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Xiaomi: Add or Remove Emergency Contacts in Emergency SOS

Once Emergency SOS is active on a Xiaomi phone, the contact list from setup often stays fixed unless you go back and update it. If a family member or new number was left out, that person will not receive an alert or location share when SOS triggers.

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Add or Remove Emergency Contacts auf Xiaomi

Xiaomi phones store Emergency SOS contacts separately from your regular phonebook. Adding a number to your contacts app does not automatically add it to the SOS list, which is why people often forget someone during initial setup.

To manage the list, open Tap on SettingsTap on Passwords & securityTap on Emergency SOSTap on Emergency contacts. From there, tap Tap on Edit to unlock the list for changes.

Inside edit mode you get two options: Tap on Remove or Add. Removing a contact deletes it from the SOS alert list without touching your normal phonebook entry. Adding lets you pick any saved number through Choose a Contact.

After picking a contact, MIUI may show a confirmation step with Choose Send now or Cancel, used to test that the alert message reaches the selected number correctly. Skipping this test still saves the contact, but running it once confirms the number is reachable before an actual emergency.

If a contact is missing from the picker, it usually means the number is not saved in your local phonebook, since Emergency SOS pulls only from device contacts, not cloud-only entries.

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The contact stops receiving SOS alerts and location messages immediately. Their entry in your regular phonebook is not affected, only the link inside Emergency contacts is deleted.