How to permanently remove notifications on Xiaomi: from system alerts to advertising

Notifications on Xiaomi smartphones can be a real headache, from annoying ads in MIUI to endless notifications from messengers. Even after the settings are turned off, some notifications continue to appear, and banners in the launch menu are sewn at the system level. In this article, we will discuss all possible ways to get rid of unnecessary notifications, from basic settings to hidden functions and radical methods for advanced users.

The MIUI firmware feature is the aggressive integration of Xiaomi services, which often ignore standard Android restrictions. For example, even after disabling notifications for the Msa app, banners can continue to show in the notification panel or on the lock screen. We tested all methods on current versions of MIUI 14 and MIUI 15 (including global and Chinese builds) and selected only working solutions.

1. Basic notification settings in MIUI

Start with the standard tools of the system. MIUI has a separate section for managing notifications, but it hides some of the options behind additional menus.

Open Settings → Notifications and Status bar → Notification management. Here you will see a list of all the apps that have ever sent alerts.

• 🔔 Notification Categories – Some apps (like Facebook or Viber) divide alerts into types.
• 📛 Icons on the lock screen - even if the notification doesn't sound, it can be displayed on the locked screen.
• 🔔 Sounds and vibrations – you can turn off the soundtrack here, leaving only visual alerts.

To completely disable notifications from the application, move the slider to the “Off” position at the top of its card. Importantly, some system applications (for example, Security or Mi Video) do not have a slider – their notifications are disabled only through hidden settings.

2. How to disable advertising notifications in MIUI

The banner ads in the notification panel are one of the most annoying features of MIUI, and they appear even if you have disabled all notifications for Xiaomi apps, and the ads are usually sourced from three services:

1. Msa (Mobile Services Ads) is the main advertising engine.
2. Mi Browser – the default browser that shows push notifications
3. Mi Video is a video application integrated with an advertising network.

To turn them off:

1. Go to Settings → Memory → Autoboot and turn off autostart for Msa, Mi Browser and Mi Video.
2. Return to Settings → Notifications and manually disable notifications for these apps (even if there is no slider, tap the app name and uncheck all ticks).
3. For MIUI 15: Go to Settings → Applications → Application Management → Three Points (menu) → Special Access → Notifications and disable access for advertising services.

Disable autoboot for Msa, Mi Browser, Mi Video|

Turn off notifications for these apps manually |

Check the Special Access section in MIUI 15|

Remove updates for system applications (if possible)-->

If the ads continue to appear, it's built into the system processes, and then the only way to do that is to turn off the personalized ads:

1. Open Settings → Xiaomi Account → Mi Advertising
2. Turn off the option "Personalized recommendations";
3. Reset the advertising ID to Settings → About Phone → All Options → Advertising ID (click Reset).

3. Hidden Notifications: How to Delete System Alerts

Some notifications don't appear in the main list of apps, but keep appearing.

• 🔄 Alerts for updates MIUI (Even if you have turned off the automatic check);
• 📱 Notifications from Security (antivirus and optimizer);
• 🔋 Battery charge alerts (e.g., “Charge complete");
• 🌐 Notifications about connection to the network (Wi-Fi, mobile data).

To turn them off:

1. MIUI Updates: Go to Settings → About Phone → System Update → Three Points (menu) → Settings and turn off Autoboot and Update Notices.
2. Security: In Settings → Applications → Application Management, find Security, open Notifications, and disable all categories (especially Optimization and Viral Protection).
3. Battery Charge: in Settings → Battery → Battery Settings → Turn off the option “Notice of Full Charge”.

For network notifications (Wi-Fi, mobile data) the path is different:

1. Open Settings → Connections and Sharing → Wi-Fi;
2. Tap on "Additional settings" (or three points on the menu);
3. Turn off "New Network Notifications" and "Connection Notifications".

4. Radical methods: ADB and disabling system applications

If standard methods don't work, you'll have to use the developer tools, which requires an unlocked bootloader and USB Debugging mode, but allows you to permanently remove even the most intrusive notifications.

First, turn on the USB debugging:

1. Go to Settings. → The phone;
2. Tap the MIUI version 7 times until the message “You are a developer!” appears.
3. Return to Settings → Additional → For developers;
4. Activate "Debugging by" USB" and “Unlocking” OEM".

Now connect your phone to your PC and execute commands via ADB:

adb shell pm hide com.miui.systemAdSolution # Disables the ad module


adb shell pm hide com.xiaomi.midrop # Disables file transfer notifications




adb shell pm hide com.miui.analytics # Disables analytics collection (can reduce notifications)

To disable notifications from a particular system application (e.g., Security):

adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.miui.securitycenter

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Before disabling system applications via ADB, back up your data. Some commands can cause the firmware to run unstable.

⚠️ Warning: Disabling critical system applications (e.g. com.android.phone) may result in loss of communication or inability to make calls.Always check the list of safe packets to disable before executing commands.

5. Notifications on the lock screen: how to remove excess

Even if you have disabled notifications in the panel, they can continue to appear on the lock screen. MIUI has separate settings for this:

1. Go to Settings → Lock screen → Notifications on the lock screen;
2. Select one of three modes: “Show everything” – displays all notifications; “Hide content” – shows only the icons of the application; “Do not show” – a complete disconnect.

For individual applications (for example, messengers), you can configure exceptions in the same menu.

If you have MIUI 15, a new option, "Notification Privacy," comes up, and it allows you to hide the text of notifications from prying eyes, showing only the name of the application, and it activates in the same section of the Lock Screen.

6. Notifications from third-party applications: messengers, games, social networks

Apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, or Instagram often ignore system settings and keep sending notifications.

For messengers:

• 💬 In Telegram: Settings → Notifications and sounds → Deactivate "Show notifications";
• 📱 On WhatsApp: Three dots → Settings → Notifications → Turn off "Sounds" and "Vibration";
• 🔵 In Viber: More → Settings → Notifications → Select "No sound".

For social media and gaming:

• 🎮 In the Play Store, turn off automatic updates for games – many of them show notifications of new levels or promotions;
• 📺 On YouTube, turn off alerts for new videos: Profile → Settings → Notifications → Everyone pause;
• 📘 In Facebook and Instagram, notifications are managed via the web version: go to Settings → Notifications on the site.

If the app continues to send notifications despite the shutdown in the settings, check:

1. Permissions to send notifications to Settings → Apps → [Application Name] → Notifications;
2. Auto-run to Settings → Memory → Auto-boot;
3. Updates – sometimes notification bugs are fixed in newer versions.

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Many apps (especially games) use push notifications via Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM). To turn them off completely, you need to prevent the application from accessing the Internet in the background through Settings → Applications → [Application] → Mobile data and Wi-Fi.

7. Resetting notification settings to factory

If you've tried everything, but notifications keep coming, the last chance is to reset your notification settings to factory notifications, and it won't delete your data, but it will return all permissions for applications to their original state.

For this:

1. Go to Settings → Applications → Application Management;
2. Slip on "Three dots" (menu) → "Reset application settings";
3. Once you reboot, all notification permissions will be reset.

If that doesn’t work, it’s just a complete phone reset (with data loss) or a flashing to custom firmware like LineageOS, where there’s no built-in MIUI advertising.

⚠️ Note: On some Xiaomi models (especially the Chinese build), resetting notification settings can result in re-activation of system alerts, including ads. In this case, immediately after the reset, turn off autoboot for Msa and Mi Browser.

FAQ: Frequent Notification Questions on Xiaomi