Recommendations appeared in the other xiaomi folder. How to remove recommendations on Xiaomi

Many of us are lucky owners of Xiaomi phones. For a quite reasonable amount, we become the owners of fairly advanced devices that combine the most modern innovations on the mobile device market. While welcoming the advantages of our mobile phones, we are often underwhelmed by the abundance of advertisements displayed on our phone. Especially annoying are the recommendations shown when launching many phone applications. What to do? Below we will analyze how to remove recommendations on Xiaomi devices, and what we need for this.

Xiaomi's MIUI is not just a skin theme for the Android OS. With MIUI, the company has made many fundamental changes to the Android OS, changing the visual form of the operating system and the functionality of its components. The changes made were positively evaluated by users. But there is one aspect that all MIUI users unanimously dislike - this recommendations with advertising.

MIUI certainly has an ad problem, and this problem has been getting worse lately. Back in September 2018, users started noticing banner ads in the Settings app. This caused a lot of negativity from phone owners in trying to convince Xiaomi to reconsider its decision.

Xiaomi advertising

It is imperative to know the essence of Xiaomi's business model in order to understand how the company manages to make money. Xiaomi founder and CEO Lei Jun once mentioned how the company follows a "triathlon" business model:

Xiaomi invests in gadget companies;
Sells gadgets through its online and offline stores;
Suggests services in recommendations that will be used on such devices.

The last leg of this triathlon, that is, the internet services, is that provides the bulk of the company's income, and the other two are needed to support this stage... In order to provide more people with access to such internet services, Xiaomi strives to produce smartphones as cheaply as possible without compromising their quality. This aggressive pricing strategy makes it very profitable for consumers to buy the company's products and then dive into the ecosystem of Internet services.

Xiaomi monetizes MIUI in two main formats: preloaded apps and advertisements... The former can be easily removed. Advertisements known as "recommendation" haunt us when launching many applications, and the way to remove them for many is under seven locks. These ads are paid for by advertisers and require a number of steps to disable them. Let's see how you can deactivate recommendations on Xiaomi.

This technique works for the vast majority of folders where there are " Recommendations ", And these are disabled using the corresponding slider next to the options.

More details can be found in this table:

Applications:	Procedure:
"Security"	Open this application, click on the gear icon at the top right. Scroll the opened screen to the very bottom, and select " Receive recommendations »Disable them on your Xiaomi.
"Conductor"	Start the file manager, open its settings. Go to the section " Information”, And deactivate the option.
"Downloads"	Tap on the application “ Downloads", Then click on the button in the form of three vertical dots at the top right. Deactivate the option “ Receive recommendations »Using the slider.
"Music"	Start your music player. Open the side menu in it, and then go to settings. Tap on " Additional settings ”, And in the list that opens, deactivate the function.

MIUI System Ads component for setting up ads in Xiaomi

Often, manufacturers add a lot of programs to the smartphone system that are not particularly needed. However, they actively consume both memory and battery life, as a result of which it sits down faster and becomes unusable. The MIUI system on Xiaomi gadgets is no exception. But there is a way out of the situation. To prevent unnecessary applications from interfering with your phone, you can turn them off. Find out how to disable apps on Xiaomi in this article.

The shutdown of the work of any programs for each is caused by its own reasons. Most often, the standard utilities that run in the background are disabled. For example, Scanner, Calendar, Clock, or Calculator. This allows you to clean performance from unnecessary processes.

You can also disconnect if you use some messenger intensively, but give your phone to a stranger and do not want him to see notifications.

How to disable apps on Xiaomi

For such an action as disabling programs, there are as many as three methods.

Turning off applications is possible:

using the "Settings";
by installing a special utility;
using the "Settings" in the Play Market.

Now let's analyze each method separately.

Method one:

Open "Settings".

Go to the All Applications tab.

Select the required program and go to its page.

On the bottom panel, click on "Close", and then confirm your choice with the "OK" button.

After that, the application will stop working until you activate it in this way.

Finally, you need to turn off the "Autostart" option, which is located in the same section, so that the program does not resume after restarting the phone.

Method two:

Go to the Play Market.
Find and download the Activity Launcher program.

On the home page at the top, change the "Recent Activity" section to "All Activity".

Find "Settings" in the list of programs.
In the "Settings" you must select "All applications" (if there are several, the very first ones will do) and hold until the menu appears.
Click on "Start Action".

Next, find the desired utility and click "Disable".

Method three:

Go to the Play Market and open the menu on the left.
Select the "Help / Feedback" section.
On the site where the phone will redirect you, find "How to uninstall applications on Android".
Next, in the instructions, click on "Go to application settings".
You will be taken to the list of downloaded and installed utilities.
Select a Google program.
Click Disable.

In addition to Google applications, it is possible to disable some programs from Xiaomi.

The deactivation instructions are the same on all Xiaomi models: Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro, Xiaomi Redmi 5, etc.

You probably noticed after buying a smartphone that advertisements are displayed in applications such as Music, Downloads, Explorer and many others. Let's figure out how to remove ads on Xiaomi. Immediately, we note that you will not be able to turn everything off and immediately, you will have to dig deeper into the MIUI system settings and individual applications.

Security application

Open the "Security" application and click on the gear icon ("Settings" menu) in the upper right corner.

At the bottom of the settings menu, turn off the item Receive recommendations

Disable advertising in folders

Open the folder and click on its name, then turn off the recommendations, as shown in the screenshot below.

Disable Explorer Ads

Launch the explorer and click on the icon in the form of three horizontal stripes in the upper left corner

Go to Settings > Information

Music app

Open the application and tap on the icon in the form of three stripes

Go to Settings > Advanced settings

Downloads application

Launch "Downloads" and tap on the icon in the form of three dots at the top right

System settings

We open Settings > Advanced settings

The component is responsible for displaying advertisements on your Xiaomi MSA- it also needs to be turned off. After pressing the switch to deactivate the component, you will need to wait a few seconds and then press OK.

Now you need to deactivate the background connection for the MSA. Open the "Security" application, scroll down the screen and click Traffic

We find System Applications > MSA

Deactivating the background connection

After these manipulations, completely all advertising from your Xiaomi will not disappear, since it can be not only in system, but also in third-party applications, where it is not always possible to disable it. For greater clarity, you can watch this video:

We hope this article was helpful to you. If you know more ways to limit the display of ads - describe them in the comments.

In almost all Xiaomi smartphones, a proprietary MIUI shell is installed on top of Android, which is characterized by a friendly interface. Its installation greatly expands the possible mobile device. However, the presence of ads in MIUI annoys many users, preventing them from viewing content or using applications comfortably.

Instructions for disabling ads in MIUI 10

Commercials and blocks get into the user's smartphone not only when downloading and installing applications, since they are already initially located in the shell itself. In this regard, it will be necessary to clean up several programs and sections of the phone.

Blocking ads in "Security"

To do this, follow these steps:

Disable ads in Xiaomi folders

Everything is simple here, since you need to perform all two steps:

Any folder is opened for choice, its name is highlighted;
The activity in the sub-item on receiving recommendations is removed.

Clearing File Explorer

Go to the utility and go to the settings menu, for which a button with three stripes is pressed;
Click on "Settings" to deactivate the "Receive recommendations" submenu.