WPS Office on Xiaomi: What is it and how to use it?

Xiaomi smartphone owners often notice an unknown office suite called WPS Office on their installed list. The pre-installing of the software raises many questions: is it a virus, can it be removed, and why it even takes up space in the device’s memory? In fact, it is a popular cross-platform solution that Xiaomi has integrated into its MIUI (HyperOS) shell to provide basic document functionality.

Having this app allows users to open Word, Excel or PowerPoint files immediately after buying a gadget without having to download third-party software from Google Play. However, Kingsoft Office, the developer, often implements an aggressive advertising model, which leads many Xiaomi owners to look for ways to disable notifications or completely uninstall.

In this article, we will discuss in detail the purpose of the system component, its capabilities and how to manage it, you will learn how to turn a standard viewer into a convenient tool or how to get rid of it if you do not need one.

The main purpose and functionality of the application

WPS Office is a universal office suite developed by Kingsoft, China, and in Xiaomi smartphones it acts as the default system viewer and document editor, meaning that when you try to open an attachment from a messenger (such as WhatsApp or Telegram) or a file from internal memory, the system will automatically launch this component.

The main feature of the program is its omnivorousness: it supports opening and editing formats.doc,.docx,.xls,.xlsx,.ppt,.pptx and, most importantly for mobile work, PDF files. Unlike light viewers, it has a full set of tools for formatting text, working with tables and creating presentations directly from the touch screen.

It's important to understand that Xiaomi is not just a third-party program, but part of an ecosystem, and that system integration allows you to open documents from Mi Cloud and Google Drive cloud storage directly, without first downloading files to your phone's memory, saving space and speeding up access to work materials.

• 📄 Full support for Microsoft Office formats and PDF.
• ☁️ Synchronize with cloud services to access from different devices.
• ✏️ Built-in text annotation and editing tools.
• 📱 Adaptive interface optimized for smartphone screens.

Benefits of using on Xiaomi smartphones

The use of a native office suite has several advantages over installing alternatives, primarily deep optimization for the Snapdragon and MediaTek processors used in Xiaomi devices, which launches faster and consumes less RAM at launch than heavy counterparts from Microsoft.

Another plus is the PDF mode, which many users note is that the built-in page rendering engine is more stable when scrolling through heavy graphics documents, and it can convert images to text (OCR), which is useful when scanning documents with a phone’s camera.

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Use the "Read Only" mode for heavy PDF-files to speed up scrolling and save battery power.

And the cloud-based save feature is also worth mentioning, because if you log in to the app, your drafts and edits will automatically be saved to the developer cloud, which provides additional insurance against losing your phone or breaking it, allowing you to recover important data on any other device.

The problem of advertising and ways to block it

The most common question users have is intrusive advertising, the free version of the app being monetized by displaying banners at launch and between document switching, which for many becomes a critical factor in preventing comfortable work.

Fortunately, there's a hidden mechanism in the program settings to disable some of the ad notifications, so you go to the settings section of the app itself, find the item associated with "Push Notifications" or "Recommendations," and turn them off, and this won't remove the banners inside the interface completely, but it will reduce the frequency of their appearance.

⚠️ Attention! Full removal of advertising modules is possible only in the paid Premium version or when using modified builds, the installation of which carries data security risks.

Ads can also come through Android system notifications, so to fix this, you need to go to your smartphone settings, select "Apps", find the WPS Office list, go to the "Notifications" section and prohibit the display of marketing messages, leaving only system ones.

Comparison with Microsoft Office and Google Documents

In the mobile office app market, WPS has two main competitors: Microsoft Office and Google Docs. For Xiaomi owners, the choice often comes between the speed of the native app and the functionality of the giants of industry. Microsoft Office offers better compatibility with complex formatting, but requires subscriptions to fully edit on screens larger than 10 inches.

Google Docs is ideal for those who live in the search engine ecosystem, but it relies heavily on the quality of the Internet connection to work properly. WPS Office is in the middle of this: it works offline better than Google and is free for basic features, unlike Microsoft.

Below is a comparative table of key characteristics that will help determine the choice of the main tool for the work:

Instructions for removing or disabling the application

If you don't use office features on your phone or prefer other solutions, the system app can be disabled. On Xiaomi smartphones with a MIUI shell or HyperOS, full uninstall is often not available to the average user without root rights, but the function can be frozen.

To do this, go to Settings → Applications → All applications. Find in the WPS Office list. If the Remove button is inactive, click Disable. This will hide the icon from the desktop and prevent the application from running in the background, freeing up RAM.

For advanced users, there is the option of completely uninstalling through ADB (Android Debug Bridge), which requires connecting the phone to a computer and typing commands into the console. Be extremely careful: removing system components can lead to instability of other services.

adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 cn.wps.moffice_eng

Executing this command will remove the packet for the current user, but will not affect the system partition, which will allow the application to be returned to the factory reset if necessary.

Customization of the interface and useful functions

After installation or updating, you should spend a couple of minutes setting up the interface for yourself. In the "My" or "Settings" section, you can choose a dark theme, which is especially relevant for you. AMOLED-Xiaomi smartphone screens, saving energy and saving eyes in the dark.

It is also useful to set up cloud sync. If you have a WPS account, log in to keep your document history saved. In the privacy settings, it is recommended to disable usage statistics collection to increase the privacy of your data.

Don’t forget to update the app regularly through the GetApps store or Google Play. Developers often release security patches that close vulnerabilities that theoretically allow you to access files on your device.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)