Modern Xiaomi, Redmi and POCO smartphones feature powerful multimedia systems that make for great sound but sometimes irritate, and when you hear a loud click in a quiet library, meeting or watching a movie every time you touch a screen, that's familiar to many users, especially for owners of devices with a MIUI shell or a new HyperOS, where the sound settings can be scattered across different menus.
There are a number of ways to remove the intrusive sound of the keyboard, and the method depends on which keyboard you use. The standard Gboard and proprietary MIUI Keyboard both have their own audio response management algorithms that are not always synchronized with the overall system volume settings. Understanding this difference is key to quickly solving the problem.
In this article, we will discuss in detail all possible ways to disable the audio of typing. We will look at both standard methods through the settings menu and the deeper options available in various versions of firmware. It is important to know that on some global versions of firmware, the path to adjusting the keyboard sound may differ from the Chinese versions by 1-2 menu items, this will help you avoid confusion and quickly achieve the desired silence.
Why Smartphones Make Sounds When Printing
Many users mistakenly believe that the sound of printing is regulated by a common slider of media content or ringtones. However, in the Android operating system, there is a separate channel for system sounds, which is often ignored in the usual volume adjustment with buttons on the case, and this channel is responsible for clicks, screen lock sounds and other system responses.
Smartphone makers including Xiaomi are implementing audio feedback to improve the user experience, creating the illusion of physical interaction with buttons. In the early versions of MIUI, these settings were tightly tied to the system profile, but with the release of new versions of Android, Google has separated the management of interface sounds and multimedia, which gives the user more freedom, but requires more accurate customization.
⚠️ Warning: Disabling system sounds completely in some custom firmware assemblies may cause the sound to disappear when dialing in a "calculator" or when working with a calculator.
It’s also worth considering that different smartphone models, whether it’s the flagship Xiaomi 14 or the budget Redmi Note, use the same software principles, but the settings interface may be visually different. If you don’t find the right item in one place, chances are it moved to an adjacent menu or renamed according to localization.
Turning off the sound in the standard Gboard keyboard
The Gboard keyboard is the de facto standard for most Android devices, including Xiaomi smartphones. It has the flexibility to fine-tune tactile and audio output. To get to the right menu, you don't have to search for it in the phone's general settings — the easiest way to do it is directly from the interface of the keyboard itself.
To start, open any application that requires text input, such as Messages or Notes. When the keyboard appears, look at the toolbar above the rows of letters. There's a gear icon that gives you access to all of the Gboard options. If there's no icon, click on the three-dot icon or emoji to expand the additional menu.
In the menu that opens, select Settings, then go to Preferences, and that's where the keyboard switches are hidden, and find the Sound option when you press them, and put the slider inactive, and that action will instantly turn off the soundtrack.
- 🔊 Volume: In the same menu, a key volume slider is often available unless you want to turn it off completely, but only make it quieter.
- 📳 Vibration: Next to the sound setting is the vibration parameter when pressed, which can also be turned off for complete silence.
- ⌨️ Duration: For advanced users, a vibration duration setting is available, which affects the subjective perception of the keyboard response.
☑️ Checking Gboard settings
After making changes, try typing a test message. If the sound is gone, then the settings are successful., updates to the Gboard app via Google Play can sometimes reset user preferences, so it is worth checking these settings again when updating the system.
Customization of sounds for the MIUI keyboard
Owners of Xiaomi, Redmi and POCO smartphones often encounter the MIUI Keyboard (or Chinese Keyboard in global versions), its interface settings may differ from the standard Gboard, since it is deeply integrated into the MIUI shell.
To get to the settings, call the keyboard and find the settings icon (usually a gear or icon with four squares at the top row). From the menu, select Settings, then go to Sound and Vibration or Preferences, depending on the shell version. Here you will see the keys Sound switch.
Interestingly, some versions of MIUI 13 and MIUI 14 have introduced keyboard audio settings into the general system menu, ignoring the application's internal settings. If the keyboard itself is missing or not working, you should refer to the global settings of the system.
| MIUI/HyperOS version | Location of settings | Option name | Additional action |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIUI 12 / 12.5 | Settings → Sound and vibration | Touch sounds | Reboot required |
| MIUI 13 | Settings → Additional settings | Language and input | Select the current keyboard |
| MIUI 14 | Settings → Sound and vibration | Additional sounds | No. |
| HyperOS 1.0 | Settings → Sound and vibration | Systemic sounds | No. |
What to do if the settings are reset?
Remember that MIUI Keyboard is often updated through the GetApps app store. After a major interface update, the menu structure may change, and the audio control can move to the General or Appearance subsection.
Global Sound Settings in Android System
If you want to ensure that you remove all system clicks, including keyboard sound, use Android’s global settings, which works regardless of whether your device has a Gboard, Yandex or a standard MIUI.
Take the Settings → Sound and Vibration path, which is where you find all the basic audio options on your smartphone. Find the Additional Sounds section (in some versions it may be simply called "Other Sounds" or be built into the main list).
Disabling this setting will cause the smartphone to stop making any sounds when interacting with the interface, which includes clicks when typing, lock/unlock screen sounds, and audio confirmations of actions in the menu, which for many users is the most convenient solution, providing complete silence.
- 🔇 Universality: The setup works on all applications at once, you don’t have to configure each program separately.
- ⚙️ Addiction: This setting is often associated with No Sound or Do Not Disturb mode, but can work independently.
- 🔄 Reset: When resetting to factory settings, this parameter returns to the "On" state by default.
It is worth noting that on some Xiaomi models with a very old version of Android (below 10), this switch could be on the Developer Menu, but in modern versions of HyperOS and MIUI it is always included in the user interface for convenience.
⚠️ Warning: Turning off "Tap Sounds" in global settings can make the interface less responsive to visually impaired people who rely on audio feedback. If you're using more than one phone, warn others to change settings.
Use of the "Do Not Disturb" mode
Often, you have to turn off the keyboard temporarily, such as during a movie or an important meeting, and in such cases, it makes sense not to change the settings constantly, but to use Do Not Disturb, which allows you to flexibly manage what sounds will pass and what will be blocked.
Xiaomi's Do Not Disturb mode has advanced settings. You can set it to block all sounds, including system sounds. Go to Settings → Sound and Vibration → Do Not Disturb. You can create a schedule or activate the mode manually through the notification curtain.
It is important to check the locking parameters inside the mode. Make sure that the checkmark or switch is activated that prohibits System sounds or Media Sounds (depending on the version of MIUI, the logic may differ).
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Set up automatic “Do Not Disturb” on schedule (for example, from 23:00 to 07:00) so that at night notifications and keyboard sounds do not wake you and your loved ones.
The advantage of this method is that it's reversible, and at the touch of a button or the timer's over, it's going to go back to normal, with all the sound effects, which is especially useful for people who change environments a lot.
Third-party keyboards and their features
Users who don’t like standard solutions often install third-party keyboards like SwiftKey, Yandex Keyboard or Typewise, each with their own engine and accordingly their own audio settings that are independent of Android’s system settings.
For example, in the keyboard SwiftKey from Microsoft, you need to open the menu of emoji / settings, select Sound and vibration and there already adjust the volume or turn off the sound completely. → Press sound. Logic is similar everywhere, but the layout of the interface elements is unique.
If you use multiple keyboards and switch between them, you’ll have to customize the sound in each one separately. Android doesn’t have a single “master switch” for third-party apps, as they run in an isolated space (sandbox).
- 🎨 Topics: Many third-party keyboards tie the sound to the chosen theme, check the theme settings.
- 🧠 AI: Some smart keyboards can change the volume of sound depending on the speed of printing (a rare but existing feature).
- 📱 Compatibility: Third-party keyboards may conflict with Xiaomi’s power saving system settings, leading to sound delays.
When you install a new keyboard, Android will ask permission to access the data entry, which is standard security procedure, and once you activate the new keyboard, you should immediately go to its settings and adjust the sound to avoid awkward situations in a public place.
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Third-party keyboards control sound independently of the system, and if you switched from Gboard to SwiftKey, you'd have to re-set the sound inside the new app.