How to Remove Game Recommendations in Xiaomi Folders: A Complete 2026 Guide

You open a folder with games on your Xiaomi, and there are a bunch of unnecessary recommendations from MIUI that only interfere and take up space? This problem is familiar to many owners of smartphones of the brand, from Redmi Note 10 to flagship Xiaomi 14. The system automatically adds to the folder “Games” applications from Game Turbo, GetApps and even banner ads that are difficult to remove in standard ways.

In this article, we’ll discuss 5 working methods to completely disable the recommendations of games in the MIUI folders, from simple settings to deep changes in the system. Importantly, some methods require unlocking the bootloader or root rights, but we’ll start with the safest options that will suit even beginners, and you’ll learn why these recommendations appear and how to prevent them in the future.

If you are using a POCO F5, Redmi K60 or other MIUI 14 model, the instructions below are relevant to you too – the algorithm of the recommendations has not changed from previous versions.

Why is Xiaomi adding game recommendations to folders?

MIUI is actively integrating Xiaomi services to “improve the user experience.”

• 🎮 Game Turbo is a proprietary game accelerator that automatically detects the games installed and adds them to a special folder. Even if you have never run a game, it can appear there.
• 📦 GetApps – an app store from Xiaomi, which slips the “recommended” games directly into the folder on the home screen.
• 📊 Analytics MIUI — The system tracks which games you install (even from Google Play) and offers “similar” games through built-in widgets.
• 💰 Monetization – part of the recommendations contains affiliate links from which Xiaomi earns revenue when installing.

An important nuance: Since MIUI 12.5, the recommendation algorithm has become more aggressive, now it analyzes not only the games you have installed, but also your social media activity (if you have given permission to access your accounts). For example, if you discussed Genshin Impact on Telegram, there is a high probability that the game will appear in your Game folder in 1-2 days.

Fortunately, most of these features can be turned off, and let's start with the simplest way.

Method 1: Disable Game Turbo (without root)

The most obvious source of recommendations is Game Turbo, which not only optimizes games, but also actively adds them to the folder on the home screen to turn it off:

1. Open Settings → Special features → Game Turbo
2. Go to Settings Game Turbo (or Game Mode on New Versions).
3. Turn off the Show Game folder (or Automatic Game Adding).
4. Go back and click Clear Data for Game Turbo (this will remove the recommendation cache).

If there is no point to Show the folder "Games", try an alternative way:

1. Click the empty space on the main screen → Screen settings.
2. Find the Application Folders or Application Categories section.
3. Turn off automatic game grouping.

What this will do is: new games will no longer automatically add to the folder, but existing recommendations will remain.

Method 2: Remove recommendations manually and reset folder

If the Game Turbo is disabled but the recommendations remain, you can manually delete them:

1. Open the Game folder on the main screen.
2. Press the unnecessary app (recommendation) and drag it up to the inscription Remove or Remove.
3. If deletion is not available, click on the three dots in the top right corner of the folder → Folder Management → uncheck the unnecessary applications.

For a complete folder reset:

1. Go to Settings → Applications → Application Management.
2. Find Launcher (or MIUI Launcher) and select Warehouse.
3. Click Clear Data (this will reset all home screen settings, including folders!).
4. After the reboot, the Game folder will be empty, but it may reappear if you do not disable Game Turbo (see Method 1).

⚠️ Attention: Data cleanup MIUI Launcher will remove all your widgets, wallpaper and icon layouts. First, take screenshots of the home screen to restore the layout.

If manual removal doesn’t help and recommendations come back after the reboot, move on to the next method.

Method 3: Disabling GetApps and Advertising Recommendations

GetApps is a Xiaomi store that often puts games directly into folders to turn it off:

1. Go to Settings → Applications → Application Management.
2. Find GetApps (or Xiaomi Apps).
3. Click Disable (if the button is inactive, click Stop first).
4. Then select the Warehouse. → Clear the data.

To disable advertising recommendations:

1. Open Settings → Google → Advertising.
2. Turn off personalized advertising.
3. Go back to the basic settings and find additional → Special features → MIUI Services.
4. Disable MIUI Recommendations and Personalized Services.

These actions will reduce the number of advertising games in folders, but do not guarantee the complete disappearance of recommendations. ADB (see method 4).

Method 4: ADB-commands for deep shutdown (without root)

If previous methods have not worked, you can disable system processes through ADB (Android Debug Bridge. It doesn't require root, but you'll need a computer and a computer. USB-cable.

Preparation:

1. Turn on Developer Mode: Settings → About Phone → MIUI version (click 7 times).
2. Return to Settings → Additional → For developers and enable USB debugging.
3. Download Google’s Platform Tools and unpack it on PC.
4. Connect the phone to your computer and confirm the debugging permission.

Commands to execute:

Open the Command Prompt (Windows) or Terminal (Mac/Linux) in the folder with the platform-tools and enter in turn:

adb shell pm hide com.miui.gamecenter.sdk # Disables Game Center


adb shell pm hide com.xiaomi.gamecenter # Disables Game Turbo (main)




adb shell pm hide com.miui.gamebooster # Disables the game accelerator




adb shell pm hide com.xiaomi.midrop # Disables GetApps (if not previously disabled)




adb shell pm hide com.miui.hybrid # Disables hybrid recommendations

After completing the commands, restart the phone, the Game folder should disappear, and recommendations should stop appearing.

⚠️ Note: pm hide commands temporarily disable system applications until the next reset. MIUI Repeat the procedure and remove the entire process by root (see Method 5).

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If, after the execution, ADB-The commands of the Game folder are left, but it is empty, do not delete it manually - this can cause launcher errors. Just leave it unattended or move it to the archive (press it). → "Hide").

Method 5: Remove root-access system APKs (for advanced ones)

If you have root access (like through Magisk), you can completely remove the system applications that handle recommendations, which is the most radical method, but it is guaranteed to solve the problem.

What can be removed:

• 🎮 com.miui.gamecenter.sdk – Game Center (main source of recommendations)
• 🚀 com.xiaomi.gamecenter — Game Turbo
• 📦 com.xiaomi.midrop - GetApps (app store)
• 🔍 com.miui.hybrid – Hybrid recommendations (analytics)
• 📊 com.miui.analytics - Analytics MIUI (tracks down established games)

How to delete:

1. Install Root Explorer or FX File Explorer with root support.
2. Go to /system/priv-app/ or /system/app/.
3. Find the folders with the names from the list above and delete them (or rename them by adding.bak at the end).
4. Reboot the phone.

What happens after removal:

• ✅ The Game folder will disappear forever.
• ✅ Game recommendations will no longer appear.
• ❌ Some gaming features (such as recording screens in games) may stop working.
• ❌ After updating MIUI remote APK can recover.

⚠️ Attention: Removal of system APK It can cause the phone to malfunction if you delete something critical.Always back up through TWRP Or OrangeFox before such actions!

How to Prevent Recommended Recommendations After MIUI Update

Even after successfully disabling recommendations, they can return after the MIUI update.

1. Turn off automatic MIUI update: Go to Settings → About Phone → System Update. Click on three dots in the upper right corner → Update settings. Turn off Autoboot and Automatic Installation.
2. Use an alternative launcher: Install Nova Launcher, Lawnchair or Hyperion Launcher.These launchers ignore system folders MIUI, including "Games." Minus: some features MIUI (For example, gestures may not work properly.

Block the recommendation domains through hosts:

• With the AdAway app (root required), blacklist the domains: api.game.mi.com tracker.miui.com sdkconfig.ad.xiaomi.com

Additional advice: If you do not want to refuse updates MIUI, But you don’t need any recommendations, use a combination of Method 1 (disable Game Turbo) and Method 4 (ADB-This will give maximum protection without the risk of system failure.

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The most reliable way to avoid recommendations is to use an alternative launcher (like Nova) + disable Game Turbo via ADB. This does not require root and works even after MIUI updates.

FAQ: Frequent questions about MIUI game recommendations