How to completely turn off live wallpaper on Xiaomi: 5 proven ways

Live wallpaper on Xiaomi smartphones is not only a beautiful feature, but also one of the hidden “eaters” of battery power. Even if you do not notice the animations on the lock screen, the system continues to process graphics in the background, which leads to an increase in power consumption on the screen. 15-20% (test-data MIUI 14). In addition, the Redmi budget models and POCO Animated wallpaper can cause interface slowdown due to lack of RAM.

In this article, we will analyze all possible ways to disable live wallpaper - from standard settings MIUI to the hidden functions through ADB. You will learn how to remove embedded animations, prevent them from automatically downloading and even return classic static wallpapers to lock screens and the main menu. K50), where the shutdown requires additional manipulation.

Why is the wallpaper harmful to your Xiaomi?

At first glance, animated background seems to be a harmless feature, but in practice it affects the performance of the device on several fronts at once:

• 🔋 Battery: Constant graphics processing increases the load on the processor, which leads to accelerated discharge (especially noticeable on models with a high-speed battery). AMOLED-screen).
• 🐢 Performance: On devices with 4GB of RAM and below (like the Redmi Note 10), live wallpaper can cause lags when opening apps.
• 📱 Overheating: Long-term use of animations at maximum screen brightness increases the temperature of the case (critical for gaming smartphones Black Shark).
• 💾 Memory: Some live wallpaper weighs up to 50-100 MB and cached in memory, taking up space for other tasks.

Tests conducted by 4PDA users showed that turning off live wallpaper on the Xiaomi 11T Pro allowed to extend battery life by 1.5-2 hours when used actively. and on the POCO X3 Pro, after deactivating animations, the frame rate in games (PUBG Mobile, Genshin Impact) increased by 5-7 FPS.

⚠️ Attention: On some firmware MIUI (In particular, the Chinese versions, the live wallpaper cannot be turned off by standard means. ADB Other third-party utilities like Activity Launcher.

Method 1: Disconnection through wallpaper settings (standard method)

The easiest way is to use the built-in MIUI tools. It is suitable for most models, including the Redmi Note 11, Xiaomi 13 Lite and POCO F4.

1. Open the Wallpaper app (icon with a brush on your desktop).
2. Select My Wallpaper tab (or Current Wallpaper in new MIUI versions).
3. Slip on active live wallpaper (they are marked with an icon) ⚡ or dynamic).
4. At the bottom of the screen will appear button Delete or Disable animation – press it.
5. Confirm the action and select a static background from the gallery or standard MIUI wallpaper.

If there is no button to disable animation, then the wallpaper is system (Super Wallpapers).

Take a screenshot of the current wallpaper (if you want to save)

Close all background applications

Connect your phone to charge (recommended)

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Method 2: Remove Super Wallpapers from Hidden Menu

Super Wallpapers are Xiaomi’s signature live wallpapers that sync with the time of day (like Mars or Earth on the Mi 11 Ultra) that cannot be removed in the standard way, but can be deactivated through hidden settings:

1. Open the Settings app and go to Wallpaper → My Wallpaper.
2. Find the Super Wallpapers section (may be called Xiaomi Live Wallpapers).
3. Slip on the active wallpaper and hold your finger for 3-5 seconds until the context menu appears.
4. Choose Remove or Reset to Standard.
5. If the menu doesn’t appear, go to Settings → Applications → Application Management, find Wallpaper and clear the cache.

On some firmware (for example, MIUI 13.5 for Xiaomi 12S) Super Wallpapers are tied to system services, and removing them completely can cause the theme to crash. ADB.

The Alives (Super Wallpapers)

Static (from gallery)

Standard MIUI wallpaper

Third-party wallpaper (from Play Market)

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Method 3: Disabling animations through performance modes

If the live wallpaper can’t be removed, it can be locked through power saving settings, which works on all devices with MIUI 12 and later, including the Redmi K60 and Xiaomi Pad 6:

1. Go to Settings → Battery and Performance.
2. Select Performance Modes (or Energy Saving).
3. Activate Battery or Balanced mode.
4. Scroll down and find Limit Background Activity (or System Optimization).
5. Turn on the switch to Limit animations or simplify visual effects.

This method does not physically remove the wallpaper, but it pauses its animation, reducing the load on the processor.

⚠️ Attention: POCO-firmware POCO Launcher this method may not work. In this case, use Method 4.

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If the wallpaper is blurry after the animations are turned off, try restarting the phone.Sometimes MIUI resets the rendering graphics after changes in the performance settings.

Method 4: Complete removal of live wallpaper through ADB (for advanced)

If standard methods don’t work, you can use ADB (Android Debug Bridge), a tool for deep customization of Android, which is suitable for all Xiaomi models, but requires a connection to a computer.

You'll need:

• 🖥️ A computer with installed Xiaomi drivers and ADB.
• 📱 Included debugging by USB (Settings → The phone. → Version. MIUI → 7 times tap to unlock Developer Mode).
• 🔌 Cable USB (preferably original).

Instructions:

1. Connect the phone to the PC and confirm the debugging permission.
2. Open the command line (cmd) and enter:

adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.miui.miwallpaper


adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.android.wallpaper.livepicker

1. Reset the device.

After that, all live wallpapers (including Super Wallpapers) will be removed, and only static options will remain in the settings.

adb shell cmd package install-existing com.miui.miwallpaper

Method 5: Using third-party launchers to block animations

If you don't want to mess around with the system settings, you can just replace the standard launcher with a third-party one. Most alternative shells (like Nova Launcher or Hyperion Launcher) ignore live MIUI wallpaper and allow you to set a static background.

How to do this:

1. Install any launcher from Google Play (we recommend Nova Launcher or Lawnchair).
2. Open the app and select it as the default launcher.
3. Go to the launcher settings and find the Wallpaper or Desktop Style section.
4. Download a static image from the gallery or select from the built-in wallpaper.
5. Turn off the animated wallpaper option (if any).

Advantages of this method:

• ✅ Does not require root rights or ADB.
• ✅ It works on any firmware, including MIUI Global and MIUI China.
• ✅ Further improves performance by optimizing interface animations.

Disadvantage: Some MIUI features (such as Second Space or App Lock) may not work properly with third-party launchers.

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The launcher side is the only way to completely disable live wallpaper on devices with a locked bootloader (for example, Xiaomi for the European market).

Frequent problems and their solutions

When you turn off the live wallpaper, users often encounter some common mistakes, and here are the most common ones and how to fix them:

If none of these methods worked, your MIUI firmware may have regional limitations, such as the Chinese version of Xiaomi 14, where live wallpaper is tied to Mi Account and is not deleted without authorization, and only flashing it to a global or European version of the software will help.

FAQ: Answers to popular questions