How to permanently remove pop-up ads on Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro: 7 proven ways

The pop-up ads on the Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro are one of the most annoying issues faced by smartphone owners of the brand. Even after buying a new device, users notice that banner ads appear in the settings menu, on the lock screen, in the Security app** and even during games. MIUI, which integrates advertising modules for monetization by default.

In this article, we will discuss 7 working methods to remove ads on the Redmi Note 8 Pro without root rights and complex manipulations. You will learn how to disable system notifications, block advertising services through Settings, clear the cache of problematic applications and even use third-party tools to completely block. Important: some methods require updating your firmware to the latest version of MIUI 14+ – check the relevance of your software in Settings → About Phone → System Update.

If you're tired of the intrusive banners offering Xiaomi games, credits or services, follow the instructions below. We've tested each method on the Redmi Note 8 Pro with MIUI 12-14 firmware, so we guarantee the result. Let's start with the simplest one: disabling personalized ads in the system settings.

1. Disabling personalized advertising in MIUI

The first step is to deactivate the Personalized Recommendations feature in Xiaomi’s settings, which is responsible for collecting data about your actions and showing “relevant” ads, and disabling it will reduce the number of banners, but will not remove them completely.

Instructions:

• 📱 Open Settings on the main screen.
• 🔍 Scroll down and select About Phone.
• 📝 Tap on the item All settings (or additionally, depending on the version) MIUI).
• 🔧 Find the Personalized Recommendations section (may be called Advertising or MIUI Optimization).
• 🚫 Turn off the slider Show personalized advertising.

After that, restart your phone, and you'll notice the effect in 12 to 24 hours, and some of the ads will disappear, but the banners in the Security and Themes apps may stay, and we'll move on to the next method to remove them.

2. Blocking of advertising push notifications

Advertising push notifications are a separate headache, they come even when the phone is locked, and often disguise themselves as system alerts. In the Redmi Note 8 Pro, they can be disabled through app-specific notification settings.

List of the most “advertising” applications Xiaomi:

• 🛡️ Security (com.miui.securitycenter) – shows banners with “optimization” and “cleaning».
• 🎨 Themes (com.android.themes) – advertises wallpaper and icons.
• 📱 MIUI System (com.miui.system) – responsible for system notifications.
• 💰 Mi Credit (com.miui.credit) – loan offers (if established).

How to turn it off:

1. Press any advertising notice on the lock screen or in the curtain.
2. In the menu that appears, select Disable notifications.
3. To completely block, go to Settings → Applications → Application Management, find the desired application and turn off the permission to Show Notifications.

⚠️ Warning: Disabling Security notifications** may hide important virus or update alerts.We recommend leaving notifications on, but blocking only advertising channels (see next section).

3. Manual removal of advertising channels in applications

Many Xiaomi system applications have hidden “ad channels” that can be manually disabled. For example, Security** has a separate module for displaying banners – it can be deactivated without consequences for basic functions.

Instructions for “Security”**:

1. Open the Security app** (Shield icon).
2. Tap the three-point menu (⋮) top-right.
3. Select Settings → About the programme.
4. Turn off the Advertising Recommendations slider (or Show Ads).

For the annex “Themes”**:

1. Open “Themes”** and go to profile (human icon).
2. Select Settings → Advertising preferences.
3. Turn off all available advertising options.

If you don’t have these, then your version MIUI does not support manual shutdown, in which case cleaning the cache (see section 4) or using it will help. ADB-teams (section 6).

4. Clearing the cache and data of advertising services

The accumulated cache of the Security, Themes and MIUI System apps** often contains downloaded advertising material. Cleaning it may temporarily remove banners, but the effect will not last long - in a few days the ads will return.

How to clear the cache:

• 📱 Go to Settings. → Annexes → Application management.
• 🔍 In the search box, enter the name of the application (for example, “Security»**).
• 🧹 Select Warehouse. → Clear the cache.
• 🚫 For the radical method, click Clear Data (⚠️ This will reset the application settings!).

List of cleaning applications:

⚠️ Note: Cleaning up the data in Security** will reset all application permissions, scan history and optimization settings. After the procedure, we recommend restarting the phone and checking if new advertising notifications have appeared.

5.Use of third-party ad blockers

If system methods don't work, third-party apps will come to the rescue.

• 🛡️ Blokada – Blocks Advertising at Level DNS, Download from the official website (not from Google Play!).
• 🔒 AdGuard - has the function of blocking push notifications and banners in applications.
• 🚀 DNS66 — Open source software to block ads through change DNS-Available on F-Droid.

How to set up Blokada:

1. Download and install. APK-File from the official website (not from the Play Market!).
2. Launch the application and allow creation VPN-connection.
3. Enable the lock in the main menu (Enable slider).
4. Go to Hosts and select the lists to block (we recommend Energized Protection).

Important: Blokada and similar applications may conflict with banking programs (Sberbank, Tinkoff) due to the use of a VPN.

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If after installing the blocker, some sites (for example, VK or Yandex) stopped working, add them to the white list in the application settings.

6. Disabling Advertising through ADB (for Advanced)

The most radical way is to use ADB-This method requires you to connect your phone to your computer, but it gives you 100% root-free results. MIUI.

What you need:

• 💻 Computer with Windows/Linux/macOS.
• 🔌 USB-cable (preferably original).
• 📦 Utility. ADB (download from Android).
• 🔧 Included Debugging by USB phone-on.

Step-by-step:

1. Turn on Developer Mode: Settings → About Phone → MIUI Version (shap 7 times)
2. Activate USB Debugging: Settings → Additional → For Developers → Debugging by USB
3. Connect your phone to your PC and run CMD (Windows) or Terminal (macOS/Linux).
4. Enter the commands in turn: adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.miui.analytics pm uninstall --user 0 com.xiaomi.midrop pm uninstall --user 0 com.miui.systemAdSolution

These commands remove the system modules responsible for collecting analytics and displaying ads. Once executed, restart the phone. Ads will disappear forever, but MIUI updates may return some modules - repeat the procedure after major updates.

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ADB-This is the most reliable way to remove ads forever, but it requires caution. Don't delete unknown packets to keep the system running!

7. Alternative firmware (for experienced users)

If none of these methods worked, the last resort is to install custom firmware without advertising.

• 🌍 LineageOS – pure Android without unnecessary services.
• ⚡ Pixel Experience – firmware with Google Pixel interface.
• 🔄 MIUI EU — European MIUI without advertising (but with Russification).

⚠️ Attention: Installing custom firmware will reset all data on the phone and may result in a loss of warranty:

• Make a backup through Settings → Additional → Backup.
• Unlock the bootloader (the official Xiaomi instruction).
• Use only firmware for the begonia model (codename Redmi Note 8 Pro).

For detailed installation guides, look for the 4PDA or XDA Developers forums. For beginners, we recommend starting with MIUI EU – it is as close as possible to stock firmware, but without advertising.

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