How to remove news from the lock screen Xiaomi: a step-by-step guide

Xiaomi, Redmi and POCO smartphone owners often experience intrusive content that appears immediately after the screen is turned on. Instead of a clean interface with clocks and notifications, the user sees an endless feed of news, promotional cards and app offers. This is a standard feature of the MIUI or HyperOS shell, designed to hold attention, but for many it becomes a source of irritation.

Fortunately, the developers have provided the ability to completely disable this feature, although finding the right option is difficult due to the constant change of menu names in different versions of the firmware. Turning off the tape of the carousel not only removes visual noise, but also significantly saves battery power, as background processes stop loading content. In this article, we will discuss in detail all the current ways to deactivate advertising and news widgets.

We'll look at both standard methods through system settings and deeper options for advanced users. You don't need to be an Android expert to do these things. Just follow the instructions carefully and check the names of menu items that may differ slightly on your device.

What is Wallpaper Carousel and Why It Is On by Default

The feature that broadcasts news and pictures on a locked screen is called Wallpaper Carousel (or Glance in global versions) on Xiaomi systems, a service that automatically changes the background image and offers content from partners of the company, and is activated by default on most devices sold in retail chains.

The main purpose of this mechanism is to monetize traffic and interact with the brand ecosystem. Wallpaper carousel consumes Internet traffic to download new images and text blocks, which can be invisible when using Wi-Fi, but tangible on mobile networks.

Many users confuse this feature with regular widgets or live wallpaper. However, unlike a static picture, Carousol requires a constant connection to the server. If you notice that the phone is heating up in your pocket or quickly discharged in standby mode, this service may be the culprit.

⚠️ Attention: If you turn off the wallpaper carousel, you will lose access to the daily updated high-quality thematic images. If you like this feature, but only annoyed by the news, they can be filtered in the settings without completely disabling the background change.

Understanding the nature of this service helps you to set up the device correctly, not a virus or a system bug, but a regular, albeit aggressive, marketing function, which you can't remove completely without root rights, but you can effectively put it to sleep and hide it from the user's eyes.

Disabling the news feed through the lock screen settings

The easiest and safest way to remove news is to use the regular smartphone settings menu, and the path may vary depending on the version of MIUI or HyperOS, but the logic remains the same. You need to find the partition that controls the appearance of the locked screen.

First, open the Settings app and go to Lock Screen. In some firmware versions, this can be called Wallpaper and Personalization, and then Lock Screen, and that's where the switch that activates the news feed hides.

Find a item called the Wallpaper Carousel (or Glance) that has a switchboard inside that menu that activates the service, put it in the "Off" position, and the system can ask for confirmation or offer alternatives, and agree to shut down.

Once the function is turned off, the lock screen will become classic: black or with static wallpaper of your choice. There will be no more swipes to the right to view the news. This action instantly stops the background loading of data.

If you don't find the switch in the specified place, try searching by settings. Type the word "carousol" or "lock" into the search box. The system will tell you the desired section, which is especially convenient in the confusing menus of new versions of HyperOS.

Managing Subscriptions and Content Sources

Even if you don't want to completely disable wallpaper change, you can remove specific news sources. The Carousel settings often have a Subscription or Sources section, and it displays apps and services that are authorized to show you information.

Go to the Carousel settings and find Subscription, and you'll see a list of connected sources, such as Popular, Sports, Technology, or third-party aggregators, and uncheck any items that you don't care about.

Disabling all sources effectively turns Carusol into a regular text-free image change, a compromise for those who like beautiful backgrounds but hate information noise. System applications may still try to offer content, so checks should be done regularly after updates.

• 🎁 Stocks: Blocks promotional offers from app store partners.

Check this section periodically to make sure that unsolicited content doesn’t show up on your screen again.

Disabling recommendations in the Security app

The source of news and advertising is often not just the lock screen, but also the system application Security, which can duplicate notifications or offer a "cleanup" while showing the news feed, and to remove this, you need to dig into the settings of the application itself.

Open the Safety app (green zipper icon). Click on the gear icon in the upper right corner to enter the settings. Scroll down to the Receive recommendations or Receive notifications section.

You need to turn off some tumblers, first of all, remove the checkmark from the Receive recommendations, and you should also turn off the Receive important information option, since this name often hides advertising content.

⚠️ Warning: Don’t confuse disabling recommendations with disabling antivirus protection or virus database updates. Only disabling items containing the words “recommendations”, “news” or “promotions».

Once these steps are done, Security will no longer be a source of pop-ups, an important step for a comprehensive system cleanup of information noise, as the two components are often linked.

If you use other system utilities, such as bootloader or Explorer, check their settings in a similar way. In the Settings menu → About the program, recommendations switches are also often hidden inside these applications.

Comparison of disabling methods for different versions of MIUI and HyperOS

Xiaomi shells are constantly updated, and the location of settings can change. Owners of older devices on MIUI 12 and new flagships on HyperOS may encounter different interfaces. Below is a table to help navigate the differences.

As you can see from the table, the logic is still there, but partition names can float. In Chinese firmware versions (CN ROM), the ads are built deeper, and there may not be a simple switch, and in such cases a more radical approach is required.

If you upgrade from MIUI to HyperOS, be sure to recheck all settings.Update frequently return (factory) values, including activating news feeds, even if you have previously successfully disabled them.

Owners of global firmware (Global) devices are more fortunate: they often have a function called Glance and is turned off by one action. Users of the Russian versions (RU) have to look for the item “Wallpaper Carousel”.

Radical Methods: Disconnecting via ADB and Hidden Menus

For advanced users who lack standard methods, there is a way to disable system components through USB debugging.This method requires connecting a smartphone to a computer and using the ADB (Android Debug Bridge) tool.

First, you need to activate the developer mode. → About phone and quickly press 7 times on the item Version MIUI (or OS). Then in the advanced settings, turn on the debugging by USB.

Connect your phone to your PC, install drivers, and ADB. In the command line, type a command to remove or freeze the package responsible for the carousel. This is usually the com.miui.misystem or com.android.thememanager package (depending on version).

adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.miui.mishot

This command forcibly stops the Mi Shot service, which is responsible for the wallpaper carusole, and once it is completed, the function will disappear from the settings and stop starting, but beware: inexperienced use of ADB can lead to unstable operation of the system.

⚠️ Attention: Use of teams ADB To remove system components may result in loss of warranty or disruption of other features (such as theme or widgets.

There is also a hidden CIT menu method, but it is designed to test hardware and rarely contains programming interface settings, so ADB remains the only powerful tool for deep cleaning the system of embedded advertising.

After applying radical methods, it is recommended to restart the device, which will consolidate the changes and clear the cache of system processes that may have remained in memory.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

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Deleting news completely requires a comprehensive approach: disabling screen settings, managing subscriptions, and checking system applications.

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After all the settings, take a screenshot of the Before and After lock screen to see if the news is back in a couple of days, check for system updates.