How to remove ads on Poco, Redmi & Xiaomi Phones

[@cetek1484]

Finally, not clickbait video that shows how to actually disable ads.

[@GavinsGadgets]

I don't do click bait ever. Just helpful stuff and honest reviews

[@amanjha5916]

Finally someone realised that not everyone is comfortable in rooting their device. Thanks for the video man.

[@GavinsGadgets]

You're welcome 👍 and you have understood why I did this video this way as well.

[@strangersgarden]

Straight to the point and no bs, a like from me 😤

[@GavinsGadgets]

Thanks 👍

[@abbasshahjafri]

Thanks, just got my Poco X3 yesterday and this really helped.

[@GavinsGadgets]

Glad it helped!

[@Rckrrr]

Same here, just got it today

[@GavinsGadgets]

Good to hear 👍

[@Rckrrr]

@@GavinsGadgets Thankssss, i just finished uninstalling bloatware. Now i'm ready to enjoy. Any recommendation, maybe some settings to tweak?? I just followed your ads tutorial and then uninstalled bloatware, nothing else

[@GavinsGadgets]

Glad it all worked for you. Just have a look at what works best for you in the settings.

[@anthra9149]

Thank you Brother ! My Brother did this Setups for me but it is honourable that someone like you is showing how to get rid of that BS for the good of everyone without even setting an ad on the video

[@GavinsGadgets]

You’re welcome

[@cornyunihorn5471]

I really enjoy the Poco X3 NFC. This video just made it so much better. Straight to the point and clear. You saved me a lot of time ! Thank you !

[@GavinsGadgets]

You’re welcome

[@Hurk2000]

Thanks! Received my X3 a few days ago and it's now ad free.

[@GavinsGadgets]

Nice one. Enjoy your X3.

[@ultramet]

Thanks so much. I received my Poco X3 yesterday in the States. The ads were driving me crazy. Much appreciated. I am impressed by the 120 Hz refresh rate and mid-range specs at this price point. Cheers

[@GavinsGadgets]

No problem. It drove me mad too, hence why I made this video. The difference is great now.

[@kkelroyy]

ultramet have one just over a week now and no ads pop up. During set up there are a few Mi apps i choose not to update and i never used the Mi browser.

[@GavinsGadgets]

You will get other ads if you don't turn off all sources.

[@plunder1956]

Thank you Gavin. Yet again, direct and helpful solutions to basic problems. Following your review (and this video) I ordered one and have been trying to set it up.

[@GavinsGadgets]

Hope you enjoy it. If you need any help give me a shout

[@Hals]

Funny how all these "unbiased" review channels talk about this phone as if it's perfect specs for it's price, but has the ads as a major drawback. However none of them mentions you actually can get rid of them, and be left with a perfect phone for only 200 eurobucks. Thanks for making this video! ps: SaveAfox is such a nice channel :)

[@GavinsGadgets]

Thanks for your feedback, appreciated 👍

[@YourMUMY]

Yer I agree . I had the Poco F1 it had no advertising but the space for it

[@sonito_1244]

You complain having ads with this price range? I would prefer ads just to lessen the price that you can disable later. Well, it really seems that commonsense is not so common these days.

[@GavinsGadgets]

Well how about Poco reveal the phone has ads when they sell it to keep the price lower? And if you pay a bit more you get the phone without ads? That's what Amazon does . Also Amazon only had ads on the lockscreen. This is everywhere possible. It's called perspective.

[@johndefty6005]

Thanks Gavin. Well done - as you say they hide adverts everywhere. This is very helpful, many thanks.

[@GavinsGadgets]

Thanks for the feedback John 👍

[@hmm2928]

Also additional things you could do is turn of the notifications from mi apps from settings and also select your region as Germany or Spain the ads wont come. Another option you can do is use a tool called "ADB Debloat for MIUI" but be careful what apps you de bloat, do not debloat the security and the cleaner app as doing that will force the phone into bootloops. You can select other apps (but i suggest see the list of apps safe to remove once). This also frees like 1.5GB of storage in your phone. But this has one downside is that everytime updates come the system apps will be installed again. But i feel thats a thing worth taking a sweat for. Takes only 4-5 minutes.

[@GavinsGadgets]

These are good suggestions. I didn't include them, as I wanted to keep it simple the guide simple enough, so everyone can do them. BTW I am in the UK, and the Poco X3 still got ads. I also thought, some of the Mi apps might be useful for others, so its a balancing act of including stuff that everyone can do without causing harm etc.. Appreciate the feedback !!!!

[@hmm2928]

@@GavinsGadgets I think so you got ads in UK, even while being in uk is because of brexit (i might be wrong). Because i generally use to set my location as UK to avoid ads. Hence suggested Germany and Spain.

[@GavinsGadgets]

Nothing to do with Brexit. Just a bit sneaky especially with ads when installing an app from the Play Store. It's probably how the price is kept low. I do wonder if Poco will get fined for this at some point, as they haven't declared on any marketing material that the phone comes with ads.

[@smilinandlaughin]

@@hmm2928 if you set your region to Germany/Spain, what would be its cons? Would it change the language as well?

[@rossbroughton3230]

Hi Gavin. My X3 arrived today. Removed the ads using you easy to follow steps. Liking the phone more thanks to you! Cheers! ps. I added the tik tok ad as you did, but there was no verify step. Not sure why..

[@GavinsGadgets]

Hi Ross, glad it all worked for you. Makes a big improvement IMO to the user experience without the ads. Enjoy the phone, its great !

[@yerisudiyono]

Big thanks Gavin buddy, I finally found some untouched places of those hidden ads and now I'm able to disable it all... Big big thanks, hope you have a good day, cheers 🍻

[@GavinsGadgets]

Glad I could help!

[@DollarsB]

Wait what? You're just telling people exactly how to do it? Wow. Keep up the great work.

[@GavinsGadgets]

Thanks!

[@rizki.og46]

Iam Form Indonesia And Thanks For Information, Good Job 👍🏻

[@GavinsGadgets]

You're welcome 👍

[@normanconquest]

Brother, this was very helpful. I was prepared to return this phone, but after this I may hang onto it! Thanks again!

[@GavinsGadgets]

You’re welcome 👍

[@vlissinger]

Thanks mate ! I started to get realy pissed off with my poco X4 pro and all it's adds . Now all of that crap is turned the phone is a pretty good thing

[@GavinsGadgets]

You're welcome!

[@cubinglab6332]

Nice video, probably going to get the x3, its in my budget, and the only thing that really concerned me was the ads, but thanks to you, thats no longer going to be a problem :D

[@GavinsGadgets]

Thanks for your feedback 👍

[@benzjeastherfabroa9454]

Not gonna lie, I'm using the Redmi Note 9 Pro and I followed your instructions and seems to works fine. I hope that this will not do some system crashes or somewhat. But at least it works on my phone. 👍

[@GavinsGadgets]

You’ll notice how many thank you comments there are going back months. Nobody has comeback with any issues. I do this on all my Phones too.

[@dave.004]

Cheers Gav, considering an X3 Pro thanks to the very enticing Black Friday (or apparently, month of November) pricing and it's great to know I'll be able to turn the ads off straight away.

[@GavinsGadgets]

No problem David. Thanks for your feedback 👍

[@zeeshanarshad3284]

Just subscribed as i saw your face..God bless you..your video randomly popped here in Pakistan 🇵🇰🇵🇰

[@GavinsGadgets]

Cheers 👍

[@LVJANISLV]

Finally just a video showing what you need to do. Thanks

[@GavinsGadgets]

Appreciate the feedback 🙏

[@FabriSlv]

Ads were the one thing keeping me from buying this phone... thank you for the video!

[@GavinsGadgets]

You’re welcome 🙏

[@SachinSai143]

Nice bro ... Love from india state of Tami lnadu ❤️

[@GavinsGadgets]

Thank you :)

[@dcfanforlife533]

Thank you Gavin so much!! It's so much better now!

[@GavinsGadgets]

Thanks for the feedback too!!

[@WNWI-bf1ri]

Thanks so.much i was annoyed since i have never had ads in my previous phones for things like file manager,etc. You saved us

[@GavinsGadgets]

You’re welcome 👍

[@meowranz]

Thank you so much for a direct, no bs, no extras tutorial!!

[@GavinsGadgets]

You’re welcome 👍

[@lorden95]

Nice! Have not bought it yet but the absolute first thing i will do before anything else is this. Cheers

[@GavinsGadgets]

Thanks 👍

[@youcancallmeal7272]

Fantastic video thanks so much for this mate, the ads they put in are ridiculously everywhere.

[@GavinsGadgets]

You’re welcome 👍

[@Go0dT1me5]

Bloody fantastic fella. What an effort but a smoother phone which does what I want

[@GavinsGadgets]

👍👍👍

[@blazejackson1202]

Video was very useful, much appreciated . A like from me.

[@GavinsGadgets]

Glad it helped!

[@crimsonmoondlx]

This is very helpful and straight to the point. Thanks for this man! More power to you!

[@GavinsGadgets]

Thanks for your feedback 👍

[@spylerfuknone9405]

Thank you man, you're a life saver. You just earned my sub

[@GavinsGadgets]

Appreciate the feedback & sub 👍

[@stephenhunter4787]

Much appreciated video. Ad free at last. Cheers

[@GavinsGadgets]

Glad it helped

[@afnaananwar293]

You deserve a like, I'll give you a like. You're a good man! Thanks for this :)

[@GavinsGadgets]

Thanks 🙏

[@gdlzee]

Thank you sir it actually works the ads are gone on my mi note 10 lite

[@GavinsGadgets]

You're welcome 👍

[@taylorhicksshh]

I follow all your steps, thank you so much! god bless you sir!

[@GavinsGadgets]

You’re welcome 😀

[@kaminyangfo714]

First ever without rooting, thanks sir.

[@GavinsGadgets]

You're welcome 👍

[@aolien2739]

Thanks so much for this! I appreciate you being clear and concise about everything

[@GavinsGadgets]

You’re welcome 🙏

[@syukran1096]

You nailed it❤️❤️❤️🔥

[@GavinsGadgets]

Thanks 🙏

[@snidedj]

Excellent, very clear and concise video. Thanks

[@GavinsGadgets]

Thanks for your feedback too 👍

[@md.mostafizurrahmanshovon1596]

Big thanks from Bangladesh ❤️🇧🇩

[@GavinsGadgets]

No problem 👍

[@ayanmajumder4144]

Straight forward video. Thumbs up!

[@GavinsGadgets]

Thanks 🙏

[@jerrys9426]

Thanks so much, great video! That Playstore one is definitely a bit sneaky. Just subscribed 😊

[@GavinsGadgets]

No worries, thanks for subscribing 👍

[@user-of4sd1rm8r]

Hi Gavin, rather late to the party but I've just stumbled across your fantastic video. Firstly thank you so much for this, as I would never in a million years been able to remove all the ad options on my Poco X3 PRO, without it. Just 2 quick queries though, my Poco is now on MIUI version 12.5.2 and as your video is over a year old now (but still relevant) I'm wondering if the following ad options have changed since the making of your video. Step 7 - Mi Video now (4.54 mins into your video) the "Personalised Recommendations" box is no longer there so unable to turn off. Similarly, Step 9 - "Folders" (5.44 mins into your video) I'm unable to see Is the "Promoted Apps) option so again unable to turn off. Are both of these issues as a result of the latest MUIU version 12.5.2 removing these options?

[@GavinsGadgets]

Thanks Colin for your feedback. The video is still relevant even now. Depending on which country you got your Poco from, it’s possible Xiaomi removed the option from your version. So you should be ok.

[@user-of4sd1rm8r]

@@GavinsGadgets That's what I thought but thx for confirming and for very quick reply. I bought 2 POCO X3 PROs a few months ago now direct from the POCO website so not sure where they came from, but at least thanks to you they'll now work ad free. Much appreciated. What would novices like me do without the likes of yourself lol!

[@vonpotatostein]

Thank you so much!!! This is super helpful!!!!

[@GavinsGadgets]

You’re welcome 👍

[@barbaralaing4114]

Thanks. Useful. Does that process automatically removed the ads from the folders? In the past I've removed ad suggestions from each folder individually. Appreciate your work!

[@GavinsGadgets]

If you follow the steps. There will be no ads from Xiaomi.

[@diddyange2258]

Great video. Straight to the point just what I needed. Thanks man 😊

[@GavinsGadgets]

No problem!!

[@HenryAB]

Thanks a lot Gavin. Cheers from Spain.

[@GavinsGadgets]

My pleasure!

[@Goodgrove]

nice one gav...i am waiting for my Poco x3 to arrive ...how are you finding yours so far?..

[@GavinsGadgets]

Thanks. I love it. My review is live tomorrow at 3pm 😃😃😃

[@rogeliomeza4314]

Thank you so much! I was weary as to whether or not I should buy a Poco phone because of the ads, but now all I need to know is if this removes all of the baked in ads?

[@GavinsGadgets]

Read the tons of thank you comments. I think that should answer your question!

[@angelodavid1303]

Thank you so much, good sir. Glad no root is ever needed!

[@GavinsGadgets]

You’re welcome 😀

[@Miltiadiss]

Thanks. Merry Christmas.

[@GavinsGadgets]

Merry Christmas too.

[@imac786]

> thanks man. really appreciate. in a twist of irony your video did have an add at the end :)

[@GavinsGadgets]

Thanks. Nothing ironic about the ad 😀 KZbin makes money from ads etc as you don’t pay to watch. But that’s expected behaviour 😉

[@imac786]

@@GavinsGadgets :p someone will be making a video about how to skip avoid youtube adds one day, irony is hard to miss

[@GavinsGadgets]

You can pay KZbin and not have ads. Same if you buy an Amazon Kindle. Should be an option or declared if price is funded by ads. The other issue is what and who is getting your data.

[@imac786]

@@GavinsGadgets ​ @Gavin's Gadgets X3 or youtube are not alone in using add revenue to fund service or earn revenue, hotmail yahoo list goes on, this is standard practice in IT and if someone found a work around to adds on youtube :) then we will be able to watch your remove add videos without adds too lol hence the irony. hope you get it. As for getting data part again personally I would like some more legislation in this area. User profiling means companies can overtime learn more about us than even we ourselves are consciously aware of This is bit Orwellian and I would rather avoid that future.

[@bakugeki6945]

This video is really helpful. Btw, where can I find Mi Browser? Or maybe I don't have it. But I haven't deleted anything yet.

[@GavinsGadgets]

Thanks Paul. Xiaomi obviously decided not to install the app on your device. Shame. It might be somewhere like APKMirror.

[@papicoysteamhunt9645]

Thanks, I just got my Poco X3 pro and it had a lot of promoted apps showing in my folders. Disabling MSA removed it.

[@GavinsGadgets]

You’re welcome 👍

[@darren6531]

Brilliant thanks Gavin 👍🏻

[@GavinsGadgets]

Your welcome Darren!

[@richardzawada8992]

Cmon man. In your hands this mobile looks like a toy :D Thanks anyway

[@GavinsGadgets]

😀😀😀

[@MintationNation]

You sir, are my hero.

[@GavinsGadgets]

You're welcome 👍

[@travelwithnemkul]

Very helpful video. Thanks mate

[@GavinsGadgets]

No problem 👍

[@BasketBloxBros]

thanks for the help, im getting this phone and it will be very helpful. liked and subscribed!

[@GavinsGadgets]

thanks for subscribing, hope you really enjoy your poco x3 when it arrives !!

[@WFHVictor]

Also file manager. If you go to to the app, settings, and about, there's personal recommendations. Sneaky

[@GavinsGadgets]

I forgot to mention that one. 👍

[@jigunawa]

I'm about to switch into Poco F3 and using android for the first time ever, this will really help me a lot! quick question, can we delete all the default apps that we did not want to use like the Mi Browser, Videos and Music? Cheers mate.

[@GavinsGadgets]

Some you can. Some can be stopped so the don’t appear. All just pop them into a folder. If you get a bit more advanced, with ADB and a PC anything can be removed.

[@jigunawa]

@@GavinsGadgets cheers, mate.

[@aimtaker9465]

Thank you for your help sir :) you deserve more subs

[@GavinsGadgets]

Thank you too!

[@DennisDE]

Excellent video thank you :) One question, how do I get rid of the annoying google search thing that is pre installed on the poco? I cant seem to get rid of the damn thing.

[@GavinsGadgets]

I was simply able to edit the Home Screen widgets

[@hjzjongbee]

Thank you Mr. It's very very good for me.

[@GavinsGadgets]

You’re welcome

[@hansuuuuuua]

Going to save your video bro gonna need this when i buy one

[@GavinsGadgets]

Thanks bro 👍

[@adrianpenaloza5665]

Im saving up for this phone but still too far. In going back to this vid once i will be able to buy this hopefully 🥺

[@GavinsGadgets]

Thanks for your feedback 👍

[@MrGonzonator]

Worth it, got mine this week and its been a blast getting to know it. It's a big heavy beast though!

[@GavinsGadgets]

Cool stuff.

[@seishinnfox]

I really don't mind the ads since it's not that noticeable but thanks for this anyway!

[@GavinsGadgets]

No problem. Enjoy your ads 😉

[@seishinnfox]

@@GavinsGadgets Yes, thank you for the info! :) At least we know it can be disabled.

[@GavinsGadgets]

Joking aside, even if you don't mind the adverts, they do drain your battery a little more as well as use a little more data. And some of your info will have been shared to feature those adverts for you.

[@PauL-tr1mn]

Now that's a treasure video!!!didn't really bother me that much but now I've turned them off 😂. I'm a new Xiaomi user still playing around. Is there a way to change mi cloud(5gb pls!) to other cloud?or to disable auto save?right now I have only cam enabled cause when I disable 3verything can't use private album-so thats kinda crap 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@GavinsGadgets]

Appreciate your feedback. You can you other cloud services for some things, not all. Just use the settings in each part to change what you want.

[@Kevin-sh7cd]

A comprehensive and useful guide BUT could have been improved by attending to the following: * Move in closer, especially at the top part of the screenshots * Use a better camera to improve icon sharpness * Remove the light reflection out of range of the screenshots * The screen was a tad too dull to see clearly * Slow down the instruction steps a tad for beginners It’s stated in another review that removing ads affects the navigation generally. What are the downsides - if any - to fiddling around with the pre installed data?

[@GavinsGadgets]

Hi Kevin, appreciate the feedback. My focus is always on the quality of the content versus anything else but understand your points totally. I simply ran out of time to re-record without the light reflections. I’m not aware of any problems. I’ve carried out these steps on all my devices. And if you read the comments so have 1,000s of others now. Removing ads should help protect your privacy more, use less data and speed up things. This is a non intrusive method. Other more complex exist where you root the phone. I don’t agree with this way personally.

[@yekutielov]

@@GavinsGadgets hey gavin, why not? Any downsides to rooting?

[@GavinsGadgets]

My guide was not about rooting which is a whole different ball game.

[@davidm6766]

Hey Gavin¡¡¡ Thank you for the video, really good information, i really hate adds when you have a new phone... i prefer a clean system but xiaomi cheaps phones...

[@GavinsGadgets]

Cheers David 👍

[@sonito_1244]

Thanks gavin!! Very big help!

[@GavinsGadgets]

No problems 👍

[@quartierbayard7064]

Good review thank you The battery life is good in this phone?

[@GavinsGadgets]

Watch my review in which goes live in 12 hours time , 3pm UK time. I cover off the battery in detail. . Thanks for feedback.

[@thaariqnihaadh9792]

So much better, thanks mate❤️

[@GavinsGadgets]

Glad to hear that!

[@Rick_Masterson]

Worked perfectly! Thank you!

[@GavinsGadgets]

Thanks for letting me know Patrick 👍

[@AndreaCatapang]

so straight forward made me a subscriber

[@GavinsGadgets]

Cheers 👍

[@maebinalon5933]

Thank you,for this very relevant informations.

[@GavinsGadgets]

Glad it was helpful!

[@rdevil25]

The only thing, I haven't done was turn off msa,I think that is going to make a good difference now. Was having fantom add called: Free Games. Could not access the app at all when you long press on the notification. And if you press the add it would take you to a free games website. I think this was implemented by Xiaomi, and made to the user not be able to turn it off. turning msa off might have done the trick.👍

[@GavinsGadgets]

Msa does make a difference

[@nileshgaikwad3218]

Thank you so much. It was really good thing now the phone feels better. Can you please also tell me how to remove pocco launcher and use miui launcher. Thank you.

[@GavinsGadgets]

Afraid not.

[@punpunisher1468]

Thanks for the great guide. However, I don't understand the necessity of the first step, how is toggling the "msa" off needed?

[@GavinsGadgets]

Because it is. MIUI system ads. On or off.

[@anianoparacuelles2666]

Very useful 👍👍

[@GavinsGadgets]

👍👍👍

[@liuaogi3883]

I never saw ads on my Mi 10T, maybe it is because mine is international rom, and country setting is outside mainland PRC.

[@GavinsGadgets]

Dont jinx it :) The flagship models have less ads thats why.

[@DjPlayja]

Super helpful. Thank you so much

[@GavinsGadgets]

You're very welcome!

[@theirishaxe9405]

I have a xiaomi black shark msa will not turn off i tried 16 times any other way.? I pay 900 bucks for a phone and i have to look at ads when i go to my app folders or frickin anything it's ridiculous.

[@GavinsGadgets]

Keep trying it. Maybe use a vpn, then try it. It will eventually work. One of my devices took 10 attempts

[@MacedonianGrace]

Fantamazing Thank you Sir

[@GavinsGadgets]

You are welcome

[@jeremyfrancisco3375]

Absolutely helpful, God bless!😇

[@GavinsGadgets]

Glad it helped you 👍

[@arronhayden3407]

Legend, thankyou so much

[@nawekh9127]

Really helpful, thanks 👌

[@GavinsGadgets]

No problem 👍

[@m_poeis]

i was thinking on getting the new poco m3 smartphone, but i thought twice about it when i found out about the ads. does it really removes all the unnecessary ads?

[@GavinsGadgets]

Yes. Look at all the thanks you comments from 100s of happy people.

[@m_poeis]

@@GavinsGadgets ohh i wanted to make sure, cause I'll need to wait a whole month for it to arrive haha i guess im not any doubtful anymore

[@GavinsGadgets]

I’ve not personally used the M3 yet, others have as you will have read in the comments, these phones all follow the same system. I used this method on many previous phones.

[@RJayRoberts]

Thank you. Very helpful.

[@GavinsGadgets]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Yoss2204]

Thanks a lot mate! Great help!!

[@GavinsGadgets]

Glad it helped you 👍

[@alidalkus3853]

Thanks for the video. I will try it on my Mi9

[@GavinsGadgets]

Hi Ali, I hope it helps your Mi9 😃

[@1kulik]

How it went?

[@GavinsGadgets]

👍

[@IqbalCryptanio]

I'll try this, thank you 👍

[@GavinsGadgets]

You’re welcome 🙏

[@rmongolf]

Thanks for the advice!

[@GavinsGadgets]

No problem!

[@ranaqasim7318]

Vwry helpful video ❤

[@ballball8000]

You deserve a sub!

[@GavinsGadgets]

Thanks 👍

[@yoruu082]

Does it remove all the adds? planing on buying one soon so

[@GavinsGadgets]

Read the comments. Everyone is very happy.

[@leesycamore4912]

Hi thank you looking at a poco. Are there any privacy issues? Does it do signal securely and can you load anti virus etc? In terms and conditions any issues regarding privacy? Can you run duckduck go securely? Thank you.

[@GavinsGadgets]

Hi Lee. Not my area of expertise. I think you need to step back though & stop being so worried. It’s runs Google. Google uses your data etc etc.