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Xiaomi: Turn App Icon Animations On or Off

If third-party app icons on your Xiaomi phone bounce or pulse every time you tap them, a system-wide animation setting is running in the background. Some people like the extra feedback, others find it distracting or feel it slows down the home screen. This setting controls the effect for all installed apps at once, not for a single icon.

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Turn Global Icon Animations On or Off auf Xiaomi

On Xiaomi phones running MIUI, a setting called Global icon animations controls whether third-party app icons play a small motion effect when you tap or open them. This is a system-wide switch, so it applies to every installed app at once, not to a single icon you pick manually.

The effect is purely visual. It does not change how fast an app actually launches, but it can make the home screen feel busier, especially if you have many app icons on one screen. On older or budget devices, disabling it can make the interface feel slightly snappier, since the launcher has less to render on every tap.

To change it, go to Tap on SettingsTap on Home screenEnable or disable Global icon animations. Toggling this off removes the animation from all third-party app icons; toggling it on brings it back everywhere.

If your real concern is a specific app icon behaving oddly, like a notification badge not clearing or a shortcut not opening correctly, this setting will not fix that. Global icon animations only affects the tap animation itself, not app functionality or notification handling.

There is no permanent downside to turning this off. It is a display preference, and you can switch it back at any time through the same menu.

Frequently asked questions

The setting mainly targets third-party app icons. Some built-in MIUI system icons may keep their own animation behavior regardless of this toggle.