How to completely remove “Accelerate Games” on Xiaomi Redmi: 5 proven ways

The Game Turbo app on Xiaomi Redmi smartphones is marketed as a tool to optimize gaming performance. However, many users find it running on its own, eating up battery life, displaying annoying ads, or conflicting with manual graphics settings. Moreover, after MIUI 13/14 updates, its removal by standard methods is often blocked by the system.

In this article, we will discuss all working methods of uninstallation - from simple disconnection to complete removal through the ADB (You will also learn how to return factory speed settings to games if you have lags in heavy games like Genshin Impact or Call of Duty Mobile after removal. 10/11/12, Redmi 9/10/11, POCO X3/X4 and other devices on MIUI.

Why Accelerating Games is Getting in the Way: 4 Key Challenges

Before you uninstall the app, it’s important to understand what functionality you’re losing and whether it’s worth the potential risks. Game Turbo in Xiaomi performs several tasks:

• 🔋 Battery Optimization: Limits Background Processes During Play.
• 🎮 Management FPS: Frequency Frequency for Stability.
• 📶 Network Priority: Allocates more traffic to online gaming.
• 🛡️ Block notifications: disables pop-ups during gameplay.

In practice, however, users complain about:

• ⚡ Spontaneous launch even without games (for example, when watching videos).
• 📉 Fall FPS In some games, due to aggressive optimization.
• 🔊 Intrusive notices about "improved productivity».
• 🔒 Conflicts with manual graphics settings (for example, in the PUBG Mobile).

If you’re one of those who wants to get rid of Game Turbo forever, go to the next section, and if you’re in doubt, check if useful features (like blocking random touches or recording gameplay) are included in the app.

Method 1: Disconnect via MIUI settings (without root)

The safest method is to deactivate the application without removing it completely, which is fine if you want to just stop it working, but keep the ability to return the functionality to the app.

Instructions:

1. Open Settings → Applications → Application Management.
2. In the search box, type “Game Acceleration”** (or Game Turbo).

⚠️ Attention: On some firmware MIUI 14 button Disable can be blocked. In this case, proceed to the method of ADB (section).

Once disabled, the app won’t start automatically, but its icon may remain on the menu. To hide it, use any launcher (like Nova Launcher) with the system application hide feature.

Method 2: Remove through “Developers Settings”

If the standard shutdown didn’t work, you can try removing the cache and application data, and then uninstall the updates.This method doesn’t require root, but may not work on newer versions of MIUI.

Steps:

1. Activate Developer Mode: Go to Settings → About Phone. Press 7 times on the MIUI Version until the notification appears.

Settings → Additional → For Developers

Application management

"Pushing games"**.

Clear the cache

Clear the data

Remove updates

⚠️ Note: On some devices (e.g. Redmi Note 11 Pro)+) After data clearing, the application automatically recovers after 24 hours. To avoid this, immediately after cleaning, disable automatic updates of system applications in Settings. → Annexes → Application management → ⋮ → Auto-update.

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If Game Turbo reappears after removing the updates, try turning it off via Settings → Battery & Performance → Battery Management → Application selection and set a “Limit Background Activity” restriction for it.

Method 3: Remove via ADB (for power users)

If previous methods have failed, the only reliable way is to use ADB (Android Debug Bridge), which requires connecting a smartphone to a PC, but does not need root rights.

Step-by-step:

1. Download and install ADB Tools on PC.
2. Turn on the phone debugging over USB: Settings → For developers → debugging over USB.

Redmi

PowerShell

ADB

adb devices

(Your device should be displayed.)

adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.mi.gamecenter.sdk.service

For MIUI 14, an additional command may be required:

adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.xiaomi.glgm

If the command is successful, the application will be completely removed for the current user (without affecting the system partition).

⚠️ Note: Some Xiaomi firmware (especially Chinese) packages may have different names. To find out the exact package name, use the command:

adb shell pm list packages | grep -i game

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Uninstalling via ADB is the most effective method for MIUI 13/14, but it takes care. If you type in the wrong package name, you can uninstall an important system application!

Method 4: Removal with root rights (for advanced)

If you have root access (e.g., through Magisk), you can completely erase Game Turbo from the system partition, which is irreversible and can lead to unstable system operation if executed incorrectly.

Instructions:

1. Install a file manager with root support (such as Root Explorer or Solid Explorer).
2. Go to /system/priv-app/ or /system/app/.
3. Find the folders with the names GameCenter GameTurbo MiGameCenter

.bak

Reset the device.

⚠️ Note: On some devices (Redmi) K50, POCO F4) Removing system applications can lead to a cyclical reboot. TWRP Or OrangeFox.

Method 5: Reset to factory settings (extreme case)

If none of the methods worked and Game Turbo continues to interfere, you can perform a partial reset (without deleting user data) that will return all system applications to their original state, but save your files.

How to do this:

1. Go to Settings → About the phone → Reset settings.
2. Select Reset all settings (do not delete all data!).
3. Confirm the action and wait for the reboot.

⚠️ Note: Some devices (Redmi Note 12 Pro) may automatically optimise games after reset:

1. Open the settings → Battery and performance.
2. Turn off the optimization option for games.

What do you do if nothing helps?

If you’ve tried all the ways, but Game Turbo is still active, the problem may lie in:

• 🔄 Automatic recovery of system applications (characteristic of MIUI 14).
• 📦 Castom firmware where the application is integrated into the system.
• 🔒 Politics of the region (on global firmware, removal is easier than on Chinese ones).

In such cases, there are two options:

1. Install custom firmware (e.g. Pixel Experience or LineageOS) where Game Turbo is not available by default.
2. Use alternative launchers (such as Nova Launcher) that hide the application icon and block it from running.

If you decide on a custom firmware, consider:

• You will need to unlock the bootloader (perhaps with a wait of 7-15 days).
• The warranty on the device will be cancelled.
• Certain functions (e.g, IR-blaster NFC) They may not work properly.

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Before installing custom firmware, check its compatibility with your Redmi model on the XDA Developers or 4PDA forum. Version mismatch can lead to a device blink!

FAQ: Frequent questions about Game Turbo removal