2020/02/25/removing-bloatware-from-xiaomi-miui-android

[selivan]

This is the comment thread for Removing all unnecessary bloatware from Xiaomi MIUI 11 (Android 9) without root.

[AbhishekP-123]

i want to use the miui music easiest way to play music but i don't need the garbage inside music that is hungama. how can i clear that .

[YLH88]

I just bought Redmi Note 10S which comes with MIUI Global 12.5.14 version. Then I unlocked Developer Options... Enabled USB Debugging... Chose “File Transfer” mode... Just like you described here...

And then... after downloading and unpacking ADB and installing drivers I cannot open adb exe file??? It just flashes for a moment and closes immediately?

I tried to reinstall drivers but same thing happens. How can I fix this??? I don't know what's wrong? Should I enable something else on my phone??? I tried everything on Win 7 and also on Win 10. I tried to disable my antivirus on my PC. Still nothing works :(

I really want to delete this bloatware and set my phone free!!!

Please help me!

[AntonSamokat]

Thanks for such a useful article!

I executed the following commands on Redmi 7A without root:

pm disable-user com.miui.global.packageinstaller # MIUI package installer. Without it Play Store app will be used. pm disable-user com.google.android.gms.location.history # Location History pm disable-user com.android.wallpaper.livepicker # Wallpaper live picker pm disable-user com.android.dreams.basic # Screen saver pm disable-user com.android.dreams.phototable # Screen saver

pm disable-user com.android.stk # SIM Toolkit

pm uninstall --user 0 com.xiaomi.mipicks # GetApps pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.apps.maps # Google maps pm uninstall --user 0 com.android.thememanager #Theme manager pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox # Google search box pm uninstall --user 0 com.xiaomi.mi_connect_service # MI Connect application pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.apps.wellbeing # Digital wellbeing pm uninstall --user 0 com.android.browser # default browser pm uninstall --user 0 com.miui.calculator pm uninstall --user 0 com.miui.analytics pm uninstall --user 0 com.mi.globalbrowser # Mi Browser pm uninstall --user 0 com.miui.msa.global # MIUI Ad Services pm uninstall --user 0 com.miui.cloudservice # Mi Cloud pm uninstall --user 0 com.miui.cloudservice.sysbase # Mi Cloud pm uninstall --user 0 com.miui.cloudbackup # Mi Cloud Backup pm uninstall --user 0 com.miui.backup # MIUI Backup pm uninstall --user 0 com.xiaomi.glgm # Games pm uninstall --user 0 com.xiaomi.payment # Mi Credit pm uninstall --user 0 com.mipay.wallet.in # Mi Credit pm uninstall --user 0 com.tencent.soter.soterserver # Authorize payments in WeChat and other Chinese services pm uninstall --user 0 com.miui.videoplayer # Mi Video pm uninstall --user 0 com.xiaomi.midrop # Mi ShareMe pm uninstall --user 0 com.miui.yellowpage # Mi YellowPage pm uninstall --user 0 com.xiaomi.joyose # Some junk pm uninstall --user 0 com.netflix.partner.activation # Some Netflix stuff pm uninstall --user 0 com.zhiliaoapp.musically # TikTok pm uninstall --user 0 com.facebook.services # Facebook pm uninstall --user 0 com.facebook.system # Facebook pm uninstall --user 0 com.facebook.appmanager # Facebook

[YLH88]

What does this step mean:

'Open console in a directory where you unpacked platform tools'.

I stilll can't open adb exe file??? Someone please help me :)

[RVFET]

Thank you so much, my device (Redmi note 7, lavender) had fastboot screen loop after removing Mi music and Mi Browser. I thought nothing bad gonna happen and didn't backed up my data. Basically every single memory/picture of mine since 2017 have gone. Be clear next time! Let people know those 2 packages are connected to MIUI system directly, uninstalling them causes bootloop!

[oftaptycode]

is uninstalling bloatware will cause problems when updating to the next MIUI version?

[HugoGit39]

Hi so I guess I updated MUI recently but now all of a sudden my widgets are gone plus settings are changed...I get all of a sudden a shitload of google sports updateds or whatever, the search widget is now set as the Mi Browser etc...anyone else noticed this?

[AdriaCoding]

Thank you so much!!

[selivan]

@AdriaCoding You are welcome )

[Ichi-1]

You pretty good, still relevant for andorid 13/MIUI 14