How to permanently remove pop-ups on your Xiaomi phone: 7 proven ways

Pop-ups on Xiaomi smartphones are one of the most annoying features of firmware MIUI. Even after buying a new Redmi or POCO Users face intrusive ads in system notifications, browsers and third-party apps, and the reasons for pop-ups are not only in Xiaomi’s aggressive monetization, but also in security settings, application permissions, and sometimes in virus software.

Many people mistakenly think that it is enough to disable notifications from the browser or clear the cache. MIUI 14/15 Pop-ups can appear even when the Internet is turned off, generated by the system itself through the service msa (Mobile Services Analytics). In this article, we will analyze all possible sources of pop-ups and give working ways to disable them, from basic settings to manually removing system packages.

If you've tried standard methods before and nothing has worked, don't rush to drop your phone to factory settings. 90% of the time, the problem is solved without drastic measures. The main thing is to understand which windows you are concerned about: banner ads in the status bar, full-screen pop-ups from games, or system notifications about "special offers" from Xiaomi.

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1.Diagnostics: What pop-ups appear on your Xiaomi

Before you start settings, identify the type of pop-ups that will help you choose the right way to turn them off. Pop-ups on Xiaomi are divided into 4 categories:

• 📢 Systemic advertising MIUI — banners offering Xiaomi themes, apps or services (e.g., "Try Mi Video") appear in the notification curtain or as full-screen windows.
• 🌐 Browser pop-ups are pop-ups in Mi Browser, Chrome or other browsers, often masquerading as “important notifications” or “winning a prize".
• 🎮 Advertising in games/applications – full-screen windows with a suggestion to install other software (for example, in Free Fire or in the game). PUBG Mobile).
• ⚠️ Viral pop-ups — appear even when apps are closed, redirected to suspicious sites, often accompanied by messages like, "Your phone is infected!".

To accurately identify the source, follow the following steps:

1. Remember the text or logo from a pop-up window (e.g., "Mi App Store" or "Clean Master").
2. Check if the window appears when the Internet is off, if so, it's a system ad or a virus.
3. Open the Settings. → Annexes → App management and sort by last use date.The top positions are often taken by pop-up culprits.

A critical sign of the virus: if windows appear on a locked screen or when you try to call, it is 100% malware, in which case, immediately go to the section on removing viruses.

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Disabling MIUI system advertising (without root)

Firmware MIUI It defaults to display ads in the settings menu, file manager, and even notification panels to turn it off:

1. Go to Settings → About Phone and 7 times click on the MIUI version to activate the Developer Mode.
2. Return to Settings → Additional → For developers and enable the option to debug over USB.
3. Install the app SD Maid (or) ADB AppControl, connect your phone to your PC and execute the command: adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.miui.systemAdSolution

If ADB-commands seem complicated, use an alternative method through settings:

• 🔧 Open the Settings. → Notifications and status bar → Management of notifications.
• 📱 Find the Mi App Store, Mi Video, Mi Browser apps and turn them off as pop-ups.
• 🚫 In the section Special access → Pop-ups ban pop-ups for all unnecessary apps.

⚠️ Attention: After update MIUI System applications can ask for permissions again!

Notifications for Mi App Store Disabled|

Removed from com.miui.systemAdSolution|

Prohibited pop-up windows for Mi Browser|

Advertising personalization in Mi Account settings is disabled-->

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3. Block pop-ups in the browser (Mi Browser, Chrome, UC Browser)

Browsers on Xiaomi – the main source of annoying windows with “iPhone wins” and offers to install VPN. To get them out:

For Mi Browser:

1. Open the browser, press. ⋮ → Settings → Main settings.
2. Turn off the options: 🔄 Automatic update of news 📢 Showing news notifications 🎁 Recommended content

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For Chrome:

1. Go to Settings. → Site settings → Pop-ups and redirects.
2. Make sure the switch is locked in position.
3. In the Notifications section, remove all sites from the list of permitted sites.

If pop-ups continue to appear, reset your browser settings:

1. In Chrome: Settings → Resetting settings → Restore the default settings.
2. In Mi Browser: Clear cache and data in Settings → Annexes → Mi Browser → Warehouse.

⚠️ Warning: Some malicious sites are replacing your browser settings. If pop-ups are back after reset, check your phone for viruses (see Section 6).

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4. How to remove ads in games and applications

Games like Free Fire, PUBG Mobile or Candy Crush often show full-screen pop-ups with suggestions to install other apps:

Method 1: Disable personalized advertising

1. Go to Settings → Google → Advertising.
2. Turn off the option of personalized advertising.
3. Reset the Advertising Identifier (button at the bottom of the screen).

Method 2: Ban pop-ups for specific games

1. Open Settings → Applications → Application Management.
2. Choose a game (for example, Free Fire) → Permits → Display over other windows.
3. Prohibit this permit.

Method 3: Use modified versions of the games (at your own risk)

• 🎮 Install. APK-non-advertising versions of games, for example, PUBG Mobile Lite or Patched APK from sites like APKMirror).
• ⚠️ Risks: Accounts can be banned and phones infected with viruses. Use only verified sources.

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If the game is too aggressive displaying ads, try to turn off the Internet for it in traffic settings: → SIM-maps and mobile networks → Data transmission for applications.

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5.Setting up permissions to block pop-ups

Many apps abuse the permission to Display over other apps, which allows them to show pop-ups even when you're using other software.

Step 1: Checking Permits

1. Go to Settings. → Annexes → Special access → Display over other windows.
2. Sort the list by last use.
3. Disallow this permission for all suspicious applications (e.g. Clean Master, UC Browser, APUS Launcher).

Step 2: Limit background activity

• 🔄 For each application in the Settings → Annexes → Application management turn off:
• 📶 Autostart (prevents starting when the phone is turned on).
• 🔋 Background activity (limits work in the background).
• 📶 Mobile data in the background.

Step 3: Blocking Notifications

1. In the same application management menu, select Notifications.
2. Turn off all types of notifications for unnecessary applications.

⚠️ Warning: Do not disable permission to Display over other windows for system applications (such as Settings or Phone) – this may disrupt the interface.

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6.Removal of viruses that cause pop-ups

If pop-ups appear even when the Internet is off or redirected to sites like youwonprize, your Xiaomi is infected with a virus.

Step 1: Checking for malware

• 🛡️ Install Malwarebytes or Kaspersky Mobile.
• 🔍 Run a full scan (including system folders).
• 🗑️ Remove all threats found.

Step 2: Manual cleaning (if antivirus doesn’t help)

1. Go to Settings → Applications → Application Management.
2. Sort by installation date and look for suspicious apps (e.g. Fast Cleaner, Super Battery, Lucky Draw).
3. Delete them and clear the cache.

Step 3: Resetting settings (extreme case)

If the virus is deeply embedded in the system:

1. Make a backup copy of important data.
2. Go to Settings → About the phone → Reset settings.
3. Choose to erase all data (this will delete all apps and files!).

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After reset, DO NOT restore data from the backup made on the infected phone! the virus can come back. Use only clean backups or sync with Google.

⚠️ Warning: Some viruses block access to settings. If you can't open Settings → Apps, boot your phone in Safe Mode (press the power button) → long tap on "Switch off" → "Safe regime").

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7. Additional measures: DNS and host level lock

If standard methods don't work, block the ad servers at the network level, and this works even without root rights.

Method 1: Change of DNS

1. Go to Settings. → SIM-maps and mobile networks → Access point (APN).
2. Choose yours. SIM-map → Name of the access point → DNS 1 and DNS 2.
3. Enter: 1.1.1.1 (Cloudflare) 8.8.8.8 (Google) DNS) or to block advertising: 94.140.14.14 (AdGuard) DNS) 94.140.15.15 (AdGuard DNS)

Method 2: Editing a hosts file (requires root or ADB)

• 📱 Install Hosts Editor (for root).
• 🔧 Or use it. ADB-Command: Adb pull /system/etc/hosts [edit the file on PC by adding adb push hosts /system/etc/
• 📋 Add to hosts lines of the type: 127.0.0.1 ad.mi.com 127.0.0.1 tracking.miui.com

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To block ads on YouTube and social networks, use a browser with built-in AdBlock, such as Brave Browser or Firefox with the uBlock Origin extension.

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FAQ: Frequent questions about pop-ups on Xiaomi