Xiaomi smartphone owners often experience intrusive content that appears immediately after the display is turned on. Instead of the usual wallpaper and watches, users see a news feed, banner ads or constantly changing images with the Glance logo. This feature, designed to inform, actually consumes traffic and battery, distracting from the main use of the gadget, especially on the Redmi Note 10 Pro model, where aggressive marketing is built into the system shell.
Fortunately, the developers of MIUI have left the option to turn these services off, even though they have hidden the settings deep enough that you don't need superuser rights or complex reflashing, just go through the settings menu sequentially to return the device to its original, clean appearance. Below we will discuss all the possible options for the appearance of "junk" on the screen and how to eliminate them.
It's worth noting that the names of items may vary slightly from one firmware to another, but the logic remains the same. We'll look at disabling both the standard Wallpaper Carousel feature and third-party services like Glance and Lock Screen Magazine, which will allow you to completely clear the interface of unnecessary information.
Differences between Glance, Wallpaper Carousel and Mi Ribbon
Before you start setting up, it’s important to understand what service is running on your device. Users often confuse different display systems, which leads to finding the wrong switches. The Redmi Note 10 Pro can have multiple mechanisms active, each requiring a separate shutdown.
Glance is a service from InMobi that is often pre-installed in global firmware versions, displaying news, weather and ads on a locked screen, and its hallmark is the logo in the corner of the screen, and the inability to simply change the image through a standard gallery, which is deeply integrated into the system and requires a complete shutdown through application settings.
In turn, the Wallpaper Carousel (or Lock Screen Magazine) is Xiaomi's own design, and it changes the background image every time you turn on the screen, showing beautiful landscapes or architecture. Unlike Glance, there's less advertising, but more obsessive subscriptions to topics. Often, the two systems conflict or work in parallel, creating a sense of chaos.
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If on the lock screen you see the logo "Glance" in the lower corner, the standard change of wallpaper through the gallery will not help - you need to disable the service in the settings of the system.
The third option is Mi tape widgets, which can be displayed on top of the lock screen, and they show the weather, steps, or notifications in a large format, and to effectively clean the screen, you need to check the settings of each of these components.
Disconnecting Glance service on Redmi Note 10 Pro
The most common source of irritation is Glance, which is often activated when you first turn on your phone or after you update your system, and you'll need to find hidden settings in the security or screen management section to remove it.
The first step is to go to the settings menu. You need to find the item associated with the lock screen. Depending on the version of MIUI, the path can look like Settings → Wallpaper and Personalization → Wallpaper Carousel or Settings → Lock screen. If you see an active switch, turn it off.
But if you have Glance installed, you don't have a simple switch, so you have to go to application management, and you can find a service called Glance for Redmi or Lock Screen Service on your system application list, and it's critical that you not just stop the application, but turn it off completely.
☑️ Glance's switch-off algorithm
Once the service is disabled, the system may suggest that you select a static image, so you can take this action to record the result, and if the switch returns to active on its own, the service requires a deeper cleaning through the application menu.
Setting up the wallpaper carousel and those
Xiaomi's regular wallpaper carousel is less aggressive than Glance, but it can get in the way, and its main advantage is that it can be fine-tuned, so you can leave the image change, but you can remove the plaques and captions, or you can turn it off completely.
To set up, go to the Themes app on your desktop. Click on the profile icon (usually the person icon in the corner). In the menu that opens, select Settings, then the Wallpaper Carousel. This is the content management center.
Inside this menu, you'll see a list of image sources, so you can turn off all the sources with just one static image, or you can choose specific categories that you're interested in (like nature or architecture), which will help you keep the aesthetics free of noise.
| Parameter | Description | Recommendation |
|---|---|---|
| Frequency of update | How often does the picture change? | Each time you turn on |
| Wi-Fi only | Download content only via Wi-Fi | Enable (saves traffic) |
| Notifications | Showing clues about new topics | Shut down. |
| Statistics | Sending of usage data | Shut down. |
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Completely shutting down the wallpaper carousel returns the standard static image you chose in the gallery and frees up RAM.
Also, be sure to check the notification settings for the Themes app, which is often where push messages come in, suggesting you download new wallpaper, which then appear on the lock screen.
Removal of excess software and cleaning of cache
Sometimes you can't remove the review because the phone has a separate aggregator app installed. Redmi Note 10 Pro often has apps from GetApps or third-party launchers that intercept control of the screen.
Check the list of installed applications. If you find programs with names like Lock Screen Master, Hi Locker, or system services with administrator rights unknown to you, they should be removed or disabled, often installed on the load when installing games from unverified sources.
It is also recommended to clear the cache of system services. Go to Settings → Applications → All applications. Find the MIUI System Service or Lock Screen in the list. Click Clear → Clear the cache. This will delete temporary files that may contain advertising modules.
⚠️ Warning: Don’t clean up system applications unless you’re sure they’re there. Clear Data can bring back lock screen settings to factory settings, which reactivates the ad services you just disabled.
Once the cache is cleaned, be sure to reboot the device, which will allow the system to reassemble configuration files without the old advertising identifiers.
Use of third-party launchers and blockers
If MIUI's standard tools don't allow you to completely get rid of intrusive review, you can resort to a radical method - installing a third-party launcher or screen blocker, which completely replaces the standard locking interface.
Popular apps like Niagara Launcher or Lock Screen apps from Google Play give you complete control over what you see, and they ignore Xiaomi’s system settings and only display what you allow.
However, this method has drawbacks. Third-party blockers can consume more power because they require constant permission to work in the background, and they can conflict with the fingerprint unlock feature on the Redmi Note 10 Pro.
To install such an application, download it from the store, run it and follow the instructions. The system will request permission to "Map on top of other applications" and access to use as "Block Screen." Grant these rights to make the new interface work correctly.
Frequent problems and their solution
Even after doing all the work, users may face a return of ads, due to the self-repair mechanisms of Xiaomi services, and the system can automatically update the MSA (MIUI System Ads) component, which will return the default settings.
To prevent this, you can turn off ad personalization. Go to Settings → Passwords and Security → Access to Personal Data. Go to msa and turn off the switch. You'll have to wait 10 seconds before you confirm the action.
What is MSA and should it be removed?
The problem may also be regional: In some regions (e.g. India or Russia), the amount of pre-installed advertising content is higher, and changing the region in settings (Settings → Additional settings → Region) to the United States or Germany often automatically reduces the number of intrusive features.
⚠️ Warning: Changes in region may affect some localized services, such as weather widgets or news feeds, if they are country-specific.
If nothing helps, check if the Recommendations feature is included in the theme settings itself. Sometimes a theme downloaded from Themes store contains built-in code for displaying widgets that cannot be removed without changing the theme to a standard one.