How to disable ads in MIUI

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Detailed instructions for users of Xiaomi smartphones.

Xiaomi smartphones have a good ratio of technical characteristics and price. In 2016, Hugo Barra told Xiaomi says shrinking smartphone sales won’t hit the company that the company makes almost nothing from selling hardware. And recently, the head of Xiaomi, Lei Jun, assured the Profit from sales of devices will not exceed the 5% limit for Xiaomi - Lei Jun, that the profit from the sale of smartphones will never exceed 5% after all taxes.

How does the company manage to develop so dynamically, confidently conquering new markets? The answer is simple: in fact, Xiaomi earns income not only and not so much from the sale of tangible devices, but through the distribution of digital services. Including advertising.

The proprietary MIUI shell is simply crammed with ads that pop out in the most unexpected places. Recently, users have found advertisements even in the operating system settings. It's good that there is an opportunity to turn off all this nonsense. And you don't even need superuser rights for that.

Application "Security"

1. Open the system application "Security".
2. Click on the gear in the upper right corner.
3. Scroll to the bottom of the list of settings and move the "Receive recommendations" toggle switch.

Cleaning application

1. Start the Cleanup application.
2. Click on the broom icon in the upper right corner.
3. Click on the gear in the upper right corner.
4. Find the "Receive recommendations" item in the settings and disable it.

Explorer app

1. Start the standard file manager.
2. Open the app settings.
3. Go to the "Information" section.
4. Disable the "Receive recommendations" option.

Downloads application

1. Launch the Downloads application.
2. Click on the three dots in the upper right corner.
3. Turn off the "Receive recommendations" item in the application settings.

Music app

1. Start the standard music player.
2. Open the side menu and go to settings.
3. Open Advanced Settings.
4. At the very bottom, turn off the "Receive recommendations" option.

Folders

1. Open any folder on your desktop.
2. Highlight its name.
3. A toggle switch "Receive recommendations" will appear in the folder, which you want to switch.

System settings

The display of advertisements in the operating system settings appeared after the recent update of the MIUI firmware to version 8.9.13. To remove this dubious innovation, you will need to disable the MSA (MIUI System Ads) component.

1. Open system preferences.
2. Go to the "Advanced Settings" section.
3. Open the section "Access to personal data".
4. Find the msa component and deny it access to personal data.