How to permanently remove ads from the gallery on Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro: the full guide 2026

Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro remains a popular smartphone even years after its release, but many users are annoyed by aggressive advertising in the standard gallery MIUI. Banners in the Photos app appear not only between albums, but also when viewing shots, slowing down and spoiling the impression of the device. Fortunately, there are several ways to get rid of them – from simple settings to radical measures like changing the firmware.

In this article, we'll look at all the current methods of removing ads from the gallery, including official and non-obvious tricks. It's important to understand that some solutions will require root rights or install third-party software, so choose the approach based on your technical skills. Let's start with the safest options and gradually move on to more complex ones.

Why is there an ad in the Redmi Note 8 Pro Gallery?

Advertising in standard MIUI applications is part of Xiaomi’s business model, monetizing its firmware through integrated banners that are displayed to users from official supported regions (including Russia and the CIS).

• 📢 Banners between albums in the section "All photos»
• 🎬 Video Advertising When Scrolling Miniatures
• 🛒 Pop-up windows with suggestions for installing applications
• 🔍 Contextual ads in search by gallery

The main reasons for the appearance of advertising:

1. Personalized MIUI Services – MSA (Mi Service Analytics) functions collect data on user behavior and select targeted advertising.
2. Updates to the firmware – after upgrading to MIUI 12+, the ad module can be activated automatically.
3. Regional settings – there is no advertising on devices with firmware for China, and in global versions it is enabled by default.

Important: There is no advertising in the gallery on the Redmi Note 8 Pro with firmware for India (IN) - this is confirmed by tests on MIUI 13.0.6. If your device was originally bought in Russia or Europe, the advertising module is most likely activated.

Method 1: Disabling personalized advertising in MIUI settings

The easiest and safest method is to deactivate data collection and targeted advertising through the settings menu, which does not require root rights and is suitable for users with any version of MIUI (11 to 14).

Step instructions:

1. Open Settings → folder “All settings” → Additional → Privacy.
2. Go to Advertising (or Personalized Advertising in older versions).
3. Turn off the slider Personalized recommendations.
4. Go back and select Special Application Permissions → Advertising.
5. Find the Gallery (or Photos) app in the list and turn off the ad display for it.

After these actions, the banner ads should disappear within 24 hours. If this does not happen, try:

• 🔄 Reset the device.
• 🧹 Clear the gallery cache in Settings → Annexes → Application management → gallery → Warehouse.

⚠️ Note: In some regional firmware (e.g. EU), Advertising may not be on the menu.

Method 2: Reset gallery settings to factory

If disabling personalized ads didn’t work, the next step is to reset the Gallery app’s settings to “as after purchase,” which will remove all user preferences but save the photos and videos themselves.

How to perform the reset:

1. Go to Settings → Applications → Application Management.
2. Find the Gallery (or com.miui.gallery) in the list and tap it.
3. Select Warehouse → Clear all data (not to be confused with Clear Cache!).
4. Confirm the action and restart the phone.

After discharge:

• 🔓 All albums and photos will remain in place, but the sorting will reset.
• 🔍 Gallery search will be slower for the first few hours (indexing again).
• 📱 You may need to re-authorize access to files.

⚠️ Note: If the gallery stops opening after the reset, install the update via Google Play (the app is called Mi Gallery.

Method 3: Install an alternative gallery (Google Photos, Simple Gallery)

If standard methods don’t work, a radical solution is to abandon Xiaomi’s native gallery in favor of third-party apps, which not only removes ads, but also adds new features (such as cloud backup or an improved editor).

Top.-3 Alternatives to the Redmi Note 8 Pro:

• 📸 Google Photos – Automatic sorting, unlimited storage (compressed photos), integration with Google Drive.
• 🖼️ Simple Gallery Pro is open source, no ads, dark theme and gestures (≈300₽).
• 🗃️ A+ Gallery is a lightweight gallery with minimalist design, support for hidden folders.

How to transfer data:

1. Install the selected gallery from Google Play.
2. Open a new application and give it access to Files and Media.
3. In the settings of the old gallery, turn off auto-start (Settings → Applications → Gallery → Auto-Run).
4. Make the new gallery the default app for viewing the photo (Settings → Applications → Default).

Important: When using Google Photos, disable the original backup feature if you don't have enough space on Google Drive. Compressed photos take up significantly less space.

Method 4: Change the firmware region (for advanced users)

Advertising in MIUI depends on regional firmware, for example, in the China (CN) and India (IN) versions there are no ads, but in the global (Global) and European (EEA) there are ads, you can change the region without completely reflashing, but this requires caution.

Steps to change the region:

1. Download Mi Region Changer (available on 4PDA or XDA Developers).
2. Unlock it on your PC and connect Redmi Note 8 Pro over USB with debugging enabled (Settings → About Phone → MIUI Version → 7 times tap to unlock Developer Settings, then turn on Debugging over USB).
3. Start MiRegionChanger.exe and select India (IN) region.
4. Follow the instructions of the program (reboot will be required).

Results of the region's change:

⚠️ Note: Changing the region may cause some services to fail (e.g. Google Pay or banking applications). → Additionally. → Backup and reset.

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If Push notifications stop working after the region change, check the settings of Google Play Services in the Settings section → Applications → Application Management → Google Play Services → Notifications.

Method 5: Remove Advertising Modules via ADB (without root)

For users willing to work with the command line, there is a way to disable advertising services MIUI without root rights. The method is based on deactivation of system packets through ADB (Android Debug Bridge).

Tools required:

• 🖥️ Computer with Windows/Linux/macOS.
• 🔌 Cable USB (preferably original).
• 📦 Installed drivers Xiaomi and ADB Tools (download from developer.android.com).

Step-by-step:

1. Enable USB debugging on your phone (see Method 4).
2. Connect the Redmi Note 8 Pro to your PC and select File Transfer mode.
3. Open the command line (Win + R → cmd) and type:

adb devices

(You should have your device serial number.)

1. Follow the commands in turn:

adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.miui.systemAdSolution


adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.xiaomi.mipicks




adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.miui.analytics

1. Reboot the phone.

These commands are deleted:

• com.miui.systemAdSolution is a system module for displaying advertising.
• com.xiaomi.mipicks – GetApps app (Xiaomi store with ads).
• com.miui.analytics – analytics collection service (responsible for targeted advertising).

⚠️ Attention: After update MIUI Remote packets can recover. To avoid this, repeat the procedure before upgrading the firmware or disable automatic updates to Settings. → The phone. → Updating the system.

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Deleting packets via ADB does not require root rights and is completely reversible. To return everything back, use the adb shell cmd package install-existing com.miui.systemAdSolution command.

What do you do if nothing helps?

If all of these methods fail, there are two options:

1. Installing custom firmware (e.g. Pixel Experience or LineageOS) will completely remove MIUI and all its advertising modules, but will require unlocking the bootloader and root rights.
2. Buying a version of the Redmi Note 8 Pro for China (with CN firmware), which doesn’t initially advertise on such devices, but you’ll have to put up with the lack of Google Services (you can install them manually).

Before choosing radical measures, assess the risks:

If you decide to use custom firmware, follow the instructions from the 4PDA forum for the Redmi Note 8 Pro (codename begonia). Please note that this model cannot install firmware based on Android 11+ due to problems with camera drivers (using the Mediatek Helio G90T processor, for which there are no open source kernels).

FAQ: Frequent questions about removing gallery ads