Tired of annoying ads on your Xiaomi smartphone? Here’s how you can remove them.
Xiaomi is known for putting out the most budget-friendly smartphones on the market. One of the ways Xiaomi is able to reduce the cost of its devices is by integrating advertisements in its MIUI OS. While everyone likes a good smartphone within their budget, not a lot of people like being subjected to ads while browsing their phones. Luckily, there is a fix for that. In this article, we bring you the best ways to disable or remove ads on a Xiaomi smartphone.
Read Also: Best RGB lights you can buy for your desk or room
Disable ads from Settings
Step 1: Launch the device Settings on your Xiaomi smartphone.
Step 2: Scroll down and select ‘Passwords and Security’.
Step 3: Tap on ‘Authorisation & revocation’.
Step 4: Turn the toggle bar off for ‘msa’.
Turn off notifications for ‘Get Apps’
The ‘Get Apps’ marketplace on your Xiaomi smartphone is notorious for routinely sending pesky notifications which are basically ads for other apps. Here is how you can disable these notifications.
Step 1: Go to your Xiaomi smartphone’s home screen. Press and hold the ‘Get Apps’ icon.
Step 2: Select ‘App info’.
Step 3: Tap on ‘Notifications’.
Step 4: Turn the toggle bar off for ‘Show notifications’.
Remove personalised ads
If you don’t want to see any personalised ads on your smartphone, try this trick. You will receive the same amount of ads, but they won’t be personalised anymore. To turn off ads entirely, try the methods mentioned above.
Step 1: Go to Settings and select ‘Passwords and Security’.
Step 2: Tap on ‘Privacy’.
Step 3: Select ‘Ad services’.
Step 4: Turn the toggle bar off for ‘Personalised app recommendations’.
Read Also: Top ways to find someone using their phone number
Conclusion
This is how you can disable or remove ads from a Xiaomi smartphone. Disabling the msa app will remove most ads from MIUI, but if you still spot any pesky ads in the notification bar, make a note of the app sending you those notifications and uninstall it from the system. If the app cannot be uninstalled, simply disable its notifications.
<--- Copyright (C) 'Gadget Bridge' Read full article at... https://www.gadgetbridge.com/how-to/how-to-disable-ads-on-a-xiaomi-smartphone/
No comments yet