How to remove notifications from the sites on Xiaomi Redmi 8

Modern Xiaomi smartphones, including the popular Redmi 8, offer users a huge amount of functionality, but sometimes the downside of convenience is intrusive notifications, especially when you visit a news portal or store and then start receiving advertising messages directly to the lock screen, which is because browsers by default allow sites to send push notifications.

For the owner of Xiaomi Redmi 8, it is important to understand that managing these messages is divided into two levels: system (via Android settings and the MIUI shell) and internal (through the settings of the browser itself). Often users confuse these concepts when trying to remove the application when it is enough to simply change the access setting. In this article, we will discuss in detail all ways to clean the phone from digital garbage.

There are several effective ways to solve the problem, and choosing a particular one depends on whether you want to turn off notifications for all sites at once or only for certain resources. Complete cleaning will take no more than five minutes, but will return you to the comfort of using the gadget. Let's look at the basic mechanisms of this feature based on Android.

Analysis of spam sources through browser settings

The most common source of intrusive messages is the Google Chrome browser, which is preinstalled on Xiaomi Redmi 8. It is the browser that most often requests permission to display notifications when you visit various web resources. To manage this, you need to go to the deep menu of settings of the application itself.

Open your browser and click on the three dots in the top right corner of the screen, then select Settings. In the list that opens, look for Site Settings (or Content Settings in older versions), and it displays the full list of permissions you have given to various web pages.

Inside this menu, you're interested in Notifications, and if you click on it, you'll see two lists: "Allowed" and "Blocked." It's the first list that lists the sites that have the right to wake up your phone. Deleting a particular site from that list or changing its status to "Block" will instantly stop the flow of ads.

It's worth noting that some sites may disguise themselves as system messages. Check the permission list names carefully. If you see an unknown domain, you better block it right away. This is basic security hygiene when using any Android device.

System management of application notifications

The MIUI shell installed on Redmi 8 provides advanced notification control tools that run on top of standard Android settings, allowing you to block messages even if the app or browser itself is technically authorized to send them.

To access these settings, go to your phone’s Settings, then select the Notifications and Status section. Here you will find Notification Management. In the app list that opens, find your browser (like Chrome or Yandex) and click on it.

The system will offer detailed management. You can turn off notifications for the browser completely, but this will deprive you of important messages from web services. A more flexible approach is to find the category “Site Notifications” or “General” and turn off the sound or vibration specifically for them, leaving important system allerts active.

Make sure it’s activated in the security section, which will help you weed out the obvious garbage before it even appears on your Xiaomi screen.

Cleaning up data and cache for complete reset

Sometimes manual permission removal does not have an immediate effect due to cached data or errors in the notification service, in which case the radical but effective method of resetting the browser settings to factory ones helps.

Go to Settings, select Apps, and find your browser in the list. Click Storage (or Memory) and you'll see two buttons here: Clear Cache and Clear All (or Erase Data), and we're interested in the second option.

Clicking the Clear All button will return the browser to the state it was in right after installation.All saved passwords, history and most importantly, notification permissions will be deleted.You will have to re-sign in to your Google account, but this will ensure the system is clean.

⚠️ Before clearing your data, make sure your passwords and bookmarks are synced with your Google account, otherwise you may lose important information.

This method is especially useful if the browser is starting to work unstable or if you suspect that some malicious extension has been introduced into the system. For Redmi 8 with its storage capacity, such a procedure can also free up several hundred megabytes of space.

Use of Incognito mode and blockers

To prevent new subscription requests from appearing in the future, it is recommended to change surfing habits.Using incognito mode prevents sites from retaining notification permissions after tab closure.

Also effective is installing customized extensions or using browsers with built-in protection, such as Brave or DuckDuckGo by default block trackers and notification requests, and for standard Chrome, you can install extensions like uBlock Origin, if the browser version supports it.

Let’s compare popular methods of protection against spam:

The choice of method depends on your needs. If you visit the same sites often, it is easier to configure permissions once, but if you like to explore new resources, you should use a browser with an aggressive blocking policy.

Specificity of MIUI and safety

Xiaomi smartphones have built-in antivirus and protection systems that can mark some sites as dangerous.If you constantly see pop-ups with warnings, it may not be a site notification, but the work of a defender.

In the Security app (green zipper icon), you can set the filtering level. Go to the antivirus settings and make sure that the Scan Installed Apps and Check URLs option are active, which will prevent you from switching to phishing resources, which are often the source of spam.