How to permanently remove changing wallpaper on Xiaomi: all ways

Dynamic wallpaper on Xiaomi smartphones may seem like an interesting solution to personalize the device, but over time, they start to annoy. The ever-changing background not only distracts from work, but also consumes additional battery energy, and in some cases even slows down the interface due to excessive load on the processor. POCO, where each percentage of productivity is accounted for.

In this article, we’ll look at all the current ways to disable interchangeable wallpaper on MIUI, from standard settings to hidden features that are not even covered in the official documentation. It’s important to understand that the methods may differ depending on the shell version (MIUI 12, 13, 14 or HyperOS) and smartphone model. We tested the instructions on the Xiaomi 13 Pro, Redmi Note 12 and POCO F5, but they should work on other devices from 2020 to 2026.

Why are changing wallpapers harmful to the smartphone?

At first glance, an animated background seems like a harmless feature, but in practice it affects several key aspects:

• 🔋 Increased battery consumption: dynamic wallpaper forced GPU and CPU • Work in the background, which increases power consumption by 5-15% (according to GSMArena’s Snapdragon 7 Gen 2 tests).
• 🐢 Interface Lags: On weak chipsets (such as the Snapdragon 480 in Redmi 10), animation can cause slowdowns when scrolling the desktop.
• 📱 Overheating: In hot weather, the extra CPU load exacerbates the problem of overheating, especially on passive-cooled smartphones.
• 🎨 Incompatibility with themes: Many of the theme wallpapers conflict with dynamic backgrounds, leading to visual bugs.

Nana MIUI 14 and later dynamic wallpapers by default include the function "Super Wallpapers", which use a gyroscope to create a wallpaper. 3D-It's even more stressful, especially if you're using navigational gestures.

Method 1: Disconnection through standard wallpaper settings

The simplest method that works on all versions of MIUI is to turn off the speaker in the wallpaper menu.

1. Long press on the free desktop space (not on the icon!).
2. Select Wallpaper (or Themes → Wallpaper on older versions).
3. Scroll down to Dynamic Wallpaper or Super Wallpaper.
4. Click on the current wallpaper and select Disable animation or Static mode.
5. Confirm the changes by clicking Apply.

If there is no such item, try:

• 🔍 Go to Settings → Display. → Wallpaper.
• 🖼️ Choose any static picture from the gallery (even if it is visually similar to the current one).

Long press on the desktop → Wallpaper

Scroll to the section "Dynamic" or "Super wallpaper"

Select the option "Disable animation"

Application of Changes (Apply button)

Reboot your smartphone (if the wallpaper has not changed)

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Important: On some firmware (e.g. MIUI 13 for Redmi Note 10 Pro) after the animation is turned off, the wallpaper may be reset after the reboot.

Method 2: Reset themes to standard (if wallpaper is tied to the topic)

Often, dynamic wallpapers are set with custom themes from the Xiaomi Themes store. Even if you turn off the animation in the settings, the theme can automatically restore it, the solution is to reset the theme to a standard one:

1. Open Settings → Themes.
2. Choose My Themes (or Topics Management)
3. Click on the three dots in the upper right corner and select Reset to standard.
4. Confirm the action.

If the standard theme also uses dynamic wallpaper (as in MIUI 14), follow the following steps:

• 🎨 Install any static theme from an official store (e.g. Classic or Minimal).
• 🔄 Reboot your smartphone – this will help to fix the changes.

Method 3: Disconnection through "Special Opportunities" (hidden method)

A little-known trick: in MIUI, you can turn off wallpaper animation through feature settings, and it works because the system perceives the dynamic background as a kind of interface animation.

1. Go to Settings. → Special facilities.
2. Select Cancel Animation (or Delete Animation on Newer Versions).
3. Activate the switch.
4. Go back to your desk and check the wallpaper.

This method has a side effect: along with the wallpaper, all transition animations in the system will be turned off (for example, when opening applications). If this is critical, return the setting to its original state and use other methods.

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If the wallpaper became blurry after the animation was turned off, try manually installing a static image through the gallery. For this, long press on the desktop → Wallpaper → Gallery → select any photo.

Method 4: Remove the system application "Super wallpaper" (for advanced)

On some models (Xiaomi 11T, POCO X4 Pro), dynamic wallpapers are controlled by a separate system application com.miui.superwallpaper.It can be disabled or removed, but this requires root or ADB rights.

Option 1: Through ADB (without root)

1. Enable USB Debugging in Settings → About Phone → MIUI version (click 7 times, then go back to Additional → For Developers).
2. Connect your smartphone to your PC and execute the command: adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.miui.superwallpaper
3. Reset the device.

Option 2: Through TWRP (with root)

• 📱 Install custom recovery (TWRP).
• 🗑️ Go to Advanced. → File Manager.
• 🔍 Find the file. /system/priv-app/SuperWallpaper and remove it.
• 🔄 Make a Wipe. Dalvik/Cache and reboot.

⚠️ Warning: Removing system applications can lead to unstable work MIUI. Before experimenting, make a backup through Settings → Additionally. → Backup and reset.

Method 5: Using third-party launchers

If neither method worked, the radical solution is to install an alternative launcher that ignores system wallpaper.

• 🚀 Nova Launcher: supports static wallpaper, flexible settings, optimized for MIUI.
• 🎯 Lawnchair: lightweight open source launcher, blocks system animations.
• 🔄 Microsoft Launcher: stable but requires Microsoft account registration.

How to determine:

1. Download the launcher from Google Play.
2. When you first start, select it as the default launcher.
3. Go to the launcher settings and turn off the Animated Wallpaper option (if any).
4. Set a static image through the launcher menu.

The downside of this is that some MIUI chips (like Dual Apps or Second Space) may not work properly, and third-party launchers sometimes conflict with navigation gestures on HyperOS.

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Third-party launchers are the only reliable way to get rid of dynamic wallpaper without interfering with system files, but they can reduce the smoothness of the interface on weak smartphones (for example, Redmi 9A).

What if the wallpaper returns after the update?

After major MIUI updates (e.g., MIUI 13 to MIUI 14), wallpaper settings are often reset.

1. Turn off automatic theme updates: Settings → Topics → Settings (⚙️) → Auto-update themes
2. Block the Themes app through Settings → Apps → Application Management → Topics → Ban background activity.
3. Use it. ADB For permanent shutdown: adb shell settings put global super_wallpaper_enabled 0

If after upgrading to HyperOS, the wallpaper became dynamic again, try:

• 🔄 Reset the launcher settings: Settings → Annexes → Application management → Launcher → Warehouse → Clear the data.
• 📵 Delete the cache of the application com.miui.home through TWRP or ADB.

⚠️ Note: HyperOS (which has replaced the MIUI 14) dynamic wallpaper is integrated deeper into the system. If standard methods do not work, the only way out is to roll back. MIUI 13 or installing custom firmware.

FAQ: Frequent questions about dynamic wallpaper on Xiaomi