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Xiaomi: Turn On or Off the Document Scanner Shortcut

If the camera keeps popping up a scan icon every time you point it at a sheet of paper or a presentation slide, the Document scanner suggestion is active. Some people find this shortcut useful for quickly digitizing paperwork, others just want the extra button gone from the viewfinder.

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Document Scanner Shortcut: Enable or Disable auf Xiaomi

The Document scanner is part of MIUI's AI camera suggestions. When the camera recognizes a flat sheet of paper, a whiteboard, or a projected slide in the frame, it overlays a small scan shortcut so you can capture and crop the content in one tap.

This detection runs automatically in the background whenever the camera app is open. If it keeps triggering on things that are not documents, or if you never use the scan feature, turning it off removes the shortcut and the related processing.

To change the setting, open Tap on CameraOpen the MenuTap on SettingsTap on Smart suggestionsEnable or disable Document scanner.

Switching it off does not remove the manual document scan mode from the camera modes list, if your device offers one. It only stops the automatic pop-up suggestion during normal photo shooting.

If the shortcut still shows up after disabling it, force-close the camera app once so the setting reloads, then reopen it.

Frequently asked questions

The AI camera relies on edge and lighting detection to guess whether a flat surface is a document. Strong contrast, like a light-colored table or a whiteboard, can trigger a false positive. Disabling the option in Smart suggestions removes these false triggers entirely.