How to permanently remove advertising in music on Xiaomi: official and hidden methods

Are you tired of the annoying banner ads that interrupt listening to music on a Xiaomi, Redmi or POCO smartphone? This problem is familiar to millions of users - even in the standard Mi Music app (or Music in new versions of MIUI), ads can appear between tracks, in playlists and on the lock screen, and not only banners, but also audio inserts that suddenly cut off your favorite song.

In this article, we’ll look at all the current ways to remove ads, from official settings to hidden MIUI features that Xiaomi doesn’t advertise. It’s important to understand that the source of advertising can be not only the Mi Music app itself, but also system services like msa (Mobile Services Framework) or MiuiDaemon. We tested each method on devices with MIUI 12-14 (including global and Chinese firmware), so the instructions will work on most modern models, from Xiaomi 13 Pro to the budget Redmi Note 12.

Warning: Some methods require root rights or disabling system applications, which can affect the stability of the phone. If you are not ready for experiments, focus on the first three methods, they are safe and do not violate the warranty.

1. Disabling Advertising in Mi Music Settings

The most obvious, but often ignored, way is to check the settings of the music player itself. In recent MIUI versions, Xiaomi has added a customized ad option to disable, but it's hidden deep in the menu and doesn't always work 100%.

1. Open the Mi Music app (or Music in MIUI 13+).
2. Slip on the profile icon (or three horizontal lines) in the upper right corner.
3. Select Settings → Advertising and recommendations.
4. Turn off the sliders: 🔘 Personalized advertising (responsible for targeted banners) 🔘 Recommendations on the lock screen (removes ads when playing) 🔘 Show ads in playlists (hiding banners between tracks)

If your version of the app does not have Advertising and Recommendations, try the alternative path: Settings → About → Advertising Settings. On some firmware (for example, for POCO F5), this section may be called User Experience.

⚠️ Note: Disabling personalized ads in Mi Music does not guarantee that banners will disappear completely. Xiaomi system services (such as msa) may continue to display ads through notifications or widgets.

After the changes, restart the app. If the ads are still there, move on to the next method.

2. Blocking advertising through MIUI settings (no root rights)

Xiaomi has integrated a system-level disabling mechanism into MIUI, but it works unstable and often resets after updates.

1. Open Settings → Applications → Application Management.
2. In the search bar, type msa (or com.miui.systemAdSolution).
3. Select the MSa (Mobile Services Framework) application.
4. Click Disable (if the button is active) or Stop.
5. Repeat the steps for applications: 📱 MiuiDaemon (com.xiaomi.midrop) 🎵 Music (com.miui.player) 🔄 Security (com.miui.securitycenter) – responsible for some advertising notices)

If the Disable button is inactive (grey), then Xiaomi has blocked this option for your firmware, in which case only resetting the ad settings through the hidden menu will help:

1. Open the Phone app and enter the combination: ##6484##.
2. In the menu that appears, select Test → Advertising test.
3. Click Disable Ads (or Reset Advertising Settings in Russian).

Steps:

1. Download ADB Tools and unpack the archive.
2. Connect the phone to your computer and confirm the debugging permission.
3. Open the command line (or Terminal) in the folder with ADB and enter alternately: adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.miui.systemAdSolution adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.xiaomi.midrop adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.miui.analytics adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.miui.bugreport adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.miui.player (to disable ads in Mi Music)
4. Reboot the phone.

Once these commands are completed, ads in Mi Music will disappear forever, but some features associated with the Mi Account (such as cloud backup) may stop working. To get it back, replace disable-user with enable.

4. Removal of advertising through root rights (for advanced)

If you have root rights (for example, through Magisk), you can completely remove advertising modules from the system. This method gives 100% result, but requires caution - wrong actions can lead to a bootloop.

Ways:

• 🔧 Remove from Magisk: Install Disabler for Xiaomi or Xiaomi Debloater from Magisk repository. Check the boxes in the module settings: 🗑️ com.miui.systemAdSolution 🗑️ com.xiaomi.midrop 🗑️ com.miui.analytics
• Reboot the phone.
• 📁 Manual file deletion: Open Root Explorer (or any file manager with root access). /system/priv-app/ and delete the folders: 📂 SystemAdSolution 📂 Analytics
• Clear the cache of the Mi Music app in Settings → Apps → Music → Storage → Clear the cache.

After removing the ad modules, it is also recommended to disable auto-update system applications so that Xiaomi does not restore deleted files.

1. Go to Settings. → Annexes → Application management → Three-pointed (⋮) → Special access → Auto-start.
2. Turn off auto-run for Msa, MiuiDaemon and Analytics.

⚠️ Note: Deleting system files can cause your phone to run unstable, especially if you use features like Mi Cloud or Find Device. TWRP or Mi PC Suite.

5. Ad-free alternative music players

If fighting ads in Mi Music seems too difficult, it's easier to switch to a third-party app. Most popular players don't show ads or let them turn off for a nominal fee. Here are the best options for Xiaomi:

For complete comfort, we recommend VLC or Musicolet - they are free, without advertising and do not require registration. If you want cloud synchronization, pay attention to SoundCloud or Yandex Music (in which advertising appears only in free rates).

To transfer music from Mi Music to the new player:

1. Connect the phone to the computer.
2. Copy the MIUI/Music folder (or Music at the root of the storage) on your PC.
3. Move the files to a folder that the new player is scanning (for example, Music in internal memory).

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Third-party players not only remove ads, but often offer better sound quality due to their own codecs and equalizers.

6. Blocking Advertising at the Network Level (DNS/VPN)

If the ads in Mi Music are downloaded from external sources (for example, banners from Google AdMob or Mi Ad Service), it can be blocked at the Internet connection level.

• 🌍 Change of change DNS: Go to Settings. → Connections → Private DNS. Select the host name of the supplier DNS enter: 🔒 dns.adguard.com (blocks ads and trackers) 🔒 1.1.1.3 (Cloudflare Family – filters malicious sites)

VPN with ad blocking:

• 🆓 AdGuard VPN (free for basic functions)
• 🆓 1.1.1.1 (Cloudflare) (simple interface, no registration)
• 💰 NordVPN (paid but securely blocks trackers)

This method will not eliminate ads completely (for example, banners built into the Mi Music app itself), but will reduce the number of ads by 60-70%, the main advantage is that you do not need to change anything in the phone settings, you just need to configure DNS or VPN once.

For maximum effect, combine this method with disabling Msa (section 2) or ADB-teams (section 3).

7. Resetting the phone to factory settings (extreme case)

If none of these methods worked, and Mi Music ads became unbearable, the radical solution is to completely reset your settings, which will delete all user data, but also reset your ad settings to factory settings. Importantly, after a reset, don't update your system apps through the Play Market or App Store, otherwise the ad might come back.

How to Reset Your Phone Right:

1. Back up important data (photos, contacts, music) through Settings → About Phone → Backup or Mi PC Suite.
2. Go to Settings → About Phone → Resetting → Delete all data.
3. After the reboot, do not restore data from the cloud – this can return advertising settings.
4. Immediately after setting up your phone, turn off ads via ADB (Section 3) or Hidden Menu (Section 2).

⚠️ Note: Some firmware (for example, for Xiaomi) 12T s MIUI 14) Resetting does not remove the ads in Mi Music if they are linked to the Mi Account. In this case, log out of the account before resetting to Settings → Accounts. → Mi Account.

FAQ: Frequent questions about advertising in Mi Music