This way you remove all advertising on Xiaomi phones

Xiaomi places advertisements in its apps for smartphones. Fortunately, you can just turn off those ads. We explain step by step how to do that 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. This is despite the Google Play Protect scanner from Google that already scans all apps for threats on a daily basis. Handy for Xiaomi is that an advertisement is quickly displayed during scanning.

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

Of course, advertising can be disruptive, and therefore there are ways to disable the display of advertisements. In 2019 the company spoke about the addition of a button with which you can remove all advertisements in one fell swoop, but unfortunately this has not yet become a reality. You therefore remove advertisements step by step, or rather: app by app. Follow the steps below.

Roadmap

MSA (MIUI System Ads)

• 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 and then choose ‘Revoke’

Advertising services

• Open ‘Settings’
• Search for ‘Advertising Services’ and open the setting
• Turn off ‘Personalized Ads Recommendations’

Security

• Open the ‘Security’ app on your Xiaomi phone
• Tap the gear icon in the top right to open the settings
• Turn off ‘Receive recommendations’
• From the settings, then press ‘Cleaner’
• Turn off ‘Receive recommendations’

Mi Browser

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

Music

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

Downloads

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

Promoted apps

MIUI displays sponsored apps in folders on the home screen.

• Open such a folder and tap the name of the folder as if you wanted to rename it
• Turn off the ‘Promoted apps’ switch

Themes

• Open the ‘Themes’ app
• Tap the account icon at the bottom right
• Choose ‘Settings’
• Turn off ‘Recommendations’

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