This way you remove all advertising on Xiaomi phones

Xiaomi places advertisements in its smartphone apps. Fortunately, you can simply turn off these ads. We explain step by step how to do this in this article.

Xiaomi Ads

On Xiaomi phones with MIUI, you just need to install an app from the Play Store or Xiaomi will start scanning that app for viruses. That despite the Google Play ProtectGoogle scanner that already scans all apps for threats on a daily basis. What is handy for Xiaomi is that an advertisement is displayed quickly while scanning.

Xiaomi has a very low profit margin on selling all of its hardware, ranging from smartphones to electric scooters and smart vacuum cleaners at Xiaomi. The company makes a maximum profit of only 5% per product sold, and that margin will remain so low forever, Xiaomi promised. on Twitter. Xiaomi therefore chooses to generate additional income through other means, such as advertising in the MIUI interface.

Of course, advertising can be disruptive, so there are ways to turn off the display of advertisements. In 2019, the company talked about adding a button that you can use in one go. remove all ads, but unfortunately that has not yet come true. You therefore remove the ads step by step, or rather: application by application. Follow the steps below.

Roadmap

MSA (MIUI system announcements)

• Open “Settings”
• Search for ‘Consent and Revocation’ and open the setting
• Turn off the switch with ‘Msa’
• Wait a few seconds for the button at the bottom right to turn blue, then choose “ Revoke ”

Advertising services

• Open “Settings”
• Search for “Advertising services” and open the setting
• Disable “Personalized ad recommendations”

security

• Open the “ Security ” app on your Xiaomi phone
• Tap the gear icon at the top right to open settings
• Disable “Receive recommendations”
• In the settings, tap on ‘Cleaner’
• Disable “Receive recommendations”

Mi browser

• Open the ‘Mi Browser’ app on your phone
• Tap the ‘Profile’ icon at the bottom right, then tap the settings gear icon at the top right
• Disable the following options: “Content feed”, “Show” News “in navigation bar” and Show “Games” in navigation bar “
• Choose “Advanced” in the settings
• Go to “Confidentiality and security” and deactivate “Personalized services”

The music

• Open the Music app
• Select the settings icon at the top left
• Tap “Settings”
• Go to ‘Advanced settings’
• Disable “Show ads”

Downloads

• Open the ‘Downloads’ app
• Tap the menu with the three dots at the top right and choose “ Settings ”
• Disable “Show recommended content”

Sponsored applications

MIUI displays sponsored apps in folders on the home screen.

• Open such a folder and tap on the folder name as if you want to rename it
• Turn off the Sponsored apps switch

They like

• Open the ‘Thema’s’ app
• Tap the account icon at the bottom right
• Choose “Settings”
• Disable “Recommendations”

Are there any apps on the menus that Xiaomi announces? Let us know in the comments at the bottom of this article.