Xiaomi’s current smartphones, which are powered by MIUI shells or the new HyperOS, offer users a wealth of functionality to personalize their tactile experience. However, it’s often the case that excessive vibrations when typing, pressing interface buttons or incoming notifications become annoying, especially in quiet places or while sleeping. Many owners of Redmi and POCO devices have difficulty finding the right switches, as developers periodically change the location of menus in different versions of the firmware.
In this article, we will discuss in detail all possible ways to completely or selectively turn off vibration on your device. You will learn where hidden settings of the system response are hidden, how to manage the tactile return for specific applications and what nuances the vibrator has in new versions of Android. Proper setting will not only save battery power, but also make the use of the smartphone more comfortable and predictable.
Global Vibration Shutdown through Sound Settings
The most obvious and quick way to remove all vibrations is to use the basic audio settings menu, which is ideal for those cases where you need to instantly put your phone into completely silent mode, including tactile signals, and to do this, go to Settings → Sound and vibration, where the main levers for controlling the audio and tactile output of the device are located.
In the menu that opens, you'll see a few sliders and switches that can handle different use cases, and you can set the volume of the call, the media files, and the alarm clock separately, but what we're interested in is the block that's associated with the tactile response. Notice the Vibration switch, which is often at the top of the screen or in the drop-down menu when you press three dots in the corner.
It's important to understand that completely disabling this setting can cause you to miss important calls if the phone is in your bag and the sound is off. So if your goal is just to remove the jitter of the screen when you touch, this method may be too radical, but for situations that require complete silence, it's perfect.
- 🔊 Open the Settings menu on the home screen or in the notification curtain.
- 📱 Go to the Sound and Vibration section to access audio profiles.
- 🚫 Find the Vibration switch and put it in an inactive state.
- ✅ Make sure the slider turns grey, which means shutting down the function completely.
⚠️ Attention: If you globally shut down vibration through the main audio menu, your phone will stop vibrating even when incoming calls, if you have a silent mode.
Customization of system sounds and tactile response of the interface
If you don't want to give up vibration when calling, but you get annoyed by the constant jitter of the screen every time you touch an icon or flip through a tape, you need more subtle settings. In Xiaomi shells, a separate setting is responsible for this, which is often called "Touch Sound and Vibration." You can find it by the Settings → Sound and Vibration → Additional.
This section hides the settings that make the system vibrate, which makes the phone vibrate when unlocking, locking, pressing navigation buttons and interacting with interface elements, and disabling this setting makes the smartphone work “dry” and quiet, which many users prefer to save energy and reduce noise.
It’s worth noting that some versions of MIUI 14 and HyperOS have introduced adaptive vibration, which changes the response strength depending on the context. If you don’t find a familiar switch, try looking for “Tactile response” or “Vibration upon touch.”
☑️ Checking system settings
After making changes, it is recommended to restart the device so that the changes apply to all system processes. Sometimes background services can store old cache parameters, which can cause vibration to manifest sporadically. Reboot ensures that the new settings profile takes effect immediately.
Vibration control of the Gboard keyboard and other applications
One of the most common causes of complaints of excessive vibration is the tactile response of the virtual keyboard. When typing fast, the constant jitter of the phone under your fingers can be tiresome and distracting. It is important to know that the keyboard vibration settings are independent of the system settings of the sound and are controlled inside the input application itself.
For the standard Gboard keyboard, which is preinstalled on most global versions of Xiaomi, the path to settings is as follows: open any field to type, click on the settings icon (cog) on the keyboard, then select Settings → Preferences → Vibration when pressed. Here you can not only turn off the function, but also adjust the duration of the vibration if you want to make it less intrusive.
If you use third-party keyboards like SwiftKey or Yandex.Key, the logic remains similar. You'll need to find the section related to tactile output or soundtrack directly in the settings of the app itself, often in the "Sound and vibration" section inside the menu of a particular keyboard.
| Annex | The path to adjustment | Parameter |
|---|---|---|
| Gboard | Settings → Preferences | Press vibration |
| SwiftKey | Sound and vibration | Vibration. |
| Yandex | Settings → Sound and vibration | Key vibrations |
| TouchPal | My topics → Settings | Keyboard vibration |
What to do if the switch is inactive?
Turning off vibrations for notifications and specific applications
Modern operating systems allow you to flexibly manage notifications for each application separately. You can leave the vibration on for instant messengers, but turn it off for games or news feeds. To do this, go to Settings → Notifications and Status bar → Notification Management.
Select from the list an app you are interested in, such as Telegram or WhatsApp. Inside the notification menu, you will find message categories (such as Messages, Groups, Calls). By clicking on the category, you will be taken to the detailed settings where you can turn off Vibration separately toggler, which allows you to create a personalized profile where the phone will only vibrate for really important events.
Also worth checking the settings of the apps themselves. Messengers often have their own internal notification settings that can override the system settings. Go to the app settings, look for the Notifications section, and make sure that there is no forced vibration check box.
- 📲 Go to Settings. → Notifications for access to the list of applications.
- 🔍 Select the desired application from the proposed list.
- ⚙️ Click on the notification category (for example, "General" or "Personal Communications").
- 🔕 Remove the tick from the Vibration to turn off the tactile signal.
Remember that Android 13 and above, which is the new Xiaomi, has even more detailed settings, and you can now adjust the vibration for even different types of events within the same category, giving the user full control of the device.
Specificity of the vibration shutdown in HyperOS and MIUI 14
With the release of the HyperOS shell, Xiaomi has changed the interface logic and location of some switches. Although the basic principles remain the same, the visual design and depth of the nested menu may have changed. In new versions, a unified tactile response control point is often found.
In HyperOS, you should pay attention to Settings → Sound and Vibration → Tactile Response. This can be a single master switch that controls the vibration of the entire system, including the keyboard and interface, if they support the Android Haptic standard. This simplifies management, but makes it impossible to fine-tune individual elements without using third-party tools.
⚠️ Note: In some regional firmware versions (e.g., Chinese version) CN) The menu may be called differently or not, and it is recommended to change the region in the phone settings to India or Singapore to unlock hidden features, although this may affect the operation of some services.
Users who upgrade from MIUI 13 to 14 or HyperOS sometimes encounter a bug when the vibration settings are reset after rebooting. If you encounter such a problem, try clearing the Settings app cache through the App menu → All Apps → Settings → Memory → Clear. You don’t need to delete the data, only the cache.
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Use Do Not Disturb mode to automate. Set up a do Not Disturb schedule at night, and the phone will automatically turn off all sounds and vibrations when you sleep.
Additional methods and use of special facilities
For users who don't have the standard methods, there's a special feature section, where you can find settings for people with hearing or vision impairments that also affect vibration. Go to Settings → Advanced Settings → Special features.
This section should check the "Hearing" or "Vibration" tab, and it may have switches like "Vibration on Call" or "Vibration on Touch" that duplicate the basic settings, but sometimes work independently of them, which may be the reason why the vibration returns after turning off the main menu.
There is also a method of turning off vibrations through the engineering menu, but it requires caution: the entry is through the dialer code # # # #6484## (CIT), but without proper qualifications it is better not to climb there, so as not to interfere with the calibration of the sensors.
If neither of these methods worked, it might be a hardware problem, a short circuit in the vibrator plume or a software failure in the power controller could cause spontaneous vibration, and then only a factory reset or a service center would help.