How to Remove Keyboard Sound on Xiaomi Phone: The Complete Guide

Why Keyboard Sounds Are Irritating and How to Turn Them Off

The audio signals you typing on Xiaomi may seem like a cute thing for the first five minutes, but after an hour of active communication in messengers, they start to get on your nerves, especially in quiet rooms, libraries or during nighttime correspondence. Fortunately, the manufacturer has provided several ways to turn off these sounds, both through system settings and using third-party tools.

Complicating the problem is that different versions of the MIUI shell (12, 13, 14 or 15) may have different paths to settings. In addition, Xiaomi often has two keyboards installed at once: the standard one from MIUI and Google's Gboard, each with different sound parameters, and you have to turn them off separately. In this article, we will discuss all the current methods, from basic to little-known.

It’s important to consider that some models (like the Redmi Note 12 Pro+ or Poco F5) may have unique branded keyboards with additional settings. If you use a third-party keyboard like SwiftKey or Fleksy, the algorithm of actions will be different.

Method 1: Turn off sounds in a standard MIUI keyboard

If you use Xiaomi’s native keyboard (commonly called the MIUI Keyboard or the Xiaomi Keyboard), follow this instruction. Please note that depending on the version of the MIUI, the menu’s appearance may vary slightly, but the logic remains the same.

First, open any application where you can type in text (like Messages or Notes), tap the input box to make the keyboard appear.

1. Press the gear icon (⚙️) in the upper right corner of the keyboard to open its settings.
2. Select Sound and Vibration (or Settings for sound in older versions).
3. Move the slider Sound keys to the off position.
4. Optionally, turn off Vibration when pressed here if it is also annoying.

If your version of MIUI doesn’t have a gear icon right on the keyboard, try an alternative path:

• 📱 Go to Settings. → System and device → Language and input.
• 🔍 Find it in the keyboard list MIUI and tap her.
• 🔊 Choose Sound and Vibration → Turn off all audio options.

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Note for POCO owners: On POCO series devices (e.g., POCO X5 Pro), the path may be called Settings → Additional → Language and input. If you don’t find the keyboard on the list, make sure it’s installed as the main one in the Keyboard Management section.

Method 2: Configure sounds in Gboard (Google keyboard)

Gboard is an alternative keyboard from Google that is often set by default on Xiaomi in parallel with its native one. If you use it, the click sounds are turned off through its own settings. Here's how to do it:

1. Activate Gboard by touching any text field.
2. Click on the profile icon (or three dots) ⋮) keyboard.
3. Select Settings → Sound when pressed.
4. Move the slider to the off position.

In some versions of Gboard, the menu may look different.

• 📱 Open the Settings. → System system → Language and input.
• 🔍 Find Gboard in the keyboard list and tap it.
• 🔊 Go to Settings. → Sound and turn off all options.

If you still hear sounds after turning off, check if Gboard conflicts with the MIUI system settings. Sometimes it helps to restart the phone or reset the keyboard settings to factory (reset option in the Gboard menu).

Method 3: Turning off sounds through MIUI system settings

If previous methods have failed, the problem may lie in the global MIUI sound settings, which sometimes ignores the individual settings of the keyboards and force the sounds to be switched on through system profiles to fix:

1. Go to Settings. → Sound and vibration.
2. Scroll down to the Other Sounds and Vibrations section.
3. Find the keyboard sound (or press sounds) and turn it off.

On some devices (such as Xiaomi 13 Ultra or Redmi K60 Pro), this item may be in the Advanced Settings submenu. If there is no option at all, then your version of MIUI only controls the keyboard sounds through its own settings (see Methods 1 and 2).

Important for MIUI 15 users: In the latest versions of the shell, keyboard sounds can be tied to the Job/Home profile. Make sure you turn off sounds in all active profiles (check in Settings → Sound → Sound Profiles).

Method 4: Use of the "Do Not Disturb" mode

If you only need keyboard sounds in certain situations (such as typing in quiet places), you can use Do Not Disturb (DND) to temporarily disable all audio notifications, including the keyboard, but keep them quickly coming back.

Activate the mode in two ways:

• 📱 Through the Quick Settings Panel: Swipe down from the top edge of the screen and tap the icon 🔔 cross-belled.
• 🔍 Through Settings: Settings → Notifications → Don't disturb.

You can set exceptions to the DND menu, for example, allow alarm clocks or important contacts, but block system sounds (including the keyboard).

1. Go to Settings → Notifications → Do not disturb → Settings.
2. Select System Sounds and turn them off.
3. Activate the mode manually or set a schedule (for example, overnight).

⚠️ Note: Do Not Disturb also turns off incoming calls and notifications. If you only want keyboard sounds, this method is not suitable - use Methods 1-3.

Method 5: Remove or Replace Keyboard (Radical Method)

If the settings don't work, and the keyboard sounds continue to be annoying, you can go to extreme lengths to remove the problem keyboard or replace it with an alternative one, which is suitable for advanced users, as it requires changing system settings.

Option 1: Disabling the standard MIUI keyboard

• 📱 Go to Settings. → System system → Language and input.
• 🔧 Find the keyboard. MIUI and tap her.
• 🗑️ Click Disable (or Remove Updates if the Disable button is inactive).
• 🔄 Install another keyboard (such as Gboard or SwiftKey) as the main keyboard.

Option 2: Installation of a third-party keyboard

If you prefer not to interfere with system applications, simply download an alternative keyboard from Google Play (such as Microsoft SwiftKey or Fleksy).

1. Activate the new keyboard in Settings → Language and input.
2. Set it as the default keyboard.
3. Open the settings of the new keyboard and turn off all sound effects.

⚠️ Attention: Removal of the system keyboard MIUI This can cause some applications (such as Xiaomi’s branded services) to crash, and back up your data before doing so or make sure you have a working alternative installed.

Additional advice and problem solving

If after all the manipulations the keyboard sounds are still audible, check the following points:

• 🔄 Phone reboot: Sometimes audio settings are reset after an update MIUI. A simple reboot can bring them back to normal.
• 📲 Keyboard Update: Go to Google Play and check if there are updates for Gboard or MIUI Keyboard: Outdated versions can ignore settings.
• 🎵 Sound profile conflict: On some devices (e.g. Xiaomi Pad 6), the keyboard sounds are tied to the multimedia profile. → Sound. → Media.
• 🛠️ Resetting: If the problem appears after the update, try resetting the keyboard to factory settings (the option is in the menu of each keyboard).

For devices with MIUI 14/15, there is another hidden trick: activating developer mode and turning off sounds via ADB. This is an extreme method, but it works 100% of the time:

1. Turn on the developer mode (7 times tap the MIUI version in Settings → About phone).
2. Connect your phone to your PC and execute the command: adb shell settings put system sound_effects_enabled 0
3. Reset the device.

This command disables all system sound effects, including the keyboard, and to bring them back, replace 0 with 1.

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If keyboard sounds only appear in a particular app (like WhatsApp or Telegram), check the sound settings inside that app. Some messengers have their own audio profiles that overlap the system.

FAQ: Frequent questions about keyboard sounds on Xiaomi

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If neither of these methods worked, the problem could be the firmware, try updating MIUI to the latest version or installing an alternative keyboard (like Gboard or SwiftKey) that has the sounds turned off.