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Xiaomi: Hide or Show the Notch on Your Display

If icons or app content get cut off by the camera cutout on your Xiaomi phone, the Notch display setting is likely still set to show full-screen content behind it. Some apps stretch their layout right into the cutout area, hiding status bar icons or clipping off parts of the interface. MIUI lets you switch between covering the Notch with a black bar or letting content run around it.

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Hide or Show the Notch auf Xiaomi

On Xiaomi phones with a camera cutout, some apps render their interface directly behind the Notch instead of leaving that area black. This happens because the display defaults to full-screen mode, so status bar icons, game HUDs or video content can get clipped by the cutout.

MIUI controls this behavior through a dedicated display option rather than a per-app setting. Changing it switches how the system reserves space around the front camera for every app at once.

Where to find the Notch setting

Go to SettingsNotifications & Control centerStatus barHide notchChoose an option. Depending on the option you pick, the system either draws a black bar around the cutout or allows content to fill the entire screen width.

Hiding the Notch is the better fix when status bar icons get cropped or when a specific app visibly overlaps the camera area. If a single app still misbehaves after changing this setting, check that app's own display or fullscreen option first, since some apps manage the cutout independently of the system setting.

There is no measurable battery or performance impact either way, since this only changes how pixels near the cutout are rendered.

Frequently asked questions

Some apps request full-screen rendering and draw content directly behind the cutout instead of respecting the reserved status bar area. Changing Hide notch under SettingsNotifications & Control centerStatus bar applies system-wide, but a few apps also have their own fullscreen toggle that can override it.