How to close notifications on Xiaomi: from system to advertising

Xiaomi’s modern smartphones are famous for their functionality, but sometimes the abundance of pop-ups can annoy even the most calm user. Constant reminders about sales, app news or system messages often block useful content and prevent you from focusing, which is why the question of how to close notifications on Xiaomi becomes one of the most pressing for owners of these devices.

With MIUI and the new HyperOS, the alert mechanism is set up aggressively to keep the user from missing out on anything important. However, this “care” often turns into digital noise that needs to be controlled manually. In this article, we’ll look at all the ways to manage pop-ups, from completely blocking specific applications to disabling system advertising.

You don't have to be a tech person to clean up the notification center, you just have to follow the steps you've suggested to make your smartphone comfortable and clean of any visual debris, and we'll look at both the standard Android tools and the specific settings of the Xiaomi shell.

Basic notification settings for individual applications

The easiest way to remove unnecessary alerts is to disable them for specific programs. Often users install apps that immediately request permission to display messages, and agree without hesitation. To fix this, open your device's Settings and find the Notifications and Status bar section.

So here you'll see a list of all the programs that have switches installed, and you just have to find an unnecessary application, like a game or a store, and you put the slider in the "Off" position, and this action will completely prevent the program from displaying any messages in the curtain or on the lock screen, but it won't delete the application itself.

If you want a more nuanced setup, click on the app name in the same list, and a detailed menu will open where you can leave only important categories, such as "Messages" or "Calls", and "Recommendations" and "Shares" - disable.

• 🔔 All notifications are the main switch that disables any signals from the program.
• 🔒 Lock screen – prohibits the content of messages when the phone is locked.
• 🔊 Sound and vibration – allows you to leave visual display, but remove the soundtrack.

⚠️ Note: By disabling notifications for messengers (WhatsApp, Telegram), you can miss important messages from contacts, as they will stop coming in real time.

Remember that some system applications may have hidden alert channels, and if the main switch is turned off, check if the app itself has a "Recommendations" or "Get News" setting, and developers often hide intrusive spam sources.

Managing pop-up windows and banners

Special attention should be paid to pop-ups that appear on top of other applications. In the Xiaomi ecosystem, they can be both useful (like a call responder) and extremely annoying (advertising when cleaning memory). To manage them, go to the Settings menu → Notifications and Status bar → Pop-ups.

This shows you a list of applications that are allowed to display windows on top of the active interface. If you see programs that do not need it (calculator, voice recorder, file manager), feel free to turn off this feature, this will prevent banner ads from appearing when you run the utilities.

It is also important to check your browser settings. Often, it becomes the source of pop-up ads due to allowed push notifications from visited sites. Go to your browser settings (Chrome, Mi Browser), find the Site Notifications section and delete any suspicious addresses.

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If the ads appear even after blocking the applications, check the recently installed programs. Often hidden miners or advertising modules are disguised as harmless utilities such as the flashlight or the QR scanner.

Pay special attention to system services. In some versions of MIUI, there are separate switches for "Recommendations" in security applications and the bootloader, which significantly reduce visual noise, but require careful search.

Disabling MSA System Advertising and Recommendations

One of the main reasons users are looking for a way to close notifications on Xiaomi is the built-in advertising from the MSA (MIUI System Ads) service, a system process that analyzes your actions and offers relevant but intrusive content. To stop it, you will need to follow several steps in hidden menus.

First, you need to turn off the receipt of recommendations in system applications. Go to Settings → Passwords and security → Access to personal data. In the list, find the msa service and turn off the switch. The system will warn you several times about the consequences (10 seconds of waiting), but you need to wait for the end of the timer and confirm the disconnection.

Next, you go through the built-in apps and uncheck the "Get Recommendations" boxes, which are for the "Security," "Music," "Video" and "Conductor" app, and you click on three dots in the corner (or gear) and find the appropriate switch.

Once these steps are done, the number of ad integrations in the interface will decrease by 90%, but it is worth considering that in new versions of HyperOS, some items may be renamed or moved to the Privacy section.

Setting up the curtain and lock screen

Even if you turn off spam sources, old notifications can accumulate in the curtain, creating chaos. To bring order to Android based on MIUI, there is a convenient sorting function. To pin your finger on any notification in the curtain, a menu will appear that allows you to customize its display.

You can choose to “Hide Content” so that the lock screen only displays the app title, not the text of the message, which is useful for maintaining privacy when the phone is lying on the table in the company.

Also in Notifications and Status bar → Lock screen can be customized to display style. Options are available: show all notifications, hide silent notifications or not show anything. Choosing Do Not Show mode will completely clear the lock screen of information.

• 📉 Silent notifications – messages that do not vibrate or make a sound, but simply appear quietly on the list.
• 🗑️ Autocleaning – a feature that allows you to automatically delete read notifications after unlocking.
• 👁️ Hiding Content – Replacing the text of a message with asterisks or the phrase “Hidden Content".

⚠️ Warning: Disabling the display on the lock screen completely can cause you to miss urgent calls or messages from loved ones if the phone is lying down screen or in your bag.

Remember to periodically clean the curtain manually swipe, as some system errors can lead to "sticking" already read notifications, in such cases, helps to restart the device.

Do Not Disturb and Automation

Do Not Disturb mode is ideal for temporarily closing all notifications, and unlike a complete shutdown, it allows you to flexibly configure exceptions, activated through a quick access curtain or in the Settings → Sound and Vibration menu.

You can set your schedule in the mode settings, for example, the phone will automatically go to quiet mode from 23:00 to 07:00 so as not to wake you at night, and you can adjust the response to repeated calls: if the same number rings twice in 3 minutes, the phone will still make a sound.

There is also Task Automation (or script) feature that allows you to close notifications under certain conditions, for example, when you start a game or connect to your home Wi-Fi, your phone can automatically go into silent mode.

Using these tools helps to keep the balance between accessibility and personal space, and you stay connected for important events, but you get rid of the constant twitching around.

Solving problems with non-removable notifications

Sometimes users are faced with a situation where the notification cannot be removed by swipe, or it appears again immediately after cleaning. This is often a sign of malware working or an error in the cache of the system. First of all, try to reboot the smartphone, which solves 80% of the problems with software glitches.

If the reboot didn’t work, check the list of apps with administrator rights or special permissions. Go to Settings → Apps → All apps. Sort the list by recently used and carefully study programs with obscure names.

For advanced users, the option of resetting notification settings via the developer menu or ADB is available, but this requires caution. A safer method is to clear the system application's Settings data. Go to the Applications → All Apps → Find Settings → Memory → Clear → All Data.

adb shell pm grant com.android.settings android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS

This command (for PCs) may be required in rare cases to force the system flags to change, but the average user is better off limiting himself to standard cleaning methods.If the persists problem may need to remove newly installed applications.

It's important to understand the difference between system notifications and viral activity, and if your phone opens your browser or displays ads on your desktop, it's not just spam, it's malware, requiring antivirus treatment or complete firmware reflashing.

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