How to find and manage push notifications on Xiaomi smartphones: a complete guide

Why You Don’t See Push Notifications on Xiaomi and How to Fix It

You're waiting for an important message from your messenger, a reminder of a meeting or a notification from your bank, but your smartphone is stubbornly silent? The push notification problem on Xiaomi is one of the most common user complaints, not only because of app errors, but also because of aggressive power optimization in MIUI, which by default blocks background activity of programs. In this article, we will discuss where to look for notifications on Redmi, POCO and other Xiaomi devices, how to turn them on and why they may disappear.

To be clear, push notifications are instant notifications that come from application servers (such as WhatsApp, VKontakte or Gmail) even when the program is closed. On Xiaomi, they often conflict with system charge saving settings, auto-cleaning memory and limitations for background processes. Next, step-by-step instructions based on the latest versions of MIUI 14 and MIUI 15 (including HyperOS for new models).

Where all notifications are stored on Xiaomi: Central Log

If you missed an alert, you can find it in the notification log, which is the system archive that stores all push messages that come in.

1. Unlock the phone and swipe down from the top edge of the screen to open the notification panel.
2. In the upper right corner of the panel, press three dots. ⋮ (or the inscription "Management" in older versions MIUI).
3. Select Notification Log (in some firmware – Notification History).

The log will display all notifications in the last 24 hours (by default), including those you accidentally closed.

• 🔍 Search for a specific message by keyword (such as the sender’s name).
• 📌 Secure important notifications so they don’t go missing (long press). → Secure).
• ⚙️ Set up storage period (up to 30 days) in Settings → Notifications → Notification log.

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If the log is empty, check if it is included: Settings → Notifications → Notification Log → Enable the log. Without this option, no notifications are saved!

Note that the log only shows system notifications, messages from messengers (such as Telegram or Viber) may not appear here if the application itself archives them, in which case, look for the chat history inside the messenger itself.

How to enable push notifications for a specific application

If notifications from a particular application don't come at all, they're probably locked at the system level to unlock:

1. Open Settings → Applications → Application Management.
2. Find the right app (for example, Instagram or SberBank Online) and tap it.
3. Go to the Notifications section.
4. Activate the switches: 🔔 Show notifications (main switchboard). 📱 Sound and vibration (optional). 🔄 Allow background activity (critical for push!).

In MIUI 15 (HyperOS) there is a new autorun in the settings of the application – it also needs to be enabled, otherwise notifications will come with a delay or not at all.

Make sure the app has notifications allowed in the system settings

Enable background activity and auto-start

Check if the app has been added to the list of "charge savings"

Update the app to the latest version on Google Play-->

If the notifications don't come after this manipulation, the problem may be the global energy saving settings.

Disable battery optimization for stable notifications

Xiaomi aggressively optimizes the background of apps to save charge.This often breaks push notifications.

1. Go to Settings → Battery and Performance → Application Power Management.
2. Select Application Selection (or Setting Up in Older Versions).
3. Find a problem app (like WhatsApp) and set it to No Limits mode.

Notifications are coming with a delay

Notifications don't come at all.

Notifications disappear from the panel

Sound/vibration is not working

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Attention! Disabling battery optimization can reduce battery life. If critical, try an alternative way: add the app to the AutoRun White List (Settings → Applications → Application Management → AutoRun).

Why notifications disappear from the panel and how to fix it

If notifications come in but disappear from the curtain, the auto-cleaning settings are to blame. MIUI has a feature that automatically removes "unnecessary" alerts to turn it off:

1. Go to Settings → Notifications → More.
2. Find the Notification Clearup and turn it off.
3. Also check Settings → Apps → Clean up and turn off Auto Cleanup Notifications.

Another possible reason is the importance limitation: MIUI divides notifications into categories (e.g., "Important", "Normal", "Low Priority"), and if an application is marked as low priority, its alerts may be hidden to change priority:

• 📲 Go to the notification settings of a particular application (as in Section 3).
• 🔝 Select the notification category (for example, “Messages” for the messenger).
• 🔼 Set a High or Important Priority.

Problems with notifications in messengers: Telegram, WhatsApp, Viber

Messengers are the leaders in complaints about missing notifications, and each of them has its own nuances:

For all messengers, it is also relevant:

• 🔄 Update apps – new versions often fix bugs with notifications.
• 📥 Clear the app cache (but not the data!): Settings → Annexes → [messenger] → Memory. → Clear the cache.
• 🔒 Check Permits: Some messengers require access to Contacts and Warehouse to properly operate notifications.

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If notifications don’t only come in mobile data (and Wi-Fi is fine), check the mobile traffic settings for the app. In MIUI, background traffic is disabled for many programs by default!

Resetting notification settings to factory

If nothing works, you can reset your notification settings to standard, which will return all permissions to default values, but will not delete the application data.

1. Open Settings → Applications → Application Management.
2. Slip on the three dots in the upper right corner and select Reset app settings.
3. Confirm the reset (a password may be required).

After discharge:

• ⚠️ You will have to reconfigure notifications for each application.
• 🔄 Reboot your phone to make the changes take effect.
• 📱 Check the push notifications by sending a test message (for example, via Telegram from another account).

⚠️ Attention! Resetting the application settings will also reset all resolutions (camera, microphone, etc.), fixed notifications and individual audio/vibration settings. MIUI provided.

FAQ: Frequent questions about push notifications on Xiaomi