How to permanently disable notifications from applications on Xiaomi: 5 working ways

The ear-popping sounds of messengers, endless alerts from games and advertising fluffs from banking apps are familiar? Xiaomi smartphones based on MIUI or the new HyperOS are known for their “care” about the user, which often manifests itself in a flood of unnecessary notifications. Even after manually shutting down, some applications stubbornly continue to send alerts through bypass channels.

In this article, we’ll look at all the possible ways to disable notifications on Redmi, POCO, and other Xiaomi devices, from standard settings to hidden shell features. We’ll focus on the challenges that users face after upgrading to HyperOS, where the logic of managing notifications has changed. You’ll learn how to block alerts from specific applications, system services, and even advertising pushes from Xiaomi itself.

1. Standard disabling of notifications through application settings

Let’s start with the most obvious method, which works on all versions of MIUI (including MIUI 12/13/14) and HyperOS, which is suitable if you need to disable notifications from one particular application – for example, VKontakte, TikTok or Wildberries.

Instructions:

• 📱 Open the Settings. → Annexes → Application management
• 🔍 Find the right app in the list (use the search at the top if the list is large)
• 🔔 Tap on the Notification item (in HyperOS can be called Alerts)
• 🔕 Switch the main switch to off position (this will disable all types of notifications from the application)

An important nuance: some apps (like Google Play Services or Mi Video) have multiple notification channels, so you need to turn off each channel separately, for example, YouTube may have separate alerts for comments, recommendations and broadcasts.

Why can notifications keep coming? Some applications (especially Chinese ones) use system channels to send fluffs, so a standard shutdown won't work, so you need to use the methods in the following sections.

2. Global Disable Notifications for All Applications

If you're annoyed by all the notifications, you can turn them off completely, and this is a radical but effective way -- once you do it, you won't see a single banner in the curtain -- suitable for users who prefer to check apps manually.

How to do this:

1. Go to Settings → Notifications and Status Bar (HyperOS: Settings → Notifications)
2. Slip on the Notifications item on the lock screen
3. Select the option of Not showing notifications
4. Go back and open Floating Notifications → Select Disable
5. In the Notification Badges section, disable the option to Show icons

After these manipulations:

• ✅ Notifications will not be displayed in the curtain.
• ✅ Alert icons will disappear from the status panel
• ✅ The sounds and vibrations of notifications will also be turned off.

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If you only need notifications from a few apps (like calls and SMS), first perform a global shutdown on this instruction, and then manually enable alerts for the desired programs through their settings.

The downside is that you will stop seeing all notifications, including important ones (calls, SMS, reminders). If it is critical, use the selective disablement from the first section.

3. disable system and advertising notifications from Xiaomi

One of the most annoying things about Xiaomi smartphones is the company's own advertising fluffs, which can come from Mi Browser, Mi Video, GetApps, and even Theme, which are harder to turn off than regular notifications, but it's possible.

Ways of fighting:

For HyperOS, the path may be slightly different, such as turning off ads in the weather:

1. Open the Weather app
2. Slap the icon. ⚙️ top-right
3. Select Settings → Notifications
4. Turn off all toggles, especially Recommendations and Special Offers

Important: Some system notifications (like Security or Software Updates) can't be turned off, they're critical to the smartphone, but they can be made less intrusive by removing sound and vibration.

4.Use of Do Not Disturb mode for selective shutdown

Xiaomi’s Do Not Disturb (DND) feature allows you to flexibly configure which notifications to show and which not, which is ideal if you want to turn off alerts at certain times (e.g. at night) or for specific categories (games, social media).

Mode setting:

• 🕒 Go to Settings. → Sound and vibration → Don't disturb.
• 🔄 Turn on the switchboard Automatic rules and set the schedule (for example, from 23:00 to 8:00)
• 📵 In the Exclusions section, select which notifications to allow: 📞 Calls (you can only choose from selected contacts) 💬 Communications (SMS, messengers) ⚠️ Alarm clocks and reminders
• 🔇 In the Other Settings section, turn off Sensor Sounds and Vibration when touching if they interfere.

The advantage of this method is that you don't lose important notifications, but you get rid of spam, for example, you can configure DND so that only family calls and SMS from the bank are allowed, and all other alerts are blocked.

Hidden Opportunity: HyperOS has a Focus Mode feature that works as a Do Not Disturb amplifier, not only blocking notifications, but also restricting access to distracting apps, to enable it:

1. Go to Settings. → Digital well-being
2. Select Focus Mode
3. Set up a list of apps that will be blocked
4. Set a timer (for example, 2 hours to work)

5. Disable notifications via ADB (for advanced users)

If standard methods have not worked, and notifications from a particular application continue to pester, you can use the ADB-This method requires the smartphone to be connected to the computer, but it is guaranteed to disable all notification channels, including hidden ones.

Step-by-step:

1. 🖥️ Install. ADB-computer-driver
2. 📱 Turn on Debugging. USB on a smartphone: Settings → The phone. → Version. MIUI (tap 7 times) → Return to "Additional" → For developers → Debugging by USB
3. 🔌 Connect your phone to your PC and type in the command line: Adb devices (your device should appear)
4. 📛 Find out the name of the problem application package (can be found in Settings) → Annexes → [attachment] → Information or command: adb shell pm list packages | grep "name of annex"
5. 🔇 Disable notifications for this package: adb shell cmd notification allow_list -p com.example.app -c False (replace com.example.app with the real name of the package)

This method disables system-level notifications, so even after a reboot, they won't recover. If you need to return alerts, use the same command, replacing false with true.

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ADB-commands are the only way to disable notifications from system applications that do not have a settings interface (e.g., MiuiDaemon or Analytics).

⚠️ Attention:

Do not disable notifications for system services like com.android.phone or com.android.providers.telephony, which can result in loss of mobile communication or inability to make calls.

6. Disabling notifications from widgets and control panels

Many Xiaomi users are faced with notifications coming not only from apps, but also from widgets (like Weather, Calendar) or control panel (fast settings).

How to turn them off:

• 🌡️ Weather widget: Long tap on widget → Widget settings Turn off weather notifications and warnings
• 📅 Calendar: Open the Calendar → ⚙️ → Notifications Turn off Event Reminders and Holidays

Control panel

1. Swipe down for the curtain. → press ⚙️ top-right
2. Select the Notification Panel Settings
3. Turn off panel tips and recommendations

Notifications from Mi Home (if you have Xiaomi smart home devices) are especially intrusive.

1. Open Mi Home → Profile → ⚙️ Settings
2. Go to Notifications. → System notifications
3. Disable all unnecessary options (e.g., firmware updates, New devices)

7.What to do if notifications are returned after rebooting?

Some Xiaomi users are faced with the fact that after a smartphone reboot, previously disabled notifications are activated again, this is due to the peculiarities of MIUI Optimization, a system process that resets some settings.

Solutions to the problem:

• 🔄 Disabling optimization MIUI (It does not work on all firmware: adb shell cmd package compile -m speed-profile -f com.miui.securitycenter Attention: This could impair productivity.
• 🔒 Freeze the problem app with Titanium Backup or App Quarantine (requires root)
• 📦 Removing System Application Updates: Go to Settings → Annexes → [attachment] → ⋮ → Delete Updates Disable Auto Update for this app on Google Play