How to Remove the Bottom Buttons on Xiaomi Redmi Note: The Complete Guide

The bottom panel with the buttons “Back”, “Home” and “Recent” on Xiaomi Redmi Note smartphones takes precious space on the screen, and for many users looks outdated. AMOLED-And there's a display where the black bars on the sides of the panel are glaring, MIUI Offers several ways to hide or replace these buttons, from standard gestures to deep customizations through the ADB.

But before we make any changes, it's important to understand that not all methods are equally safe. For example, disabling buttons through an engineering menu can lead to a loss of functionality of the sensor as a whole if something is done wrong. And using third-party applications sometimes conflicts with MIUI updates. In this article, we'll look at 5 proven ways, from the simplest to the most radical, with detailed instructions and warnings.

If you’ve just upgraded your smartphone or bought a Redmi Note 12/11/10 Pro, chances are that the system already supports default gestures, but even then the bottom panel can remain visually transparent, just make it translucent. Older models (like the Redmi Note 8 or Note 9S) will have to dig deeper into the settings.

1. Standard gestures in MIUI (the safest way)

With MIUI 10, Xiaomi has added support for full-screen gestures that completely replace the bottom panel, which works on all modern Redmi Notes (starting with the Note 7) and does not require superuser rights or complex manipulations.

To activate the gestures:

1. Open the Settings → Display.
2. Select Full-screen mode (on some firmware - Navigation type).
3. Switch to the option of MIUI Gestures or Full-screen gestures.
4. Follow the hints on the screen to remember new movements: 👆 Swipe up - return to the main screen. 👆👆 Double swipe up – Opening a list of recent apps. 👈 Swipe from right to left - back to back.

Once activated, the bottom bar will disappear, but the gesture indicator (thin white bar) may remain. It can be hidden in the same settings by disabling the option to Show navigation lane.

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If gestures are not working stable, try calibrating the sensor: go to Settings → About Phone → All specs → Touch screen (press 5 times in a row).

⚠️ Note: Some custom firmware (e.g. Pixel Experience) gestures MIUI They may conflict with systems. ADB (section).

2. Hiding buttons through "For developers"

If you don't like full-screen gestures, but you want to make the bottom panel less visible, you can turn off the backlight of the buttons or reduce their size through the developer menu, which doesn't remove the buttons completely, but visually makes them almost invisible.

Instructions:

1. Activate Developer Mode: Go to Settings → About Phone → MIUI Version and click on it 7 times.
2. Go back to the basic settings and open a new section for developers.
3. Find the options: 🔘 Turn off the navigation buttons backlight (hiddens the luminous elements). 📏 Minimum width of navigation buttons – set 0. 🎨 Navigation button color – select black (#000000) for AMOLED-screen.

On the Redmi Note 10 Pro and later, these options may not be available – instead, use the theme with a transparent bottom panel (Section 3).

Developer mode activated

Created a backup copy of settings

Version of MIUI (updates can reset settings)

Battery charge is sufficient (at least 30%)

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3. Use of MIUI design themes

Xiaomi allows you to customize the look of the system through themes, and some of them offer a completely transparent bottom panel. This method does not require root rights and reversible — just change the theme back.

How to find the right topic:

1. Open the Themes app (icon with brush).
2. In the search, enter the queries: 🔍 "Transparent navigation" 🔍 "Full Screen Gestures" 🔍 "No Nav Bar"

Set up a theme you like and apply it. The bottom panel should be translucent or disappear visually.

Popular themes for Redmi Note:

⚠️ Note: Some themes may change fonts and icons throughout the system. Before applying, check other users' reviews in the topic section.

4. Disable buttons via ADB (for experienced)

If standard methods don't work, you can completely disable the bottom panel via ADB (Android Debug Bridge), which requires connecting your smartphone to your computer, but gives you maximum control over navigation.

Step-by-step:

1. Install ADB Tools on your PC.
2. Turn on the smartphone debugging by USB (in the menu for developers).
3. Connect Redmi Note to your computer and execute: Adb shell settings put global force_fsg_nav_bar 1 This command is forced to activate full-screen gestures.
4. To return to the buttons, type: settings put global force_fsg_nav_bar 0

If you have left the buttons after you run the command, try restarting your smartphone. Some firmware (e.g. MIUI 14 for Redmi Note 12) may require an additional command:

adb shell cmd overlay enable-exclusive com.android.internal.systemui.navbar.gestural

5. applications for hiding buttons (without root)

If you don't want to mess with ADB, you can use third-party utilities that don't remove buttons at the system level, but they cover them visually or emulate gestures.

Top.-3 Apps for Xiaomi Redmi Note:

• 📱 Nacho Notch – draws a black bar above the buttons (suitable for AMOLED).
• 🎨 Full Screen Gestures – Emulates gestures over standard navigation.
• 🔧 Hide Navigation Bar – Hiding the panel through overlay (requires permission).

How to set up Nacho Notch:

1. Download the app from Google Play.
2. Launch and select Add Notch.
3. Set the height of the band equal to the height of your lower panel (usually 48-64 px).
4. Select the color #000000 (black) and apply.

⚠️ Note: Apps like Full Screen Gestures may conflict with banking applications (due to window overlays.

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Standard MIUI gestures are the most reliable way, but if they don’t work, the combination of ADB + theme will give the best result without risks.

6 Manual editing of system files (root only)

This method is the most risky, but gives you complete control over navigation, and is only suitable for users with an unlocked bootloader and installed Magisk or TWRP.

Instructions:

1. Install a file manager with root access (such as Root Explorer).
2. Go to /system/usr/keylayout/ Find Generic.kl (or qwerty.kl for some models).
3. Open the file in the text editor and find the lines: key 139 MENU key 158 BACK key 172 HOME Replace them with: #key 139 MENU #key 158 BACK #key 172 HOME
4. Save the changes, set the rights to 644 and restart the smartphone.

After that, the buttons will physically stop working and you will have to use gestures or third-party launchers (for example, Nova Launcher with gestures).

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Before editing system files, backup via TWRP or Orange Backup. A Generic.kl error can result in a sensor that is broken!

Comparison of methods: which one to choose?

Depending on your Redmi Note model and MIUI version, the effectiveness of the methods will vary.

For most users, MIUI gestures or design themes are the best solution, and the ADB method is suitable for those who want to completely remove the panel without root, and manual file editing is only for enthusiasts with experience with Magisk.

FAQ: Frequent questions