How to remove pulse notifications from the lock screen of Xiaomi phone

Xiaomi smartphone owners often encounter intrusive interface elements that are not useful, but only annoying. One of these elements is the strange pulse notifications that appear on a locked screen, which can be displayed not only by fitness bracelets, but also by the system itself, which is puzzling for users who monitor the cleanness of the workspace.

The reason is that MIUI and HyperOS are deeply integrated with health features that are activated by default and tend to show their utility. To regain full control of your device, you need to understand the source of this data. In this article, we will look in detail at all possible ways to remove pulse notifications and return the lock screen to its original appearance.

It’s important to understand that Xiaomi’s shell notification system is hierarchical, and disabling one setting may not work if an alternative data source is activated, so a comprehensive approach is the only right solution to completely fix the problem.

Analysis of Health Notification Sources

The first step to solving the problem is to pinpoint the culprit. Xiaomi smartphones are equipped with a variety of system utilities that can generate such widgets, most often the source is the built-in Health app or synchronization with wearable electronics.

Carefully examine the contents of the notification curtain when the pulse number appears. If it indicates the name of a third-party application, for example, Mi Fitness or Zepp Life, then the settings should be searched for in them. If the source is not specified or the system process is specified, you will need to interfere with the system settings.

• 📱 Built-in Health app - native service MIUI, tracking.
• ⌚ Third-party bracelet apps – Mi Fit, Zepp, Huawei Health.
• 🔔 System widget "Important Events" - can broadcast health data.
• 🔋 Battery Optimizer – Sometimes blocks hidden processes by creating artifacts.

⚠️ Note: Do not remove system applications by force ADB without backup, as this may disrupt the screen lock function.

Understanding the source allows you to choose the most gentle method of shutdown, and if you do not use health monitoring functions, completely turning them off will save battery power and improve the performance of the device.

Setting up the Health App and Widgets

The main generator of physical data is the pre-installed Health app, and even if you haven't opened it, it can run in the background and output data to the lock screen through the widget system.

To start, open the app and go to the profile or settings section, and you'll need to find the item that displays data on the locked screen, and it can be called differently in different versions of the firmware, such as "lock screen" or "widgets".

Turn off all switches associated with displaying steps, pulse and calories. This action will prevent the transfer of data from the health service to the lock interface, and then it is recommended to restart the device to apply the changes.

If the standard shutdown didn’t work, try clearing the app data. Go to Settings → Apps → All Apps → Health. Select “Clean” and confirm “Clean all data” action.

This action will reset the widgets to factory settings, which often helps to remove the “sticky” notifications, but it is worth considering that the history of your activity within the application will also be deleted.

Managing Notifications in System Settings

The second layer of control is in the general operating system settings, where you can prevent specific applications from displaying information on a locked screen, even if the functions are active inside the applications themselves.

Go to Settings → Notifications and Status bar → Lock screen. In this menu, you will see a list of all apps that are allowed to display content when a locked phone is in place. Find health-related apps on the list and turn them off.

It's also worth checking the "Important Notifications" settings. Some versions of MIUI have a separate switch for priority messages that ignore the "Do Not Disturb" mode.

⚠️ Warning: Disabling system notifications may cause you to miss critical warnings about low battery charge or system errors if they are grouped together.

After making changes to the notification settings, it is helpful to run a test: Lock your phone and wait a while to make sure the annoying element no longer appears.

Disabling synchronization with wearable electronics

If you use fitness bracelets or smartwatches, the problem often lies in pairing settings.Mi Fitness and Zepp Life apps by default aim to duplicate all information from the tracker to the smartphone screen.

Go to the settings of a particular wearable app. Find the section associated with your device (usually the Profile tab or the bracelet image).

• 🚫 Turn off the option "Display on the lock screen".
• 📉 Uncheck the tick from "Pulse Monitoring in Real Time".
• 🔕 Stop sending training notifications to your phone.

In some cases, you need to break the pairing and recreate it by carefully reading permission requests at each stage.The system may request access to notifications, and if you accidentally agree, the cycle will repeat.

Also check if the wrist lift to turn on is enabled on the wristband itself in conjunction with the pulse display, and the combination of these settings often creates a flashing screen effect with the readings.

Use of Do Not Disturb and Focus Mode

For those who want to temporarily eliminate all distractions, including heart rate, concentration modes are ideal, with MIUI and HyperOS providing flexible profiles to fine-tune the flow of information.

Activate Do Not Disturb mode through the notification curtain or in the sound settings. In the advanced settings of this mode, you can specify which apps can interrupt the silence. Make sure that health apps are excluded from the favorites list.

A more advanced tool is Digital Wellbeing, create a new profile, such as Work or Sleep, and in the profile settings, prevent notifications from selected applications from being displayed on the locked screen and curtain.

⚠️ Warning: Do Not Disturb mode may hide calls from important contacts unless an exception list is set up.

Automating these processes will allow you to not think about manually adjusting each time, but you can set a schedule to turn on the Do Not Disturb mode so that it activates at certain hours when you definitely don't need pulse notifications.

Radical measures: shutdown of system services

If none of the softer methods worked and the notification keeps appearing, it may be caused by a system service that doesn't have a user interface to turn off, and more serious measures may be taken.

Using ADB (Android Debug Bridge) commands allows you to freeze or disable specific packets, which requires a computer and enabled debugging over USB on your phone, and the command to disable the component is as follows:

adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.mi.health

In this example, com.mi.health is the batch name of the Health app, and disabling this package will completely stop it from working and displaying any widgets, but this action may affect other system functions that depend on this data.

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Before disabling system packages through ADB, write down their exact names so that you can quickly return everything back to the enable command if necessary.

An alternative to a full shutdown is the use of third-party launchers or notification management tools, such as the Notification History Log. These allow you to intercept and hide specific types of notifications before they hit the lock screen.

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The most reliable way to remove the pulse is to find the source (application) and disable its access to the lock screen in the notification system settings.

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