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Returning to the standard Classic theme is a one-stop solution that eliminates 99% of the problems with unwanted system design elements.

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