How to turn off notifications on Xiaomi: a step-by-step guide

The modern smartphone has become a central communication hub that tells us dozens of events every minute: emails, social media news, calendar reminders and system statuses. For many owners of Xiaomi, Redmi and Poco devices, this constant information noise becomes a source of stress and reduces productivity. Especially annoying is when the phone emits an audible signal at the wrong time, for example, during an important meeting or watching a movie, even if the silent mode for calls is turned on.

Users often confuse different volume levels, not understanding why when the sound of media files is turned off, the phone still emits characteristic melodies. The interface of MIUI and the new HyperOS shell has a complex hierarchy of settings, where the management of notification sounds is put into a separate logical unit. To effectively manage the acoustic profile of the device, you need to clearly distinguish between system sounds, multimedia and application alerts.

In this article, we will take a look at all the ways you can turn off audio signals, from quickly setting up profiles to deep customization for each app you install, and learn how to create perfect silence or customize personalized profiles that will notify only the truly important events, ignoring information spam.

Global sound profile settings

The fastest way to change the acoustic behavior of a smartphone is to use built-in sound profiles. Unlike many other manufacturers, Xiaomi offers a flexible system for switching between modes that allows you to instantly drown out all unnecessary noise. To access these settings, you just lower the notification curtain and click on the speaker icon, or go to the Settings → Sound and Vibration menu.

Here, the user encounters three main sliders: call volume, media and alarm clock. However, to manage notifications, it is critical to pay attention to the additional settings hidden in the “Additional Sound Settings” menu. This is where the switch is often overlooked when trying to figure out how to turn off notifications globally on Xiaomi.

🔇 Silent mode: completely shuts down all sounds except the alarm clock, leaving only vibration for calls (if it is set up).
📳 Do Not Disturb: Blocks incoming calls and notifications, preventing the screen from lighting up and the dynamics from making sounds.
🔔 Lock sound: a separate parameter responsible for clicking when the screen is turned on and off, which can also be turned off.

⚠️ Warning: Activating Do Not Disturb mode can cause emergency calls to be missed. In this mode settings, be sure to add favorite contacts to the exclusion list to stay in touch in critical situations.

The Sound in Your Pocket feature is a special feature that is designed to keep the phone from ringing or squeaking when you're in your bag or pocket if you don't get it out. However, this feature sometimes doesn't work properly, and it can jam notifications even when the phone is on the table. If you notice strange behavior of the sound system, try turning it off in Settings → Sound and Vibration → Additional.

📊 What sound mode do you use most often?

Always with sound: Vibration:Silent mode: Do not disturb mode

Managing Notifications for Specific Applications

Often, you need to leave sound alerts for messengers, but disable them for games or news aggregators. Android, in conjunction with the MIUI shell, allows you to customize notification channels for each application individually, which gives you maximum control over what will bother the user.

To access these settings, go to Settings → Notifications and Status bar → Notification Management. In the list that opens, select the desired application, such as Instagram or Telegram. Here you will see the Allow Notifications switch. If you turn it off, the app will stop sending any signals. However, for a more subtle setting, click on the notification category name (for example, Messages or Likes).

Within the category, behavior can be fine-tuned in detail:

🎵 Sound: Selecting a melody or setting the value of "No sound».
📳 Vibration: Turning on or off the tactile response.
🔒 On the lock screen: show content or hide it.
🚫 Banner: A pop-up window on top of other apps.

⚠️ Note: Some applications, especially banking and delivery services, may have their own internal notification settings that take precedence over system ones.

Also worth mentioning is the Smart Notifications feature, which analyzes your habits and can automatically hide less important alerts if you’re actively using your phone, which is powered by artificial intelligence algorithms and can be useful for reducing information noise without completely blocking apps.

☑️ Setup of application notifications

Open Phone Settings: Go to Notification Management:Select App:Set up Categories and Sounds

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Disabling the sounds of system events and keyboard

In addition to apps, the smartphone emits a lot of system sounds, such as keyboard clicks, screen locks, dialing and charging sounds, which are often perceived as background noise that you want to get rid of to create a more comfortable acoustic environment.

To turn off the keyboard sounds, you need to go to the settings of the keyboard itself. If you use a standard Gboard or MIUI Keyboard, the path will look like Settings → Additional settings → Language and input → Current keyboard → Settings. Here you need to find “Push Sound” and put the slider inactive, which will make the printing silent, which is especially convenient in quiet rooms.

System interface sounds, such as clicks when unlocked or beeps when errors are turned off in the Settings menu → Sound and vibration → Additional. Here you can find the switch "locking sound" and " dialing sound." Disabling these settings makes interaction with the interface completely silent, leaving sound only for media and calls.

Type of sound	Where to turn off	Impact on the system
Keyboard clicks	Keyboard settings	The seal is becoming quiet.
The sound of lockdown	Sound and vibration → Additionally.	The screen goes out without sound.
cock-horn	Phone. → Settings → Sounds.	Dialing without tone signal
Sound of charge	Sound and vibration → Additionally.	Connecting a cable without a signal

There is also a hidden method of disabling sounds through the engineering menu, but using it without proper qualification is strongly discouraged, since an error can lead to complete loss of sound in the device.

Setting up the "Do Not Disturb" mode

Do Not Disturb (DND) is the most powerful tool in Xiaomi’s arsenal that allows you to create complex silent scenarios. Unlike simple silent mode, DND does not just turn down the volume, but software blocks the receipt of notifications at the system level.

You can activate it through the notification curtain or in Settings → Sound and vibration → Do Not Disturb. In this section, you can set a schedule to automatically switch to silent mode at night, or enable the Smart Mode feature, which activates locking when the phone detects that you are asleep.

What is the difference between silent mode and not disturb?

In silent mode, notifications come, vibrate (if configured) and appear in a curtain, just without sound.In Do Not Disturb mode, notifications may not even arrive on the screen, sunbathe it, or vibrate, completely insulating the user from digital noise.">Do Not Disturb mode provides maximum isolation by blocking visual and audio signals, while silent mode only turns off audio output, an important feature is the ability to customize exceptions. You can allow interruption of silence for repeated calls (if the same number rings twice within minutes) or for selected contacts.This makes the mode convenient for use during sleep or important meetings when you need to be available only for emergency calls. 📅 Schedule: Automatic turn on time. 🌙 Sleep: activation when the alarm clock is turned on or at a set time. 📞 Favorites: Whitelist of contacts allowed to disturb. 🔁 Repeated calls: miss the call if the number calls back. MIUI 14 With HyperOS shell release and upgrade to MIUI 14, the algorithms for working with notifications have changed, and the system has become more aggressive in controlling background processes, which sometimes leads to notifications not only not sounding, but not coming at all, due to the optimization of power consumption. If you upgrade to the new version and stop hearing notifications, check your autostart and battery settings. → Annexes → All applications, select the problem app and make sure that the "No Limits" restriction is in the "Battery" section. Also check if the check box on "AutoStart" is correct». ⚠️ Note: In new firmware versions, resetting notification settings may occur after system updates. After each major update, it is recommended to recheck the access rights and audio settings for key messengers, and another new feature was the extension of the function "Acoustic Optimization". Now the phone can analyze ambient noise and automatically raise the volume of notifications in noisy environments, and vice versa, reduce it in silence. If you think the sound of notifications is floating, check the settings in the Settings section. → Sound and vibration → Acoustic optimization. Addressing lost sound problems There are situations where the user wants to turn the sound off but faces the reverse problem: the sound doesn't turn off or, on the contrary, it's gone where it should be. Often this is due to the desynchronization of software volume sliders. MIUI There is a separate slider for notifications, which is not always visible on the main screen adjustment. To call the expanded volume menu, tap any of the volume buttons, then tap the tri-point or down arrow in the window that appears. Here you will see a separate Notifications slider. Make sure it doesn't peak if you want silence, or zero if the sound is gone. And the sound can also be affected by the connected Bluetooth headset. If the phone thinks it should go to the headphones that are in the bag, the smartphone speaker won't be silent, but you won't hear anything. 💡The most common reason for the absence or incorrect operation of the notification sound is the desynchronization of a separate notification volume slider in the advanced adjustment menu. Frequently asked questions (FAQ) Why Xiaomi’s notification sound turns off? This can be due to the schedule of Do Not Disturb, activation of the "Sounds in your pocket" function, or malfunctions in the operation of a particular application. Check the schedule settings in the "Do Not Disturb" section and make sure that the application does not have battery restrictions. Can you make sure that messages from certain contacts sound and others remain silent? Yes, this is possible. Turn on the "Do Not Disturb" mode and in its settings add the desired contacts to the "Favourites" list or allow interruptions for calls from contacts. For messengers, you need to configure inside the application itself, sing the key contacts in the phone's voice mode without automatically switching the camera. In some regions (China, Japan), the camera sound is software-sewn and not disabled by standard methods due to legal requirements. Why did the MIUI update lose the audio settings? After major updates, the system can reset the permissions for applications. Go to Settings → Apps → All Apps, find the desired application and reconfigure the notification category and the audible signal.